WILLIAM SMITH : HIS MAPS AND MEMIORS 
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proposed to gather, besides the lines of outcrop of the strata 
marked on the map. 
' " 4th April, 1821. — Walked westward by Barlby and Warms - 
worth to Sprotborough Ferry, and thence by Cadeby over the 
verge of the magnesian limestone there. Cadeby is so very ill 
supphed with water, that those who hold the pump handle must 
frequently wait some time till the niggard stream furnishes its 
scanty supply. There is, however, a pool in the place, and some 
springs appear above the edge of the hill which, as at Micklebring, 
is kept by the purple sandstone. Several yew trees mark its 
course. Before we arrive at the mill on the Dearr, some clay 
ground and dark shades in the soil indicate the outcrop of the 
uppermost workable vein of coal. Melton Hall, to the right on 
the edge of the limestone, is very conspicuous. We now ascend 
a bold bank, and at the junction of the Barmborough and Melton 
road, wind round a sudden swell of limestone and sandstone, 
whose outcropping beds form around the face a series of natural 
entrenchments clothed with wood. Beyond this hill the ridge 
recedes from our road and leaves a broad vacancy, wherein we 
descry a coal pit. To our left is Barmborough Grange, standing 
on detached sandstone. 
" The boring marked (6), now prosecuting with the hope of 
piercing the two coals found at Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe. The 
upper, at Goldthorpe, 70 yeards deep, thin and not desirable ; 
the lower 105 yeards deep, 5 feet thick. Solid sinkings, soft floor, 
but immediately beneath hard sinkings repeated." ' 
