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Mr. Winch on the Eastern Part of Yorkshire . 
Section of the Engine pit in Newbury Park Colliery, the Seat of the 
late Lord Falconberg, near the village of Cox wold, Yorkshire. 
Fth. ft. in. 
Soil . . 1 
Blue metal — 4 6 
Soft blue metal 5 — 
Strong grey metal with cat heads — 1 — 
Coarse strong grey post 1 1 — 
Coal — 1 4 
Fathoms 8 1 10 
The Seam of Coal is of irregular thickness ; seldom under 10, or about 16 inches. It 
dips to the East 2 or 3 inches per yard. The Coal is of an inferior quality. 
Section at Gillingmoor, near 
Helmsley. 
Fth. ft. in. 
Limestone . • • 3 
Freestone . . • 6 
Blue plate . . • 3 
Hard blue stone called galliad — 2 — 
Blue plate -. . . . 2 
Coal . . • • 
Boft stone and plate . . 10 
Blue limestone . • 11 — • 
Soft stone plate . . 1 I — 
Strong grit, blue mixed with red 17 
Soft blue plate . . 2 
Strong plate nearly black . 10 
Soft blue stone . . 2 
Fine soft plate . . — 2 — 
Coal . . . . 6 
Black Hull (Thil) .. - — 2 — 
Yards 60 0 0 
Section at Gerick Howl, 
on Skelton Moor. 
Blue shale 
Sandstone with coal pipes 
Blue plate and stone 
Hard girdle stone 
Blue stone and plate 
Yds. ft. in. 
8 
10 
10 
SO 
Yards 59 ■ — — 
At Sealing Dam bored 70 yards in beds of 
Stone similar to the above. 
Boring at Osmotherly Moor. 
Freestone . . . . 10 — — 
Blue plate . . . 4 
Red grit . . * 2 
Soft blue plate . . . — 2 — 
Coal . - . . 6 
Freestone - . . . 40 
Yards 56 2 6 
After this the borers appear to have kept no regular account, but 
say they bored 50 yards deeper through alternate beds of blue plate 
and soft stone, each bed being from 18 inches to 2 feet thick ; and 
were in a soft white stone when the undertaking was discontinued. 
