147 
No, 1 Bore. 
Soil.... 
Sand . 
Marl , 
Gravel 
Sand 
ft. 
3 
4 
54 
6 
No. 2 Bore. 
Marl 
Gravel 
Marl 
67 
ft. 
63 
9 
72 
On the west side of the valley of the Roach, at the Nook 
Colliery, was found, according to Mr. Livesey 
ft. in. 
Clay 5 9 
Gravel 2 9 
Marl 13 6 
Black Stone 
22 0 
For about a mile and a half from Rochdale station the 
line runs over embankments, and then two cuttings through 
the Till are met with near to Bellfield. After these nothing 
is seen on the line until it enters the lower coal measures 
at the south side of the Summit Tunnel and continues 
through them all the way to Todmorden; but following 
by the side of the canal, the Till is traced to the Rochdale 
Brick and Tile Company’s works, where it is seen about 12 
feet in thickness lying 50 feet above the water in the canal, 
which Mr. Eadson, the Engineer of the Company, informs 
me is 603 feet above the sea. This deposit of Till, which 
lies in a somewhat sheltered place, is of a dark blue colour, 
and contains greenstones, granites, porphyries, and other 
foreign rocks. In most of its characters it resembles the 
ordinary Till of Lancashire except that it contains more 
