184 
C 
Sinking at Bower Colliery, (No. 
2 Pit), near Holliuwood. 350 
feet. 
ft. in. 
Marl 19 0 
Quick Sand 1 6 
Solid Marl 64 0 
Sand and Gravel 3 0 
87 6 
C 
Boring at Lymeditch, Fails- 
w or th. About 350 feet. 
ft. in. 
Marl 16 6 
Loamy Sand 0 3 
Wet Sand 1 0 
Soft Marl 1 5 
Wet Sand 1 7 
Marl 4 3 
Dry Loam 2 10 
Soft Marl 5 0 
Marl 4 0 
Loamy Sand 2 0 
Soft Marl 1 0 
Loamy Sand 1 6 
Quick Sand 1 0 
Marl 3 0 
Marl and Sand 0 9 
Loam 1 1 
Strong Gravel 2 2 
Strong Marl 40 9 
Loamy Marl 7 11 
Soft Smooth Marl 6 2 
Wet Sand 1 0 
Quick Sand 2 3 
Loamy Marl 1 8 
Quick Sand 2 6 
Resting on Coal Measures 
112 7 
D 
Sinking at Park Colliery, near 
Oldham. 550 feet. 
ft. in. 
Soil and Clay 6 0 
Strong Blue Marl 24 0 
ft. in. 
Sand and Gravel 7 0 
Strong Marl with small 
gravel beds 63 0 
Sand and Gravel resting 
on rock 6 0 
106 0 
D 
Bore near the Middleton June- 
tion Railway 
Station. 350 
feet. 
ft. 
in. 
Soil 
1 
6 
Gravel 
2 
0 
Loamy Sand 
18 
0 
Marl 
9 
0 
Dry Sand 
17 
6 
Wet Sand 
10 
6 
Marl 
5 
2 
Wet Sand 
21 
9 
Wet Grey Sand .. 
9 
0 
Loamy Marl 
12 
7 
Wet Sand 
5 
9 
Marl 
0 
3 
Wet Sand 
5 
0 
Marl 
0 
2 
Wet Sand 
5 
8 
Marl resting on 
Coal 
Measures . . . . 
2 
8 
126 
6 
D 
Sinking at Hartford Colliery, 
Werneth. 550 feet. 
ft. 
in. 
Soil and Clay 
6 
0 
Marl 
27 
0 
33 0 
D 
Sinking at Honeywell Lane Pit. 
580 feet. 
Soil and Clay 6 6 
Strong Marl 48 0 
54 0 
