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superintended the putting down of the borehole ; the borer used was a steel cutter. The 
size of the cores brought up was about three inches in diameter near the surface, and 
two inches lower down : — 
Surface ... 
Thickness. 
Ft. in. 
72 8 
Depth. 
Ft. in. 
72 8 
Shale 
1 
6 
... 
74 2 
Shale 
2 
6 
... 
76 8 
White sandstone 
• •• 
4 
6 
81 2 
Sandstone and shale ... 
• • • 
... 
5 
6 
... 
86 8 
Sandstone 
• 1 < 
• •• 
2 
0 
... 
88 8 
Black shale 
• • 1 
... 
4 
0 
... 
92 8 
Light shale 
, , , 
• •• 
... 
1 
6 
... 
94 2 
Shale 
2 
3 
96 6 
Black shale 
5 
9 
102 2 
Shale 
2 
0 
104 2 
Sandstone and quartz ... 
... 
1 
0 
105 2 
Grey sandstone... 
12 
0 
117 2 
Coal 
1 • • 
4 
0 
160 8 
Black shale with coal ... 
«•« 
12 
0 
129 4 
Black shale 
... 
0 10 
... 
130 2 
Calcareous sandstone ... 
... 
2 
6 
132 8 
Black shale 
... 
... 
6 
0 
... 
137 8 
Shale and sandstone ... 
19 
0 
156 8 
Coal 
4 
0 
160 8 
Shale 
... 
1 
8 
... 
162 4 
Hard siliceous band ... 
1 
0 
163 4 
Shale 
6 
0 
169 4 
Coal 
0 
3 
169 7 
Black sandstone 
... 
11 
0 
... 
180 7 
Shale 
6 
4 
186 11 
Coal 
4 
1 
... 
191 0 
Sandstone 
9 
0 
200 0 
Blue fossiliferous shale 
11 
0 
... 
211 0 
Fireclay 
... 
0 
2 
211 2 
Shale 
7 
4 
... 
218 6 
Fireclay 
0 
11 
219 5 
Grey sandstone 
21 
3 
240 8 
Fireclay ... 
0 
3 
240 11 
Hard grey sandstone and shale 
19 
5 
260 4 
Coal 
• • « 
... 
0 
4 
... 
260 8 
Shale 
• • • 
. . . 
2 
2 
262 10 
Coal with bands of shale 
> . . 
1 
6 
264 4 
Good hard coal ... 
• • • 
... 
. . 
... 
6 
3 
... 
269 7 
Shale 
• •• 
. « 
... 
0 
3 
269 10 
Fireclay 
0 
2 
270 0 
Shale with bands of coal 
, , , 
. . . 
... 
5 
6 
... 
275 6 
Fireclay... 
... 
... 
... 
1 
4 
... 
276 10 
Coal 
... 
2 
0 
278 10 
Black band 
... 
0 
8 
... 
279 6 
Coal 
. 4 
5 
3 
284 9 
Hard sandstone 
»•« 
0 
2 
284 11 
Coal 
... 
0 
4 
... 
285 3 
Hard sandstone 
... 
0 
8 
285 11 
Hard sandstone with bands 
of ironstone 
5 
1 
291 0 
