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		FT.	IN.	FT.	IN.
10.	Patchells coal			2	6
	Dirt	1	0
11.	Sawyer coal			2	3
	Dirt	5	0
12.	Slipper			3	0
		18	0	30	3
	Total, with partings			48	3

From the frequently high inclination of the beds at the Hayes, it is possible that some deduction must be made from the thicknesses given above, so as to bring them more in accordance with the thickness found in other pits in the neighbourhood. Still the section is good so far as showing the separation of the coals, in which it agrees with the section of the pits at the Hawn colliery, which are the farthest pits towards the south-east that have been opened. It will be seen that at the Hawn colliery the Benches coal is only 6 inches thick, while that bed is absent altogether at the Hayes, where, however, its absence is compensated for by the appearance of a little six inch coal, above the ordinary Roof coal.

The Hawn Colliery.^[1]

		FT.	IN.	FT.	IN.
1.	Roof coal			1	6
2.	Spires, or spin coal			2	7
3.	White coal			3	0
	Parting	2	0
4.	Heath or tow coal			3	0
5.	Brassils coal			1	6
	Parting	3	0
6.	Stone coal			3	0
	Parting	1	0
7.	Patchells coal			1	6
	Parting	0	8
8.	Sawyer coal			1	6
9.	Slipper coal			3	0
	Parting	1	6
10.	Benches coal			0	6
		8	2	21	1
	Total, with partings			29	3

A very similar section to this, except that the partings are hardly so large, is that of Mr. Mills's colliery, about one mile north-by-east of Hawn, just under the "B." of " Black Heath," in the Ordnance map. Mr. Mills gave it me as follows: —

		FT.	IN.	FT.	IN.
1.	Roofs coal			1	6
2.	Spires coal			2	9
3.	White coal			3	0
	Parting	0	9

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1. Communicated by Mr. T. A. Atrwood.