COAL-MEASURES.
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The following are a few of the sections that show this northern expanded form of the Bottom coal:—
Messrs. Davis and Bloomer's Pit, No. 3, Pelsall Wood Colliery.
| FT. | IN. | FT. | IN. | |
| Shallow coal | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fire-clay | 3 | 0 | – | |
| Strong clod | 30 | 0 | – | |
| Strong rock | 12 | 0 | – | |
| Deep coal (roofs) | 3 0 | |||
| Fire-clay | 2 | 6 | – | |
| Deep coal | 5 0 | |||
| 47 | 6 | 12 | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 6 | ||
(See Vertical Sections, sheet 26, No. 43.)
High Bridge Colliery, about a quarter of a mile north-east of "The Moat."
| FT. | IN. | FT. | IN. | |
| Shallow coal | 5 | 2 | ||
| Fire-clay | 3 | 0 | – | |
| Rock binds | 13 | 0 | – | |
| Hard grit and peldon | 4 | 0 | – | |
| White grit rock | 6 | 0 | – | |
| Rock binds | 5 | 9 | – | |
| Hard grit | 6 | 0 | – | |
| Deep coal (roof) | 1 | 9 | ||
| Clod | 9 | 0 | – | |
| Deep coal | 4 | 7 | ||
| 46 | 9 | 11 | 6 | |
| Total | 68 | 8 | ||
(See Vertical Sections, sheet 26, No. 46.)
Cathedral Colliery, Brown Hills, just south of 120th milestone on Watling Street.
| FT. | IN. | FT. | IN. | |
| Shallow coal | 6 | 0 | ||
| Fire-clay | 2 | 0 | – | |
| Strong blue laminated shale | 10 | 0 | – | |
| Rock binds | 12 | 0 | – | |
| Strong rock, with dark shades | 6 | 0 | – | |
| Shale, with ironstone layers | 11 | 3 | – | |
| Deep coal (roof) | 0 | 10 | ||
| Dark shale | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Deep coal | 5 | 0 | ||
| 44 | 5 | 11 | 10 | |
| Total | 56 | 3 | ||
(See Vertical Sections, sheet 26, No. 41.)
