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measures. The section here is of a totally different character from that near Wolverhampton, as may be seen by the following examples:—

Bentley Estate^[1]

			FT.	IN.	FT.	IN.
Blue flats	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Iron stone			0	4
		Binds	3	0	–
		Ironstone			0	1
		Binds	1	6	–
		Ironstone			0	2
		Binds with ironstone nodules	9	8	–
Silver threads	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Ironstone			0	1
		Binds	1	0	–
		Binds with ironstone	3	4	–
		Ironstone			0	2
		Binds	6	0	–
Diamonds	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Ironstone			0	3
		Binds	1	4	–
		Ironstone			0	2
		Binds	1	5	–
			27	3	1	3

(See Vertical Sections, sheets 16 and 26, Nos.nb6, 40, and 45.)

Ryecroft, north of Walsall.^[2]

			FT.	IN.	FT.	IN.
Blue flats	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Ironstone cake			0	3
		Blue clod	1	0	–
		Ironstone			0	3
		Blue and white clod	3	7	–
		Ironstone balls, called grandads			0	8
		White clod	10	0	–
Silver threads	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Ironstone			0	3
		White clod	2	8	–
		Ironstone			0	4
		White clod	3	0	–
		Ironstone			0	3
		White clod	7	6	–
		Balls of ironstone (sometimes)			0	8
		White clod	7	0	–
Diamonds	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Ironstone			0	3
		Black clod	2	0	–
		Ironstone			0	4
			36	9	3	3

(See Vertical Sections, sheet 16, No. 7.)

Going still farther north, again, the ironstones seem to be rapidly dying out and disappearing. At Dudley Brothers colliery, for instance, about half a mile west of Bloxwich, although these measure were still recognizable, they contained so little ironstone as not to be worth working ; while around Pelsall they sank at one place 150 feet below the Bottom coal without finding either coal or ironstone, till at that

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1. Mr. George.
2. Mr. Arthur Sparrow.