Page:Transactions of the Geological Society, 1st series, vol. 4.djvu/108

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No.4.
Fs. Ft. In.
Soil and brown sandy clay 3 6
Gravel and sand 1 4
Stony clay 1 5
Brown sand and scars of Coal 4
Leafy clay and sand 1
Blue stony clay and beds of sand 2 4 8
Brown sand 1 3
Coal and scars of sand 1 9
Brown sand with scars of Coal 1 6
Darkish heavy clay 2 3 6
Darkish stone clay and sand with scars of Coal 3 4 9
Red sandstone with scars 5
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Fathoms 16 2
No.5.
Fs. Ft. In.
Soil and brown clay 4
Darkish stony clay with whin tumblers 3 2 9
Red metal stone with grey girdles 8
Red stone with white girdles 5 1 3
[1]Chalk with white flinty lumps 1 1
Blue whi with water like the Harrowgate spa 19 2 6 1 6
Strong white post with whin girdles 1 6
Bastard whin 2
Strong white post with whin girdles 6 6
Blue grey metal stone with white scars 1 2
[2]Chalk (called in another boring alabaster) 2 6
Soft red stone 1
Red and white Post 3 1
White post with red scars 3
Red, white and grey post, with partings of red metal 4 3
Soft blue grey metal 4
Grey and white post 5 3
Strong blue-grey stone 5
Strong white and grey stone 10
Whin 3
Mixture whin 1 3
Strong white post, supposed to be of a limestone nature, and whin girdles 13 1 4
Here the undertaking was abandoned. ──────
Fathoms 74 1 4
  1. Probably Gypsum, which is found in the same bed at Newark, and other places in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
  2. Probably Gypsum, which is found in the same bed at Newark, and other places in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.