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SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.
The following more detailed section of these beds has been furnished by Mr. Beckett, of Wolverhampton, who procured it from Mr. B. R. Smith, of Walsall:—
| FT. | IN. | FT. | IN. | ||||||
| 1. | Surface matter, Diamonds ironstone grit rock, and Flying reed limestone binds | 61 | 4 | ||||||
| 2. | The Four-yard stone, first thick band of limestone | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| 3. | Mush, clunch, &c. | 108 | 6 | ||||||
| 4. | Covering Burr, not gettable | 1 | 6 | Thick Limestone |
34 | 2 | |||
| 5. | Burr | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| 6. | Thick Burr | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 7. | Chattering Burr | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 8. | Chippers | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 9. | Captain | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 10. | Seven floors | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| 11. | Fourth shot | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 12. | Third shot | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 13. | Strong stone | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 14. | Yellow clay floor | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| 15. | Flints | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| 16. | Half yard measure | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 17. | Bell flag | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 18. | Knotty floor | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 19. | Thick floor | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| 20. | Rottens | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 21. | Clunch | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| 177 | 10 | 46 | 2 | ||||||
| 46 | 2 | ||||||||
| Total | 224 | 0 | |||||||
At Hobbs Hole, a little east of Darlaston, the Silurian rocks lying below the Coal-measures have the following composition, according to the information of Mr. Smallman:—
| FT. | IN. | FT. | IN. | |
| From surface to bottom of Heathen coal | 15 | 0 | ||
| From that to bottom of Coal-measures | 292 | 6 | ||
| 307 | 6 | |||
| Limestone shale | 60 | 0 | ||
| Thin limestone | 16 | 6 | ||
| Limestone shale | 90 | 0 | ||
| Thick limestone | 30 | 0 | ||
| 307 | 6 | 196 | 6 | |
In this neighbourhood (Walsall) the Dudley limestone crops out at a gentle angle, and the lower shale rises from underneath it, spreading out to the east over a tract nearly 2 miles in width, till another band, known as the Barr limestone, rises to the surface at Hay Head, near Great Barr. There is but little to be seen in
