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Page Section of Coppy Hall 99 of Aldridge 99 of Cannock Chase 103 of Brereton 105 of Silurian limestone 107 of Silurian limestone at Walsall 108 of Heath pits 137 Sedgley and Dudley rocks, described 106 Beacon, height of 2 described 148 district described 148 Hall farm, trial pit at 149, 182 limestone, fossils of 116 Sedgwick, Rev. Professor, plants got by, in Durham, like those in Permian rocks of Westbromwich 12 Segban, Permians near 9 Shafts, width of 219 Shallow coal, upper part of Bottom coal 24, 26, 72 said to thin towards Fishley 171 Sharpe, the late Mr. Daniel 102 Shattery, clay baked by combustion of Thick coal "gob," note 151 Shaver's End, section at 70, 83 Shaw's History of Staffordshire 35 Shirley Wych, salt at 4 Shorter's Greys or Four-measures 33 Shustoke Lodge, Llandovery sandstone near 109 Shut End colliery, lower measures at, 63, 67 Flying reed at 27, 38 fault 158 Sides of work in mining Thick coal 220 Sigillaria, roots of, below coal 201 Silkmoor, brine spring at 4 Silurian and Coal -measure shale, slight difference between 83 Silurian bank, supposed to run under Permian rocks, near Westbromwich 183 floor to coal-field 162 fossils not known by ground bailiff to be evidence against existence of coal below 177 limestone at Sedgley 106, 148 at Dudley 107, 145 at Walsall 108, 159 at Hobbs Hole 108, 161 at Hay head, near Barr, 109 at Lickey 111 at Bentley 162 at Chillington colliery 162 at Deepfields 108, 162 at Turner's Hill 108, 162 at the Hayes 154 Silurian rocks 3, 106 elevated and denuded before deposition of Coal-measures 133 Silver threads ironstone 22, 77 Singing or Mealy Grey coal 22, 26 Six inch maps, necessity of, for good practical geological surveys 209 Skidmore, Mr., of Amblecote 40 "Skip," for carrying and winding coal 220 Slack or Sleek coal dust 220 Slipper coal (part of Thick coal) 21, 35 Slips coal (part of Thick coal) 21, 35 Small, Charles, section supplied by 46 Smallman, Mr., of King's Hill 108, 172 Smethwick, Permians near 186 Smith, Mr. R., of the Priory 35, 150 Mr. R. B., of Walsall 108 Smith's Miners' Guide 68, 69, 102 Smyth, Mr. Warington W. on mode of working coal and ironstone 219 Sneyd Pool, coal crop near 83 Southern boundary of coal-field, one of denudation 155 South-eastern part of coal-field described 166 value of 45 South-west division of coal-field 143, 154 Sparrow, Mr. Arthur 68, 79 Messrs. 129 Mr. W., faults laid down by 210 Spence, Mr. 43 Spin coal (part of Thick coal) 21 Spires coal (part of Thick coal) 21, 35 Spon Lane, pits near 12 Springs coal (part of Thick coal) 21, 35 Square coppice, Permian near 9 Stags' antlers, in red sand 208 Stalls, for working coal 220 Stigmaria beds, note on by Sir H. T. DelaBeche 216 Stone coal (part of Thick coal) 21, 35 Stone House, Coal-measures near 106, 167 Stour river, source of 2 Stourbridge fire-clay 156 position and lie of New Red sandstone near 187 Stow Heath colliery 37, 63, 65, 68, 69 Sugar's Lodge, Cannock Chase, section near 104 Sulphur coal 22, 24, 58, 90, 94 Survey of South Staffordshire imperfect for want of larger maps 202 Swells, rolls, or horses' backs 45, 52, 121 T. Table batt 21, 54 Tables useful in geological surveys 211 Tame river, source of 2 Tansey Green Trough faults 158 Taylor, Mr. Job 157 Ten-foot ironstone 21, 34 Tendency in beds of coal to separate towards the north 23 Ten-yard coal 19 Terrace pits, Westbromwich 12 Thick coal, description of 18, 19, 21, 25, 34 to 44 can its beds be identified by lithological character with any of those of Wyrley? 34
