Strata in Gateshead Fell.
| Fs. | Ft. | In. | Fs. | Ft. | In. | ||||||||
| Shiver and blue slate | 3 | ─ | ─ | Brought forward | 70 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| White flag stone | 2 | ─ | ─ | Blue stone | 2 | 3 | ─ | ||||||
| Grindstone sill | 11 | ─ | ─ | Black stone | ─ | 1 | ─ | ||||||
| White post | 1 | 3 | ─ | Little Coal | ─ | 2 | ─ | ||||||
| Blue plate | 1 | ─ | ─ | Grey stone | 2 | ─ | ─ | ||||||
| Grey post | 1 | 3 | ─ | Yard Coal E. | ─ | 3 | ─ | ||||||
| Blue plate | 1 | ─ | ─ | White post | 11 | 3 | ─ | ||||||
| White plate | 1 | 2 | ─ | Bensham Seam F. | ─ | 2 | ─ | ||||||
| Blue sill | 1 | ─ | ─ | Blue plate | 1 | 3 | ─ | ||||||
| White post | 3 | 4 | ─ | Bandy Coal Seam | ─ | 2 | ─ | ||||||
| Three Quarter coal A | ─ | 2 | 3 | White post | 6 | ─ | ─ | ||||||
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5 | 3 | ─ | Blue plate | ─ | 2 | ─ | ||||||
| 1 | ─ | ─ | Six Quarter Coal G | ─ | 4 | ─ | |||||||
| 6 | ─ | ─ | Grey whin, Post plate | 2 | 3 | ─ | |||||||
| Blue plate (the black stone) | 1 | ─ | ─ | Five Quarter Seam H | ─ | 3 | ─ | ||||||
| White post (the main post) | 11 | ─ | ─ | Grey post | 1 | 4 | ─ | ||||||
| Upper Main Coal B | 1 | ─ | ─ | Bandu Coal Seam | ─ | 1 | ─ | ||||||
| Grey post | 6 | ─ | ─ | White post | 5 | 1 | ─ | ||||||
| Metal plate | ─ | 3 | ─ | Low-Main Coal I | 1 | ─ | ─ | ||||||
| Metal Coal C | ─ | 3 | ─ | Thil | ─ | 2 | ─ | ||||||
| White post | 4 | 4 | ─ | White post | 3 | 4 | ─ | ||||||
| Stone Coal D | ─ | 2 | ─ | Two Quarter Coal Seam J | ─ | 2 | ─ | ||||||
| Black stone | 1 | 1 | ─ | White post | 21 | 1 | ─ | ||||||
| Bandy Coal | ─ | 1 | ─ | Harvey's Main Coal K | ─ | 3 | ─ | ||||||
| White post | 4 | 3 | ─ | ||||||||||
| ─────── | ─────── | ||||||||||||
| Carried forward | 70 | 4 | 3 | Total | 133 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
N. B. The letters in the different sections refer to the respective names of the several Seams of Coal in the Newcastle district, according to the classification on the river Tyne, and are as follows, viz.
| A. | The Three quarter, or 70 Fathom Coal. |
| B. | The High-main Coal. |
| C. | The Metal Coal. |
| D. | The Stone Coal. |
| E. | The Yard Coal. |
| F. | The Bensham Seam. |
| G. | The Six-Quarter Coal. |
| H. | The Five-Quarter Coal. |
| I. | The Low-main Seam. |
| J. | The Two-Quarter Seam. |
| K. | Harvey's Low-main Seam, called also the Beaumont Seam. |
