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SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.

		FT.	IN.	FT.	IN.
112.	Coal. Sulphur Coal, the equivalent of the Top or Two-foot coal of the Brown Hills			1	2
113.	Fire-clay	2	0	2	0
				202	8
	Adding the upper part of the section			302	9
	We get a total of			505	5

(See Vertical Sections, sheet 16, No. 3, and sheet 26, No. 39.)

It will also be advisable to give here in detail the section of Mr. Mills' Engine pit at Essington Wood (communicated by Mr. Becket, and now engraved in Vertical Section sheet No. 26, section No. 38), and follow that with abstracts of some other sections from the neighbourhood of Wyrley.

*Section of Mr. Mills's Engine pit at Essington Wood.*
					FT.	IN.		FT.	IN
1.	Red clay and sand	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Drift	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	12	3	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	18	3
2.	Yellow clay				6	0
3.	Blue clay				2	6	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	69	11
4.	Fire-clay				2	0
5.	Rock				11	6
6.	Blue clunch				3	6
7.	Batt and Coal				2	0
8.	Dark ground				1	0
9.	Fire-clay				12	0
10.	Parting				0	2
11.	Fire-clay with stone (ironstone)				5	7
12.	Black parting				1	0
13.	Fire-clay				6	0
14.	Parting				0	8
15.	Fire-clay				3	7
16.	Dark ground				3	0
17.	Fire-clay				3	0
18.	Black parting				0	9
19.	Coal				1	9
20.	Dark ground with ironstone				9	11
21.	Coal				1	9	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	12	5
22.	Parting				0	9
23.	Coal				3	0
24.	Parting				1	0
25.	Coal				0	9
26.	Parting				1	3
27.	Coal				0	9
28.	Parting				1	6
29.	Coal				0	9
30.	Dark ground				3	0	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	70	5
31.	Coal				1	2
32.	Fire-clay				21	0
33.	Strong clunch, intermixed with peldon				18	9
34.	Strong clunch				7	0
35.	Dark ground				2	0
36.	Fire-clay				17	6