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11.

(I. 3.)

Broad earth, Catch earth, and Batt, containing the Ten-foot, and Backstone ironstones in the Pensnett district

from

6

to

14

12.

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T h i c k c o a l .

(II.)

Hoofs coal or top floor

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about

30

(III.)

Top slipper, or Spires, or Spin coal

These two form the Flying reed when separated from the coals below.

(IV.)

Jays, or White coal

(V.)

Lambs, or Floors, or Fine Floors coal

These two are often either mentioned together under the name of White coal, or else the lower one is absent.

(VI.)

Tow (tough) or Heath coal

(VII.)

Benches coal (this bed is but rarely mentioned).

(VIII.)

Brassils or Corns coal

(IX.)

Foot coal, or Bottom Slipper, or Fine coal.

(X.)

John coal, or Slips or Veins coal

(XI.)

Stone, or Long coal

(XII.)

Patchells coal (sometimes absent or not mentioned).

(XIII.)

Sawyer or Springs coal

(XIV.)

Slipper coal

(XV.)

Bottom Benches, or Omfray (Humphrey), or Red, or Kid (Kick ?), or Holers coal.[1]

13.

(I.4.)

Pouncill batt, Blactery and Whitery, containing the Grains ironstone, and from sometimes the Whitery iron stone.[2]

from

2

to

8

14.

(I.5.)

Gubbin ironstone measures, sometimes called the Little, or Top, or Thick coal gubbin, sometimes the Black iron-stone

from„

2

to

8

15.

Table batt and intermediate measures

from„

2

to

28

16.

(XVI.)

Heathen Coal

about

3

17.

Intermediate measures (sometimes wanting)

from

0

to

43

18.

(XVII)

Rubble, or Lower Heathen coal, sometimes, when the measures above are wanting, forming the bottom part of the Heathen coal, sometimes itself wanting, when the measures above and below seem to be both present

from„

2

to

4

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1. Beds numbered as XV., XIV., XIII, XI., X., IX., VIII., VI., with either IV., or IV. and V. grouped as the White coal, are always present wherever the Thick coal is at all in the normal condition ; where III. and II. have gone off as the Flying reed, the White coal is always the top measure ; the beds numbered VII. and XII. are often omitted, either being absent or being grouped with the one above or below them.
2. About Bentley there is an ironstone in these measures which is there called the Bind ironstone, and it has a coal called the Bind coal associated with it, which is sometimes 14 inches thick.