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"stone coal." Proceeding to No. 5 pit, about 100 yards south of the Dairy-pit, we get—

	FT.	IN.	FT.	IN.
Flying reed coal			4	0
Soft shaly parting	10	6
Thick coal			25	4
	10	6	29	4

All the coals having exactly the same thickness as at the Dairy-pit, but 10½ feet of shale being interposed between the first and second. About 120 yards west-south-west of No. 5 pit we get at the new Engine pit—^[1]

	FT.	IN.	FT.	IN.
Flying reed coal			4	8
Strong binds	5	4
Dark clunch	2	3
Mild clunch	24	8
Dark shady clunch	6	6
Thick coal			22	6
	45	9	26	2

And at another pit 60 yards farther from No. 5, in the same straight line, we have —

	FT.	IN.	FT.	IN.
Flying reed coal			4	4
Mild clunch	29	2
Dark shady clunch	26	2
Thick coal	24	3
	55	4	28	7

At Kingswinford, half a mile farther west, we get^[2]—

	FT.	IN.	FT.	IN.
Flying reed coal			3	0
Sundry measures	128	0
Thick coal[3]	|22		8
	128	0	25	8

While at Oak-farm Colliery, about half a mile north-north-west of Shut End, we have^[4]—

FT.	IN.	FT.	IN.
Flying reed coal			2	6
Strong binds	67	0
Rock (sandstone)	51	0
Thick coal			24	0
	118	0	26	6

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1. The details of ths Shut End Colliery were supplied to me by Mr. Colly, ground bailiff to Mr. Foster.
2. From Lord Ward's office.
3. This Thick coal has many small partings between its beds.
4. Supplied by Mr. Growcott, ground bailiff.