Transactions . Iaflicgraphfid ivARocL Newcastle CROSS SECTION from KIBBLESWORTH COLLIERY to TEAM COLLIERY. ? Scales i , 75 eastern side of the denudation in which the wash is deposited is moreabrupt than the western side. Mr. Barkus describes its appearance onbeing- first approached from the east as nearly vertical, and consisting- ofa mass of rounded worn stones, composed of mountain limestone, mill-stone grit, and the shales, ironstone, and sandstones of the Coal-measures,with rare instances of the older rocks, and without any symptoms ofveg-etable remains, or shells, or bones. In the same l
Transactions . Iaflicgraphfid ivARocL Newcastle CROSS SECTION from KIBBLESWORTH COLLIERY to TEAM COLLIERY. ? Scales i , 75 eastern side of the denudation in which the wash is deposited is moreabrupt than the western side. Mr. Barkus describes its appearance onbeing- first approached from the east as nearly vertical, and consisting- ofa mass of rounded worn stones, composed of mountain limestone, mill-stone grit, and the shales, ironstone, and sandstones of the Coal-measures,with rare instances of the older rocks, and without any symptoms ofveg-etable remains, or shells, or bones. In the same line of section at the Bewicke-main Pit, the thickness ofclay and sand is 125 feet, and the sinking operations were rendered exceed-ingly difficult by the swelling and motion of the clay, sand, and water insinking*. Prior to reaching- the regular strata, the boulders distributedin the clay and sand were found to be very large, rounded and polished,and the surface of the freestone rock first met with was grooved andstriated, and presenting* the appearance of being rubbed and worn by thepassage of heav
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