Transactions . k atChester-le-Street, denudes four of these, leaving only the Brass-thill andHutton-seam, the workings of which latter have been prosecuted throughthe river and beneath the Wash. The recent sinking of the Red-Rose HallPit again shows the existence of three seams at their proper depths ; andit likewise shows a great decrease in the quantity of sand and clay, beingonly in extent 12| fathoms, or 75 feet. The curved and meandering course of the river Wear at the Crooks,opposite the village of Lumley, shows how few obstacles presented them-selves on the surface of the newly-arranged
Transactions . k atChester-le-Street, denudes four of these, leaving only the Brass-thill andHutton-seam, the workings of which latter have been prosecuted throughthe river and beneath the Wash. The recent sinking of the Red-Rose HallPit again shows the existence of three seams at their proper depths ; andit likewise shows a great decrease in the quantity of sand and clay, beingonly in extent 12| fathoms, or 75 feet. The curved and meandering course of the river Wear at the Crooks,opposite the village of Lumley, shows how few obstacles presented them-selves on the surface of the newly-arranged detritus and mud to decideits eventual course towards the sea. Towards the west side of what is supposed to be the course of theWash, a borehole in the plantation at the junction of the Waldridge Lanewith the Newcastle Turnpike, shows a thickness of 58 feet of sand and clay;and a boring for water in the village of Plawsworth gives a thickness of G? CROSS SECTION fpom RED ROSE HALL PITto LUMLEY COLUERY 2.° CROSS SECTION roo» FRAMWELLGATE COLUERr to GRANGE COLLIERY.
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