Section of the Strata at Allendale Town, 7 miles South-west of Hexham.
| Fs. | Y. | Ft. | In. | Fs. | Y. | Ft. | In. | ||
| Soil | ─ | ─ | ─ | 6 | Brought up | 18 | 1 | 2 | ─ |
| Stony clay | 1 | ─ | ─ | ─ | Strong white post with whin girdles | 1 | ─ | ─ | ─ |
| Rombly post | ─ | ─ | 2 | 6 | Grey metal stone with hard girdles | 3 | ─ | 2 | ─ |
| Strong grey and brown post | 2 | 1 | ─ | ─ | Whin (4 days) | ─ | ─ | 1 | 7 |
| White grey post | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Strong dark grey metal with whin girdles | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Dark grey post | 4 | 1 | ─ | 3 | Blue whin (get 24th June, and continued to 6th July) | ─ | 1 | ─ | 8 |
| White grey metal with post girdles | 2 | 1 | ─ | ─ | ───────── | ||||
| Dark grey metal stone | 1 | ─ | 1 | 6 | Fathoms | 26 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| White post mixed with whin | 1 | ─ | ─ | ─ | ───────── | ||||
| Dark grey metal | ─ | ─ | 1 | ─ | |||||
| White grey metal with hard post girdles | 2 | 1 | ─ | ─ | |||||
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| Carried up | 18 | 1 | 2 | ─ | |||||
In the colliery of Newton, situated 3 miles north of Felton and 6 from the sea, the strata dip to the south-east 1 yard in 5.
The following is a section which I received from the overman of the mine.
| Fs. | Ft. | In. | |
| Clay | ─ | 4 | ─ |
| Sill of limestone, consisting of 5 strata; that near the middle containing impressions of bivalve shells | 4 | ─ | ─ |
| Red sandstone and shale | 8 | ─ | ─ |
| Coal of an indifferent quality, worked for burning lime | ─ | 2 | ─ |
| Five yard limestone | 2 | 3 | ─ |
| Sandstone and shale | ─ | ─ | ─ |
| Good Coal | ─ | 3 | ─ |
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| Fathoms | 15 | ─ | ─ |
The organic remains found imbedded in the limestone shale and
sandstone that belong to the lead mine measures are the following.
In the limestone.
1. Light brown impressions of the turbinite madrepore (junci lapidei) Parkinson vol. 2. tab. 6. fig. 1. In the great limestone at Frosterly and elsewhere.
