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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12645777643).jpg 28 <br> PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Nov 5 <br> p 276 specimens of the yellowish sandy material marked d <br> lying next upon the vegetable deposit obtained from that shaft <br> accompany this paper See specimen marked Next upon the <br> deposit Dalton Road Pit No 1 It seems sufficiently compact <br> to form a cavity See also other specimens from neighbouring pits <br> In the end of this drift it appears that this yellowish sandy ma- <br> terial was never reached The last man in did not cut through the <br> vegetable deposit He informs me that before abandoning the drift <br> they worked directly upwards a short distance in the hope of find- <br> ing ore until the lights became extinguished by bad air and a great <br> accumulation of wood was the last material found <br> In the ground-plan of this pit fig 3 kindly furnished by Edward <br> VVadham Esq the position of the iron-ore alluded to in Mr Bolton's <br> paper p 277 likewise indicates a cavern in the pinel filled in at <br> some time by the mineral <br> Fig 3 ” Flan of Dalton Road Pit 1862 <br> Pinel in the face of the <br> workings <br> Soft limestone <br> Pinel <br> ˘ VWF'iA <br> Inferior ore <br> 0 t -Jo <br> Blue clay and sand <br> ˘ muni <br> ˘ mml <br> The adit containing the peaty or woody deposit lies in a north- <br> easterly direction ” not exactly north as represented in Mr Bolton's <br> section Mr Wadham remarks The plan now sent is chiefly from <br> my own recollection the proper plan having been neglected when it <br> should have been made ; it is however correct so far as the differ- <br> ent substances are concerned for I have a very vivid recollection of <br> the whole working when it was in progress Your view of the case <br> as to its being a cavernous deposit is in my opinion perfectly cor- <br> rect ; in fact I have not a doubt upon the subject The iron-ore <br> too as shown upon the plan fig 3 was deposited in the same way <br> On a piece of the deposit-wood in my possession after removing the blue <br> pigment Dr Walker- Arnott discovered what he considered to be the mark of a <br> hatchet 35327979 109632 51125 Page 28 Text v 19 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35327979 1863 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 19 1863 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35327979 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35327979 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-20 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12645777643 2015-08-27 10 51 58 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1863 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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