Transactions of the Geological Society, Volumen4Geological Society of London, 1817 |
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... sand and water . At Pallion , a little to the west of Sunderland , the limestone was only 12 fathoms thick , below which the coal measures were bored through to the depth of 140 fathoms without finding a coal seam worth working . Along ...
... sand and water . At Pallion , a little to the west of Sunderland , the limestone was only 12 fathoms thick , below which the coal measures were bored through to the depth of 140 fathoms without finding a coal seam worth working . Along ...
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... sand . Fire - stone resembles the grindstone in colour and fracture , but is soft when first worked . The best is quarried at Burradon near Killingworth glass - house furnaces are constructed with it . White post is a fine - grained ...
... sand . Fire - stone resembles the grindstone in colour and fracture , but is soft when first worked . The best is quarried at Burradon near Killingworth glass - house furnaces are constructed with it . White post is a fine - grained ...
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... sand- stone and shale broken from the coal - measures . With these frag- ments are found balls of basaltic tufa parting into concentric layers , and of a light yellowish brown colour : the balls are most abundant on the sides of the ...
... sand- stone and shale broken from the coal - measures . With these frag- ments are found balls of basaltic tufa parting into concentric layers , and of a light yellowish brown colour : the balls are most abundant on the sides of the ...
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... sand are sometimes met with ; as in Lawson main , Sheriff hill , and Montagu Main collieries . Galena has been found in a dyke in Willington colliery , and a small string of the same ore has been observed in the main dyke at Whitley . A ...
... sand are sometimes met with ; as in Lawson main , Sheriff hill , and Montagu Main collieries . Galena has been found in a dyke in Willington colliery , and a small string of the same ore has been observed in the main dyke at Whitley . A ...
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... sand , and rounded sand- stone pebbles similar to those in the beds of rivulets . 3. Basin - formed depressions in the floors of the mines , called swellies by the miners ; by which the coal is considerably thickened , the roof of the ...
... sand , and rounded sand- stone pebbles similar to those in the beds of rivulets . 3. Basin - formed depressions in the floors of the mines , called swellies by the miners ; by which the coal is considerably thickened , the roof of the ...
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Aldstone moor Allenheads alluvium angle appears barytes basalt beds Black Metal Black stone breccia carbonate cavities chalcedony chalk COAL Grey colliery colour containing described ditto Dufton dyke east fathoms feet felspar flints formation fossils fragments Geological Society Glen Roy gneiss goniometer granite Grey Metal stone Grey post Haüy Hazle hill hornblende imbedded inches lime limestone line of Glen Loch Loch Eil Loch Laggan Main Coal marl mass Melmerby Memb mica miles mineral nodules observed occur pebbles planes plastic clay Plate porphyry post girdles post Grey present quarry quartz quartz rock red sandstone remarkable river sand sandstone schist seam shale shells side siliceous sill slate Spean Specimens Spey stone COAL stone Grey strata stratum Strong white post strontian substance sulphate surface terraces thick Thil traced trap Tyne upper valley veins Whin girdles White post witherite
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Página 279 - Both varieties are covered with a crust of greenish earth of the same nature with the green particles in the sand. The angular flints appear to have been derived from the partial destruction of the bed of chalk immediately subjacent, of which the upper surface in contact with the sand is considerably decomposed to the depth of about a foot, and its fissures and numerous small...
Página 279 - The oysters of No. 2 are remarkably perfect when first laid open, and seem to have undergone no process of mineralization ; they soon fall to pieces by exposure to air and moisture. The chalk flints contained in it are many of them in the state of small rounded pebbles ; in others the angles are unbroken. Both varieties are covered with a crust of greenish earth of the same nature with the green particles in the sand. The angular flints appear to have been derived from the partial destruction of...
Página 2 - Tees, where it appears as a fine-grained sandstone of a brick-red colour, which effervesces with acids ; its limit on the north-east is a little above the northern bank of the Tees. The strata are numerous, and consist (as far as one can judge from the miner's language) of white, grey, or red sandstone, with occasional interposed strata of a more compact nature, red or blue shale (slate...
Página 11 - ... number, and consist of alternating beds of coal, sandstone, and slateclay; making an aggregate thickness of 1620 feet, which varies however in different parts. The irregularities of the surface do not affect the dip or inclination of the strata; so that when a valley intervenes, they are found in the sides of the opposite hills at the same levels as if the respective strata had once been continuous.
Página 56 - Besides the coal exported to different parts of England, a large quantity is consumed in the two counties, which cannot easily be calculated. About thirty years ago a practice was adopted at the pits, where the coal was of a fragile nature, of erecting screens to separate the small from the sounder coal. This system is now become universal, and immense heaps of coal are thus raised at the mouths of the pits. These soon take fire from the heat of the decomposing pyrites, and continue to burn for several...
Página 448 - The preparation which they undergo is, first, exposure to the sun for some time, and then calcination. The latter process is performed by packing the stones in earthen pots, and covering them with a layer five or six inches thick of dried goat's dung. Fire is then applied, and in twelve hours the pots are sufficiently cool to be removed.
Página 29 - There are several other dykes of the same kind, which, following the same law as the cross veins in the lead mine district, elevate the strata on the side to which they dip. The dykes are an endless source of difficulty and expense to the coal-owner, throwing the seams out of their levels, and filling the mines with water and fire-damp. At the same time they are not without their use; when veins are filled, as is often the case, with stiff clay, numerous springs are dammed up, and brought to the...
Página 54 - Jire-damp, and after-damp or stythe^ are the miners terms for the gasses with which the coal mines are affected, and of these the second, both from its immediate violence and as occasioning the other kinds of damps, is the most to be dreaded. The accidents arising from it have become more common of late years ; but it should not for a moment be Supposed that they arise from any want of skill or attention in the professional surveyors of the mines. The following seem to be the causes in which the...