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66 Bradley, there is a little coal above instead of below the Fire-clay coal, as follows:—

Similar to this is a section at Tipton Green (Vertical Sections, sheet 16, No. 12), where the only representative of the Fire-clay coal is,—

The section at Tipton Moat is the same, except that the lowest coal is only 10 inches thick. At Gornal clay- works there is simply 2 feet of poor coal ; at Darlaston the same ; and at Dudley Port, 2 feet 6 inches. At the Foxyards, however, we have the two following sections:—

If now we pass into the district south and west of Dudley the same remarks will hold good as to the "Fire-clay" that were used respecting the "New mine coal," but to a still greater extent. There are but five shafts of which I have sections, in which any coal near its place is mentioned. Of these one is the Grave-yard Trial pits, south of Gornal, where below what is supposed to be the New mine coal we get,—