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Section of the Strata at Allendale Town, 7 miles South-west of Hexham.

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.

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.