 ... finding good coal by going deeper. But the warning must be given, though it be disregarded ; and from all the natural exhibitions on the coast, as well as from the result of every experiment inland, I am compelled to state, that any hope of discovering...  Transactions - Page 214by North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers - 1857Full view - About this book
 | John Phillips - Geology - 1829 - 614 pages
...compelled to state, that any hope of discovering seams of coal more than eighteen inches or two feet in thickness, in any part of the strata above the...measures of Durham and western Yorkshire exist (covered by magnesian limestone and red sandstone) beneath the lias, is probable, but the practicability of... | |
 | John Phillips, Robert Etheridge - Geology - 1875 - 444 pages
...inland, I am compelled to state that any hope of discovering seams of coal more than 18 inches or 2 feet in thickness, in any part of the strata above the Upper Lias or alum-shale, is entirely unsupported by reason and experience. That the Coal-measures of Durham and... | |
 | James Stephen Jeans - Coal mines and mining - 1878 - 196 pages
...inland, I am compelled to state that any hope of discovering seams of coal more than 18 in. or 2 ft. in thickness, in any part of the strata above the...and experience. That the coal measures of Durham and West Yorkshire exist (covered by magnesian limestone and red sandstone) beneath the lias is probable,... | |
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