face is 10 ft. diameter, for a further depth of 22 ft. is 8 ft. diameter, equal to 60 ft. total depth from surface; the bore-hole is 409 ft. deep from surface x 14 in. diameter. 4. No. 1 well: water stands 10 ft. from surface before pumping, and takes 4 to 5 hours to rise to the same level again after pumping. No. 2 well: water stands 6 ft. from surface before pumping and takes 1 to 2 hours to rise to the same level again after pumping. 5. No. 1 well about 70,000 galls. per 12 hours: No. 2 well about 300,000 galls. per 12 hours. 6. At No. 1 well the yield is less during the summer months than the winter months, and the yield is much less all the year round than it was when the well was first sunk some 7 years ago. No 2 well has only been finished some six months; no variation in the yield has yet been perceived. 7. Not when the water from the quicksand is kept out of the well. In No. 1 well the water-level is about 15 ft., and in No. 2 well about 9 ft. above the mean water-level of the River Mersey, which is the nearest stream. 8. The waters from both wells yield about 24 grains of solid matter per gallon when evaporated down; chiefly salts of calcium. 9. No. 1 well: 2 ft. of soil, 36 ft. of strong brown clay, 17 ft. of quicksand, 2 ft. 9 in. of sand and pebbles, 61 ft. of strong brown clay, 5 ft. of quicksand and pebbles; remainder Red Sandstone. No. 2 well: 2 ft. of soil, 28 ft. of strong brown clay, 21 ft. of quicksand, 61 ft. of soft clay; remainder Red Sandstone. 10. No; the quicksands passed through of course yield water. 11. Yes; the water from quicksands is kept out, but can be turned in at pleasure. 12. No. 13. No. 14. No. 15. We are not aware of any. The Sankey White Lead Company. 1. On the works of the Sankey White Lead Company Limited, Sankey Bridge, near Warrington. 2. About 25 ft. ? 3. 33 ft. 4 in. from surface to bottom of well, 5 ft. 6 in. diameter; 100 ft. from surface to bottom of bore, 8 in. diameter. 4. 3 ft. 6 in. from surface, height to which the water rises; rose 23 ft. 4 in. in 4 hours. 5. 40 galls. per minute. 6. No perceptible variation; only at work from 5 to 6 years. 7. No observations. 8. No accurate analysis. 9. No rock was met with. Sec 13. No. 14. Not very 11. All surface-springs kept out. 12. We know of none. near. Messrs. Mather and Platt. 1. Warrington Wire Company, Warrington. 3. 18-inch bore, 212 ft. deep. 5. 63,360 galls. 9. New Red Sandstone. 1. Messrs. Roberts, Dale and Co., Warrington. 3. 9-inch bore, 225 ft. in depth. 5. 28,000 galls. 9. New Red Sandstone. 1. Messrs. Jas. Owen and Co., Winwick, Warrington. 3. 18 in. diameter, 212 ft. deep. 5. 461,000 galls. 9. New Red Sandstone. Wm. Wood-Blake, Esq., Warrington House, Northwich, Cheshire. 1. Alsager boring, within 300 yards of Alsager Railway Station. 2. 310 ft. 3. Tapped water at a depth of 553 ft. in a 3-inch bore-hole. 4. The water rises to the surface, supplying first a 4-inch bore, then a 5-inch bore at the top; when a 3-inch iron tube is screwed on the 5-inch tube, the water rises to 10 or 12 ft. above the surface. 8. Has been analyzed, and is very pure and soft, and suitable for brew ing purposes. 9. Passed through red marl and grey rock, with thin bed of gypsum, to the red sandstone rock, when the water was met with; continued the boring in the red sandstone to a depth of nearly 1000 ft., but the water was not increased thereby. 10. No. 11. This is a report of boring operations. 12. Within 1 mile. 13. No. 14. Within 2 miles. 15. No. Within a mile of the above boring there is a large mere, called "Alsager Mere," 11 acres in extent, with neither an inlet or outlet on the surface, the water of which is very clear and pure. This lake ebbs and flows, rising sometimes even in very dry seasons. Messrs. Mather and Platt. 1. Stockport Waterworks, Wilmston. 3. 12-inch bore, 170 ft. deep. 5. 54,700 galls. 9. New Red Sandstone. 1. Messrs. Charles Marsland, Stockport. 3. 12-inch bore, 182 ft. deep. 5. 30,560 galls. 9. New Red Sandstone. 1. Messrs. R. Sykes and Co., Stockport. 3. 18 in. diameter, 42 4ft. in depth. 5. 806,400 galls. 1. Messrs. J. E. & W. Christy, Stockport. 3. Diameter 12 in., depth 228 ft. 5. 3,200 galls. 9. New Red Sandstone. 1. Messrs. S. & T. Carrington, Stockport. 3. Diameter of bore 12 in., depth 190 ft. 5. 50,000. 8. New Red Sandstone. 1. Messrs. Robert Orme, Stockport. 3. 12 inches diameter of bore, depth 192 ft. 5. 24,960 galls. 1. Messrs. Bayley & Co., Stockport. 3. 18-inch bore, 274 ft. deep. 5. 30,000 galls. 9. New Red Sandstone. Name of Member of Committee asking for information, C. E. De Rance, through Mr. W. S. Aveline. Name of Individual or Company applied to: John Vivian, C.E., for the Diamond Boring Company, Furness District. 1. Rampside, near Barrow-in-Furness. 2. 25 ft. 3. 8 in. hole at surface and 3 in. at bottom; 2,210 ft. deep. 4. Water cut at 250 ft. from surface, and will rise about 12 ft. above surface in an inch pipe. 5. 13,500 galls. flowing out of hole daily. 6. Always running about the same quantity for the past 4 years. 7. A beck runs within 5 ft. of hole, but at 5 ft. lower level than top of hole. 8. Peculiar water was cut in the petroleum-bearing sandstone, but it only flowed from that place for a short time. 9. Water was cut in the New Red Sandstone; drift about 100 ft. thick, consisting of gravel, sand, boulder-clay and cobbles. 10. No; but a little water was found on top of rock. 11. Tubed out of hole. 13. Brackish water impregnated with petroleum-oil. 14. None. YORKSHIRE. Messrs. Mather and Platt. 1. Messrs. Bolckow Vaughan, Middlesboro'. 3. 18 in. diameter, 1132 ft. deep. 5. 806,400 galls. 9. New Red Sandstone. See section of upper portion, previously published in last report. Name of Member of Committee asking for information, C. Fox-Strangways. Name of Individual or Company applied to: : Messrs. Steward and Sons.* 1. Messrs. Steward & Sons, Comb Works, Walmgate Bar, York. 2. About 50 ft. 3. 8 yards to bottom of shaft, 46 yards to bottom of first bore-hole, 129 yards to bottom of second. 4. Water stands at about 22 to 23 ft. from surface. 5. 500 galls. per minute from 3 bore-holes. * The present owners of these wells do not appear to know much about them; therefore I have filled in the form from information previously obtained, and from my own personal knowledge of the locality.-C. F.-S. The other bore-hole went to a depth of 129 yards. 10. Probably. 12. The geology of the solid strata around York is too much obscured by drift to be sure on this point. 13. No. 14. No. 15. No. Rev. R. D. Owen. 1. In the centre of St. James's Square, Borobridge. 2. I believe about 30 ft. 3. 256 ft., diameter 4 in. bore-hole. 4. Before 17 ft; after 36 hours pumping a reduction of 2 inches in the bore-pipe. 5. Number of gallons would depend on the kind of pump used. Supply of water is supposed to be unlimited. 6. The pump above is not yet in full work; wells in this neighbourhood vary very little at different seasons of year. 7. Surface-water cut off to depth of 158 ft. from top by iron (30 ft. 6 in.) and copper (158 ft.) pipes. 8. Vide analysis already sent to you. 9. Soft red sand with boulders in it 28 ft. thick; remainder New Red Sandstone, with about 4 layers of red marl 3 to 4 in. thick. 10. Yes. 11. Yes. 12. No. 13. No. 14. No. 15. No. Messrs. Brett, Sparringate, York. 1. My own. 2. 18 ft. 3. 80 ft. 4. 6 ft. from surface. 5. Constant flow 14-inch pipe. 6. Not more than 2 ft. at any time. 7. Not at all; not any communication. 8. Much peculiarity; analysis enclosed. 9. Clay, sand, white sand, at 70 ft., at which depth a piece of oak was pulled up in good preservation; 100 ft. ironstone and sand; sand continued more or less to 130 ft.; gravel, sand, and water, came up pipe out of ironstone at 180 ft. 10. No. 11. Yes. 12. No. 13. No. 14. Do not know. 15. Not to my knowledge. Dr. Gill, Bootham Asylum, late of the North Riding Asylum, York. 1. North Riding Asylum, Clifton, York (north side of Asylum). 2. 40 ft. 3. There is no well; bore-hole begins at surface; depth of bore-hole 232 ft. 9 in.; diameter 12 in. at surface, narrows to 6 in. 4. 8 ft. from surface before pumping; after pumping 24 hours, at 7000 galls. an hour, water lowered 9 ft. from water-level. 5. 70,000 galls. have been pumped a day without altering the level of 17 ft. from surface. 6. I do not know. 7. I do not know. No surface-water can get into the bore-hole, as it is tubed with an iron pipe nearly to the bottom. 8. The water is an ordinary hard water; contains only a small percentage of sulphate of lime, but quite an appreciable quantity of iron; it is very drinkable. 9. 1st, 7 ft. of sand; 1 ft. of peat moss; 13 ft. dense blue clay; 23 ft. dense blue clay, containing boulders, many of which are ice-worn; 10 ft. red sand; 16 ft. soft red sandstone (with layers of slate?); 23 ft. white sandstone; 25 ft. red sandstone, with layers of red clay and soft slate; 10 ft. white sandstone; 6 in. red clay; 20 ft. red sandstone; 8 ft. white sandstone; 1 ft. red clay; 15 ft. white sandstone; 3 ft. red sandstone; 2 ft. white sandstone, containing large quantities of water; 11 ft. white sandstone; 42 ft. red sandstone to well-bottom. 10. Yes. 11. Yes. 12. Not that I know of. 13. No. 14. Not salt springs, but some iron springs much stronger than this water has been found in boring in York. 15. Not that I know of; the bore-hole, I hear, was discontinued on account of the large quantity of iron the water contained. APPENDIX. Abstract of Analysis of Waters from the New Red Sandstone given in the 6th Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Pollution of Rivers. (Table, p. 108.) The numbers in the Table can be converted into grains per imperial gallon by multiplying them by 7, and then moving the decimal point one place to the left. The same operation transforms the hardness in the Tables into degrees of hardness on Clark's scale. * This must probably mean 18 ft. above level of River Ouse. The well is about 30 ft. ove sea-level. |