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Transcription
In walking around to the east of
Theading this afternoon I was struck
with the low relief of the county which
is decidedly undulating. The high lands
are ridges and the one that runs north
and south 3 miles east of Theading is capped
by one of limestone not more 5th foot
thick. Beneath this limestone come the
Hachiford shales and then they are followed by fine unprofitable shale and these by another dense limestone about four feet thick. These shales are
not thicker than 30 feet. Below the limestone occur one soft unprofitable blue
shale used for brick and tile grading =
the Lorne Hamilton Shales. That seen today
is all over 15 feet thick.