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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12961158265).jpg 1869 <br> MOEaAKS ” SPATHOSE-IEON-OKE TEINS <br> 255 <br> mentions a tunnel 430 feet above the sea-level bored through the <br> whole thickness of one of the seams for a distance of between 150 <br> and 250 feet A cross tunnel near the mouth of this reached coal at a <br> distance of 50 feet The coal is carried down to the shore by men <br> mules and ponies ; its price on the spot is 4 dollars per ton <br> Mr Adams also stated that from what he had heard there are <br> unworked coal-seams in the neighbourhood of Otarunai and indi- <br> cations of lead copper and even gold in various parts of the island <br> 2 On a Peculiaeity of the Beekdon Hills Spathose-Ieon-Oee <br> vEii s Bj M MoEaA s Esq <br> Communicated by Warington W Smyth Esq F R S Y P G S <br> Abridged <br> AccoEDi vrG to the author the Brendon Hills consist of a Devonian <br> Slate dipping about S by E at 30° and by W at 60° on the two <br> sides of the axis of elevation The cleavage-laminae dip nearly S <br> by W at 80° ; and the cleavage-strike varies but little from E by N <br> and W by S forming only a slight angle with the main axis of <br> elevation <br> The clay-slate of the Brendon Hills contains very fine lenticular <br> veins of spathose iron- ore exceedingly rich in manganese the dip and <br> strike-lines of which are not influenced by irregularities in the strata <br> but for the most part follow the direction of the cleavage-planes <br> although as they are often tortuous they do not constantly coincide <br> with them fig 1 <br> Eig 1 ” Cross Section of a Vein <br> The dotted lines represent the cleavage <br> hhh Bedding lines vv A vein at about the average dip <br> The depth of the veins has not been ascertained The main ones <br> extend for several miles in length sometimes dividing and reimi- 36103102 111288 51125 Page 255 Text v 25 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36103102 1869 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 25 1869 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36103102 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36103102 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-06 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12961158265 2015-08-26 15 53 31 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1869 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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