Downloaded from http://trngl.lyellcollection.org/ at University of California-San Diego on June 29, 2016 JOHN SMITH—ON CLEAVES COVE, DALRY. 309 Rat. Cat. A few bones. Dog. Small size, a few bones. Weasel. A few bones. Pheasant. A few bones. Partridge. A few bones. Duck. A few bones. Common fowl. A few bones. Goose. A few bones. Gallinaceous bird. BONES FROM MIDDLE DEPOSIT. Ox. {Bos longifrom). Very plentiful. A number of the ox bones have belonged to very smaU indi­ viduals. Calf. Frequent. Tine of horn and case of horn only. Both Bed Deer. specimens as implements. Very plentiful. The majority of the bones She&p. have belonged to the slender-legged variety. Goat. Few bones of the goat found. Pig. Numerous bones of pigs. Beaver. Left lower jaw only. Badger. Left humerus only. Cat. A few bones got. Hare. Left humerus only. Goose. Left ulna only. Cetacean (?). Right rib. A large quantity of bones, jaws, and teeth of very small animals still remains to be determined. No. XXXIII.—GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN THE PARISH OF EAST KILBRIDE, LANARKSHIRE.. BY ANDREW PATTON, Cor. Mem. WITH A LIST OF FOSSILS, COMPILED BY JAMES COUTTS. WITH TWO SECTIONS [PLATE XIII]. [Read 14th February, 1884.] THE slatyband ironstone, with its accompanying strata, is now the acknowledged base of the true coal measures, as given by Mr. Balph Moore, Government inspector, in his chart of the probable position of the minerals in the various coalfields of Scotland, where he states that it lies between 400 and 500 fathoms above the Crossbasket Downloaded from http://trngl.lyellcollection.org/ at University of Trans. Geol. Soc. Glasgow.California-San Diego on June 29, 2016 Vol. W, Plate JM. Horizon of Calderwood Limestone Series. No. x Coal, 4 in. | Blackband Iron, a in. No. a Coal, 3 in. Fathoms, 10 - .21 No. 3 Coal, 3 in. No. 4 Coal, a in. No. s Howe Coal, Crutherland, 1 i ft. 8 in. No. 6 Jaunt Coal, Crutherland, s ft. Q in. No. 7 Smithy Coal, Crutherland, i ft in. No. 8, zo in . 3 Lime, x ft. 6 in. Ironstone, 6 in. Ironstone, 5 in. No. 9 Seven inch Coal, 7 in. Ironstone, 3 in. SECTION 1 Supposed Hairn\yres Lima! of Minerals seen in Coal, 2 in. ^ , CALDER GLEN, 0 o or Eastern portion of -III EAST KILBRIDE. It'll* Roman Cement, xi in. Lime, 3 ft. No. x Lime, x ft. 4 in. No. 9 Lime, x ft. 6 in. Lime, 2 ft. 4 in. No. 3 Lime ox Main Post, Lime, 5 ft. 4ft. ) 4 . Lime, 5 ft. 9 in- KEY. 111 PI Lime Plies, 4 ft. Lime, 12 ft. No. x ) Crossnouse Lime., No. 2 y Crossbasket Ironstones. 60M No. 3 ) I No. xo Coal, 8 in. Presently wrought by Colin Dunlop, Quarter, 1884. VERTICAL SECTION No. xx Coal, xo in. showing the Minerals found in the Western portion of White Stone Series. No. i2 Coal, 4 in. EAST KILBRIDE. A.n3row Pabtpn. del* M9Fa-rla.no ic Erslono. lieh.™ sain" Downloaded from http://trngl.lyellcollection.org/ at University of California-San Diego on June 29, 2016 310 TRANSACTIONS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOC. OF GLASGOW. ironstone series. As it has not, however, been found in any bore, pit, quarry, or ravine, in the district, we must look, I infer, for the position of the Kilbride strata in some lower horizon than that of the true Coal Measures, viz., in that of the lower coals and iron­ stones of the limestone series. From all my investigations, now continued over many years, I have come to the conclusion that our groups of stratified rocks obtain their greatest altitude at or near the pit known as Calder- wood Colliery, on the estate of the same name, the coal there being, I believe, the equivalent of that now wrought at Crutherland, and formerly worked at Capelrig, Blacklaw, Murray, Whitehills, East JTetherton, Torrance, Edge, NTewhouse Mill, and Calderside. The seams at all these places are thin and of indifferent quality, but they may be said to map out the area of the East Kilbride coal­ field, and to represent that of the Possil and Govan strata near Glasgow, and the coals and ironstones of the limestone series in the Carluke coalfield. To indicate the strata overlying this coalfield I cannot do better than refer to the journal of the pit put down by Messrs. John Brown & Co., in Calder Glen or Mauchlinhole Farm, and worked by them for some years. It is as follows :— Fm. Ft. In. Surface, . 1 3 6 Freestone soft, . 1 5 0 No. 1.—-'Soft coal, . 0 0 4 Dark shale, 0 3 0 Blackband ironstone^ 0 0 22 )) Contain a little Black shale, 0 4 00 \ oil. Dark shale, soft, 0 10 Clayband ironstone, 0 0 9 Grey sandstone, 0 0 5 No. 2.—Soft coal, . 0 0 2J Dark faiks, 0 0 4 Freestone,. 1 1 0 Dark shale, 1 1 0 Dark faiky shale, 0 2 6 I Very hard silicious Bangle, 0 1 1 < sandstone resembl- ( ing quartzite. Dark faiks, 0 3 1 Dark shale, 0 4 3 Clayband ironstone, Contains Lingula 0 0 ! (good). Dark shale, 0 2 2 Contains a little oil. Downloaded from http://trngl.lyellcollection.org/ at University of California-San Diego on June 29, 2016 PATTON AND COUTTS—ON GEOLOGY OF EAST KILBRIDE. 311 Fm. Ft. In. Clayband ironstone, . 0 0 3 Dark shale with ironstone balls, 1 2 9 'Sample analysed Clayband ironstone, . 0 0 7- contains 30 per w cent, of iron. Dark shale, .... 0 4 11 Clayband ironstone, . 0 0 2 Soft shale,. 0 0 3 Hard, burns in the | fire with a bright Black sandstone, 0 0 6 | flame but does not decrease in bulk. Grey faiks, .... 0 0 8 Soft shale, 0 0 2 Dark shale, .... 0 0 2 Impure ironstone, 0 1 0 Hard, with yellow­ ish streaks, burns Grey faiks, .... 0 0 6 in the fire. Dark shale, .... 0 0 6 Grey faiks, .... 0 1 4 Grey freestone, .... 0 0 10 Dark shale, .... 0 0 6 Freestone, 0 0 6 Sandy faiks, .... 0 0 7 Hard white freestone, 0 3 1 Sandy faiks, .... 0 1 0 Dark shale, .... 0 2 0 Grey faiks, .... 0 0 3 No. 3. —Coal, 0 0 1 Soft white freestone,. 0 3 2 Do. do. with black partings, .... 0 2 4 Dark shale, .... 0 3 6 No. 4. —Coal, 0 0 1 Fireclay, 0 0 10 Freestone, 1 1 0 Sandy shale, .... 0 0 9 Freestone, 0 2 6 Dark shale, .... 1 1 7 Fireclay, 0 0 6 Sandy faiks, .... 0 2 5 Dark shale, with ironstone balls, 0 4 4 —Coal, 0 1 I j House coal of 8 j Crutherland. Fireclay, 0 0 7 Fireclay, with nodules, 0 3 1 i Joint Coal of Cru­ .-Coal, 0 2 9 therland mixed i with shale. Downloaded from http://trngl.lyellcollection.org/ at University of California-San Diego on June 29, 2016 312 TRANSACTIONS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOC. OF GLASGOW. Fm. Ft . In. Soft white sandstone plies, 0 4 3 Hard white sandstone, 1 3 5 Hard white kingle, . 0 2 11 Dark shale, 0 2 9 —Coal mixed with sand, 0 1 3 Grey freestone,. 0 3 6 Dark sandy shale, 0 2 3 —Coal,. 0 0 10 Fireclay, .... 0 0 4 Rock plies, 0 1 8 26 2 In the journal of the bore put down in East Nether ton farm by J. "Wood, in 1856, there are four seams of coal given, from one inch to nine inches, and although the strata do not correlate with those of the journal of Oalderwood Colliery, I have no doubt that they are the same seam of coal. Believing that I am correct in placing No. 8 coal in the position of Calderside Coal, I now give details of the strata as they are seen in Hart's Barn, a small streamlet falling into Calder Water, a little wav below the Black Linn. Fm. Ft. In. Strata, .... 4 4 0 Dark shale, 1 3 0 Freestone,.... 2 5 0 Coal, 0 0 7 Freestone,.... 5 4 0 Sandy shale, 0 5 0 Shales, faiks, and thick plies\ of freestone, . 2 1 0 Sandy shale, 0 5 3 Clay ironstone, . 0 0 1* Dark shale, 1 0 2 Clay ironstone, . 0 0 3 Dark shale, 0 5 7 ] Clay ironstone, . 0 0 3 Goodsections of all these last nine Dark shale, 1 0 7 beds are seen Clay ironstone, . 0 0 3* opposite Calder­ Dark shale, 0 5 H side Holm, be­ Clay ironstone, . 0 0 4 low the old kilns on the left bank Dark shale, 1 2 7 of the Calder Clay ironstone, . 0 0 4 Water. Dark shale, 2 5 6*J Roman cement,. 0 0 11 Shale, .... 1 1 0 Downloaded from http://trngl.lyellcollection.org/ at University of California-San Diego on June 29, 2016 PATTON—ON GEOLOGY OF EAST KILBRIDE. 313 Fm. Ft. In. Limestone, 0 1 4 Shale and fireclay, 1 5 Limestone, 0 1 Fossiliferous shale, 0 2 Limestone, 0 4 31 6 The above-mentioned Roman cement is the first post limestone of the Calderwood series given by the officers of the Geological Sur­ vey as the equivalents of the calmy limestone which overlies the first Kingshaw bed of Carluke. Assuming that the Survey officers are correct in regard to our position, we might have expected to find the Lesmahagow gas coal in the district, as it is found about 30 fathoms above the calmy limestone, and in the Auchenheath district about 28 fathoms above the Lingula or calmy limestone.