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CONTENTS.
Notice by the Director
Preface to the First Edition
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
General description, physical features, geological mapping, and drainage of the district
CHAPTER II.-TABLE AND LITHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE
GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS.
Carboniferous or Mountain Limestone
CHAPTER III.-GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL
STRUCTURE OF THE COUNTRY.
CHAPTER IV.-THE CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE DISTRICT.
CHAPTER V.-THE YOREDALE ROCKS AND MILLSTONE GRIT :-
WESTERN AND NORTHERN DISTRICTS.
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(3.) The outcrops of the Kinder Scout Grit on the west and north
CHAPTER VI.-THE YOREDALE ROCKS AND MILLSTONE
GRIT (continued) :-EASTERN DISTRICT.
(1.) The valley of the Derwent from Ashopton on the north to Eyam
and Stoney Middleton on the south
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(2.) The country between Stoney Middleton and Rowsley, west of
the Chatsworth Fault
(4.) The country between Hathersage Moor and Ambergate, east of
the Derwent
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(3.) Stanton Moor and its neighbourhood -.
CHAPTER VII.-THE YOREDALE ROCKS AND MILLSTONE
GRIT (continued) :-SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
CHAPTER VIII.-POST-PLIOCENE AND RECENT DEPOSITS, &c.
Glacial Drift.-General description and distribution
Drift on the west and south of the Penine Chain
Drift in the valleys of the Wye and Derwent
Drift on the east of the Penine Chain
River-deposits
Caves
General conclusions
Bones of extinct animals, &c.
Flint Implement -
CHAPTER IX.-MISCELLANEOUS.
Mountain Limestone
Yoredale Rocks
Millstone Grit
Joints
Contrast between the lie of the rocks on opposite sides of the Penine
anticlinal
Rivers and valleys
Landslips
Warm springs
Ebbing and flowing wells
CHAPTER X.-ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, MINING, &C.
CHAPTER XI.--DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE MINES.
Lead Mines in the neighbourhood of :-
Castleton, 128; Bradwell, 131; Tideswell Moor and Eyam, 132;
Longstone Edge, 138; Monsal Dale, 140; Taddington, 140;
Sheldon, Monyash, and Over Haddon, 140; Alport and Youl-
greave, 141; Winster and Elton, 144; Matlock, 148; Wirks-
worth, 149; Brassington, 151; Ecton, 152; Ashover, 152;
Crich, 154.
CHAPTER XII.--OTHER MINERALS OF ECONOMIC VALUE.
Minerals associated with the Ores :-
Baryta, 161; Fluorspar, 161; Calcspar, 163; Fireclays, 163; Bitumen
(Elaterite), and Rock-oil (Petroleum), 164.
Other minerals :--
Chert, 166; Tufa, 166; Rotten-stone, 166; Derbyshire Marbles,
167; Limestone, 167.
APPENDIX I.
List of Fossils from the Carboniferous Limestone of Derbyshire and North
Staffordshire. By R. Etheridge, F.R.S. Revised and greatly enlarged.
for this Edition, by Messrs. G. Sharman and E. T. Newton, F.G.S. 168
APPENDIX II.
List of Works on the Geology, Mineralogy, Mining, and Palæontology of
Derbyshire. By W. Whitaker, B.A., F.R.S., Assoc. Inst. C.E.
INDEX
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PLATES
at the end of the book.
Plate I.-Sections from the central mass of Carboniferous Limestone,
across the Yoredale Rocks and Millstone Grit, to the Lower
Coal-Measures.
Plate II.-Section across the Carboniferous Limestone along the Midland Railway between Monsal Dale and Buxton.
Plate III.-Map to show the distribution of the Drift on opposite sides of the southern part of the Penine Chain.
WOODCUTS.
Frontispiece. Weathered Millstone Grit on the Peak.
Fig. 1. Section showing the general Outline of the Grit Country
2. Section in the Midland Railway east of Buxton
3. Comparative Sections of the Derbyshire Carboniferous Limestone
4. Section and Plan to show the faulted nature of the Limestone
boundary at Crowdecote
5. Plan of the Limestone Boundary at Ludwell
6. Section at Apes Tor, one mile east of Warslow
7. Sketch of Fairbrook
8. Diagram to show the changes in the Beds between Fairbrook
and Blackdean Clough
14. Diagram of the Beds between Hern Clough and Grinah Grain -
15. Diagram to show the thinning away of the Lower Kinder
Scout Grit on Bamford Edge
16. Section in the Brook near Mitchell Field, Hathersage
17. Section at Leam, near Hathersage
18. Section across the Valley of the Derwent, near Chatsworth
19. Section across Harthili and Stanton Moors
20. Diagram to explain the Change in the Direction of the throw of
a Fault
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24. Plan and section to show the lie of the Toadstone south of
Kniveton
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25. Map showing the Glaciation of the North-West of England
26. Diagram sketch of part of the Valley of the Derwent, Matlock - 101
27. Sketch of the Quarry and Cavern at Waterhouses
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28. Comparative Sections of Millstone Grit and Yoredale Rocks
29. Map showing the Position and Bearing of Joints on Stanage
Edge
30. Diagram deduced from the Map in Fig. 29
31. Plan of the Mines on Tideswell Moor
32. Section across a part of the Lode at Great Hucklow
33. Section across the Lode at the Mill Close Mine, Winster
34. Section of the "vein" in the Blue John Mine, Castleton
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