THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. 521 September 10, 1915. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The lower keuper sandstone consists for the most part of soft false-bedded micaceous sandstones of a grey or buff colour, with associated thin bands of red and pale green marl. Similar beds crop out around Coventry Station and between Warwick-road and Quinton-road; previously they have been placed in the so-called permian, but their close resemblance to the local development of the lower keuper sandstone and their apparent uncon- formity to the Corley conglomerate (in a broad irregular hollow in which they were deposited) suggest that they are more likely of keuper age. Sections occur at the eastern end of Coventry Station and in a sandpit in Stoney-road. To the east of the sandstone outcrop, the keuper marl probably extends to the eastern margin of the map, except in the south-east, where Mr. Eastwood finds lower lias clays at the surface near King’s Newnham. The drifts, however, are so thick over the greater part of the area that the keuper marl seldom crops out. A stream on the south-west side of Coombe Abbey Pool shows red shaly marl with thin skerry bands, but else- where sections are poor, and it is sometimes difficult to distinguish, keuper marl from a red boulder-clay derived from it. To the north and north-east of Ansty, in the ground surveyed by Dr. Gibson, the marls certainly never come to the surface, but in the neighbourhood of the stone quarries at Sapcote and Stoney Stanton some interesting exposures, examined by Mr. Whithead, have been laid open in quarrying the syenites. In a section along the tramline at the entrance to Lane Hill Quarry the marls assume a littoral character, and consist mainly of soft even-bedded, deep red, very fine loams. Among these, thin bands of coarse grit, containing many small pebbles of syenite, are interstratified. Occasionally an isolated block of syenite is embedded in the loams. These strata are inclined at 8 degs. north, and rest directly on a. highly inclined floor composed of the syenite. On the east side of the quarry an extremely coarse breccia bed, about 2.5 ft. thick, occupies a shallow depression in the syenite. The breccia is mainly com- posed of pieces of syenite of varying sizes, cemented together by a calcareous cement. The rock has all the appearance of “ head,” and is probably of triassic age, though in the absence of any interstratified red marls this is not certain. On the west side of the coal field, south of Berkswell, Mr. Cunnington finds the keuper sandstone forming a narrow impersistent strip faulted against the Keele beds on the east and dipping westwards beneath the keuper Coal Mines Inspection in 1914. SCOTLAND DIVISION. Mr. IT. Walker, in the absence of Col. C. L. Robinson,* H.M. divisional inspector of mines for Scotland, reports upon the inspection of mines and quarries in the Scotland Division. Other inspectors of the Division now engaged on military duty are Capt. Prichard, Capt. Ritson, and Lieut. Humphrys. Others of the inspectors of the Division have expressed a desire to undertake military service, viz., Mr. J. Masterton, Mr. L. R. Sowerby, and Mr. A. McArthur, but, as yet, they have not been called upon. During the year 2,522 inspections were made underground at mines, and 944 quarries were inspected. Each mine was inspected at least once, and 276 mines were inspected throughout. Persons Employed. The following table shows the total number of persons employed in and about the mines under the Coal Mines Act :— Persons employed. -m-- t————K-------------s Below . -> k- <->■ u Q