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Sent to Mitchell
Sept /57
No 1. Compact & dark grey is Welsh mine 37.6 pr Ct
M. says 39½
No 2. Earthy and pulverulent
Westbury 40 NB. had bn calcined
No 3. Clay ironstone with ochre. 53. Nrmore
No 4. hard sort. fracture black & sparkling 27½ Nethermore
No 5. Compact from Nethermore. 52½ NB Same as No 3, but a little harder
No 6. a kind already found (Seend) 36.
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Sent to Mitchell <1>
September 1857
No 1. Compact and dark grey is Welsh mine 37.6 percent
Mitchell says 39½
No 2. Earthy and pulverulent Westbury 40
NB. had been calcined
No 3. Clay ironstone with ochre.
53. Nethermore
No 4. hard sort. fracture black & sparkling
27½ Nethermore
No 5. Compact from Nethermore.
52½ NB Same as No 3, but a little harder
No 6. a kind already found (Seend)
36.
Notes:
1. Mitchell replied on 22 September 1857, See Doc. No: 07456.