Excerpt from Explanation of Quarter-Sheet 88 N. E. Of the Geological Map of England and Wales: Illustrating the Geology of the Neighbourhood of Dewsbury, Huddersfield, and Halifax

The Soft Bed Flags (no. 16) are well developed and largely worked in the neighbourhood of Huddersfield.

The Coking or Soft Bed coal (no. 17) is usually of fair quality and averages 1 foot 6 inches in thickness.

The Middle Band coal (no. 19) is a seam of little importance, at Swill Hill, however, it attains the unusual thickness of 2 feet 6 inches.

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