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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1845, 1910-1933
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CARSY, CARSEY, Caursay, adj. Applied to a kind of coal found near Bo'ness.Sc. 1933 M. Macgregor and D. Haldane Econom. Geol. of Cent. Coalfield 41:
The distance between the Carsey and Smithy coals varies from 2 to 4 ins.Lnl. 1845 Stat. Acc.2 II. 58:
The strata are known to the depth of 135 fathoms . . . the deepest seam that is known is the carsy coal.Lnl. 1845 Stat. Acc.2 II. 123:
No coal has ever been found in this district under the Caursay coal.Lnl. 1910 C. Clough in Geol. Neighbourhood Edin. (Mem. Geol. Surv.) 128:
In a sinking in No. 1 Pit, Carriden, the Carsey Coal is reported to be 32 ins. thick, but mixed with dirt parings.
