. Acadian geology [microform] : the geological structure, organic remains and mineral resources of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Geology; Paleontology; Geology; Geology; Geologie; Paléontologie; Géologie; Géologie. -r^''' . MINERALS OF TIIR CUMnEKLAND »)•)" tlio re aie n;ion. Iccurs fc arc also the principal localities of gypsum, which does not, however, appear to be so abinuliuit in the Lower Carboniferous rocks of this county as in those of Hants and Colchester. A singular variety of limestone occurs in a number of places on the Joggins shore. It is t
. Acadian geology [microform] : the geological structure, organic remains and mineral resources of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Geology; Paleontology; Geology; Geology; Geologie; Paléontologie; Géologie; Géologie. -r^''' . MINERALS OF TIIR CUMnEKLAND »)•)" tlio re aie n;ion. Iccurs fc arc also the principal localities of gypsum, which does not, however, appear to be so abinuliuit in the Lower Carboniferous rocks of this county as in those of Hants and Colchester. A singular variety of limestone occurs in a number of places on the Joggins shore. It is the black bituminous limestone, so often referred to in the section. This substance, though not in sufliciently thick beds to compete with the larger Lower Carboniferous limestones for ordinary purposes, is the most valuable limestone in the county for application as a manure, in consequence of the quantity of })hos- phate of lime contained in it, in the form of scales and bones of fish. In consequence of ii,s containing this valuable ingredient, it is worth to the farmer more than three times the price of ordinary limestone, and I have no doubt that it will bo extensively worked for agricultural purposes, when the use of mineral manures becomes more genera 1 among the farmers of Cumberland. It is possible that ev(!n at present the lime from the richest of these beds would be sufficiently appreciated on trial to allow them to be profitably worked. The soils resting on the Carboniferous rocks of Cumberland arc very various in their quality, and run in lines across the county in corre- spondence with the strikes of the groups of beds from which the materials of the surface soils have been derive 1. Kicli loamy and calcareous soils generally accompany the limestones, gypsums, and marly clays and sandstones of the Lower Carboniferous system. The soils of the coal measures vary from light and sometimes stony sands to stiflf clays. The Upper Coal fonnation produces soils approac
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