Canadian mining journal January-June 1905 . refer proba-bly some of the seams that are exposed in the foot-hills near the outer range of the mountains. * A paper read at the March meeting, 1905, of the Canadian MiningInstitute. io6 THE CANADIAN MINING REVIEW. 3. The upper part of the Cretaceous-—the Lignite Tertiaryof early nomenclature. In Northern Alberta this isnow known as the Edmonton series and it probably iscontinued south as the St. Mary River last division furnishes coal over a large area reachingfrom Manitoba to near the mountains. In Manitoba theserocks occupy the summit o
Canadian mining journal January-June 1905 . refer proba-bly some of the seams that are exposed in the foot-hills near the outer range of the mountains. * A paper read at the March meeting, 1905, of the Canadian MiningInstitute. io6 THE CANADIAN MINING REVIEW. 3. The upper part of the Cretaceous-—the Lignite Tertiaryof early nomenclature. In Northern Alberta this isnow known as the Edmonton series and it probably iscontinued south as the St. Mary River last division furnishes coal over a large area reachingfrom Manitoba to near the mountains. In Manitoba theserocks occupy the summit of Turtle Mountain in the Assiniboia, or the new Province Saskatchewan, they under-lie portions of the Cypress Hills and cap Wood Mountain andthe Coteau, and occupy a shallow syncline eastward throughwhich the valley of the Souris is cut and from which muchof the lignite consumed in the eastern section is obtained. The one with which we are at present interested is thatfirst mentioned—the lower part of the Cretaceous, the Koo-. Prospeciive nf model of Cascade and Bow Valleys, looking about shows the Bow Kiver from below Caiimore up to Banff, and also a partof CascHde River. The coal-bearing rocks occupy a somewhat narrowbelt along the western part near the centre of the valley. The topo-graphy is obscured a trifle by the geological coloring. tenay series, as it contains the most ancient and therefore, wemight say, the best quality of coal. It owes its exposure herealtogether to the uplift of the Rocky Mountains and is foundto the west of the outer break of the range. This outerbreak has been of such dimensions that the uplifted beds onthe west exposed the lower rocks as low down in the series asthe Cambrian, and these latter rocks are found thrust up overthose of the middle Cretaceous to the east of the fault. Atthe gap of the Ghost River, Mr. McConnell observed an over-thrust of over two miles, and estimates the total there to benearly seven. A rough diagr
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