Transactions . Bermuda 1,1G0 Parambuco 3,518 Cape Town G,245 Cape Race 100 Halifax 580 Sydney 412 Pictou 540 Quebec 930 St. John, 8G7 Montreal 1,065 Geology. The geology of the area has been described in papers alreadycontributed to the Transactions of the Institute.* The Ore Beds. Intcrstratified with the shale and sandstone, which composethe structure of the Island, there are on the north side of theIsland six bands of ore ranging from one to fourteen feet in thick-ness. (See Fig. 2). Only the three uppermost beds, which are alsothe thickest, are at present mined. Of these, the lower (No
Transactions . Bermuda 1,1G0 Parambuco 3,518 Cape Town G,245 Cape Race 100 Halifax 580 Sydney 412 Pictou 540 Quebec 930 St. John, 8G7 Montreal 1,065 Geology. The geology of the area has been described in papers alreadycontributed to the Transactions of the Institute.* The Ore Beds. Intcrstratified with the shale and sandstone, which composethe structure of the Island, there are on the north side of theIsland six bands of ore ranging from one to fourteen feet in thick-ness. (See Fig. 2). Only the three uppermost beds, which are alsothe thickest, are at present mined. Of these, the lower (No. 4 inFig. 2) and the little upper bed average, in the land areas, twelve ?A Nfwfoiindland Iron Depoiit: Cliamlxirs, R. K. Jour. Fe<l. C. M. I.,Vol. I. p. 41, 189(). See alao. The Sinking of the Walninu Sul)marine Slopes: Chambers,II. E. A A. K. Jour C. .M. I., Vol. XII. p. 111. The .Mineral Ileflourcea of Newfoundland; llowley, J. Jour. p. ir)l, 1909. 278 The Wabana Iron Mines—Cantley. ^1 COUCEPT/ON BAY , NFLD. Esa rcTa OCTCVOf^WS (37 ff£LL /SLA/rP Fig. I. feet and four feet in thickness respectively; while the third,marked Xo. 6 the *Scotia, averages seven feet. In the sub-marine areas, there is a substantial increase in thickness in allthree beds. These beds occur in the form of a closed synclinal trough,the southern edges of which interpenetrate with the Island andwhere out-cropping form the segment of an ellipse. (See Fig. 1).The ore beds pass beneath the waters of the bay, but do notreach the land on the other side. Judging from the normal inclination of the various portionsof the s(!rios where visible, the opposite outcrop of the lowest bandwould re-appear at the surface about five miles from the northside of the Bay; while the centre of the basin must be in the baythree or four miles to the north of the Island. (For Geologicalsection, see Fig. 3). The \ Iron Mixes—Cantley 279 e»aun\J4«*4
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