. The geology of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, or, Acadian geology [microform]. Geology; Geology, Stratigraphic; Paleontology; Geology, Economic; Géologie; Géologie stratigraphique; Paléontologie; Géologie économique. it i)V THE COAL-FIELD OF NEW BRUNSWICK. 249 y. or [srous lore- |nt of The Dther med lis of !S, at sring Brook, ill the parish of Uphnm in Wcsttnoreland, mid on the Tobique in Victoria. No beds of rock salt have been observed, nor is it known at what depth the saliferous strata may be found. Salt has long been made by the evaporation of the brines
. The geology of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, or, Acadian geology [microform]. Geology; Geology, Stratigraphic; Paleontology; Geology, Economic; Géologie; Géologie stratigraphique; Paléontologie; Géologie économique. it i)V THE COAL-FIELD OF NEW BRUNSWICK. 249 y. or [srous lore- |nt of The Dther med lis of !S, at sring Brook, ill the parish of Uphnm in Wcsttnoreland, mid on the Tobique in Victoria. No beds of rock salt have been observed, nor is it known at what depth the saliferous strata may be found. Salt has long been made by the evaporation of the brines from Upham and Sussex, and is of excellont quality, but the works have hcictoforo been conducted upon a very limited scale. Gypsum (Sulphate of Lime).—This is a very abundant mineral in New iiruiiswick, the deposits being iiuincrous, large, and in general of great purity. They occur in all parts of the Lower Carboniferous district, in King's, Albert, Westmoreland, and Victoria, especially in the vicinity of , in Upham, on the North Iliver in Westmoreland, at Martin Head on tho Bay shore, on the Tobique River in cliffs over 100 feet high, and about the Albert Mines. At the last-named locality the mineral has been extensively (luarried from beds about sixty feet in thickness, and calcined in large works at Hillsborough. 8646 barrels of plaster were exported in 1803, principally to the United States; but the trade has declined since the outbreak of the American war, and during the last year the buildings employed by the company were consumed by fire. Anhydrite (Anhydrous Sulphate of Lime).—This mineral occurs with tiie last at Hillsborough, and the two are employed in connexion. Alum.—This important substance frequently results spontaneously from the weathering of pyritous shales, and has been observed in small quantities at Grand Lake and elsewhere, resulting from these causes. As pyrites is abundant in the province, it may prove a source of the future supply o
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