. 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. I il I i I I ill pi!' II I 404 THE CARBONIFEnouS SYSTEM. St Ann's, Big Harbour on the Great Bras d'Or, etc. The latter abounds in the same localities, as well as in several others whero the gypsum is absent. The altered limestone at Craignish and Long Point would afford several pretty and unusual varieties of coloured marble. Coal occurs at Port Hood, and sinc
. 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. I il I i I I ill pi!' II I 404 THE CARBONIFEnouS SYSTEM. St Ann's, Big Harbour on the Great Bras d'Or, etc. The latter abounds in the same localities, as well as in several others whero the gypsum is absent. The altered limestone at Craignish and Long Point would afford several pretty and unusual varieties of coloured marble. Coal occurs at Port Hood, and since the publication of the first edition of this work, in which I directed attention to this coal-field as one of promise, it has been reported upon by Professor C. II. Hitchcock, and opened on a small scale. The principal bed is stated by Rutherford to be about 6 feet in thickness, with 4 feet 2 inches to 4 feet 4^ inches of good coal. Other valuable beds are said to have been found at jNIabou, Broad Cove, and Chimney Corner; but they have not yet been opened. In Victoria county the only mine now worked is that of New Camp- belltown, on the Great Bras d'Or. At this place the Coal measures are stated to rest against the mass of syenitic or gneissose rock of Cape Dauphin, and to be in part in a nearly vertical position. In the principal workings of the mine two beds of coal have been opened up. They are separated from each other by a thickness of 36 yards. Tlie upper is 4 feet thick, the lower G feet. In another part of the area, a bed 4 feet 5 inches thick has been found. Its identity Avith either of the above mentioned has not yet been ascertained.* The yield of the Port Hood Mine for 186G is stated to be 3824 tons, that of the New Compbelltown Mine 3142 tons. Freestone for building is obtained, of good quality, at Port Hood Island and Margarie, and also at AVhykokomagh; 1)ut it is not yet worked on a large scale. The soils of this district being based principally on the calc
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