. 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. rAUIiOMFKUOUS niSTKHT OF I'ICTiif. 3-J9 rsof :eps, its llilch ling ally sils, hvas occasionally submerged uiidor hnickiftli water, periiaps hy the partial rupturo of tlie great congloineralc l)auk to whieli we have already referred. Cscful Mlni'.vals of ilic, I'ictuu Dhlrlrt. Coal is the ^t iiiiportaiit of tlicse ; and ]*ictnu was lung the principal produ
. 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. rAUIiOMFKUOUS niSTKHT OF I'ICTiif. 3-J9 rsof :eps, its llilch ling ally sils, hvas occasionally submerged uiidor hnickiftli water, periiaps hy the partial rupturo of tlie great congloineralc l)auk to whieli we have already referred. Cscful Mlni'.vals of ilic, I'ictuu Dhlrlrt. Coal is the ^t iiiiportaiit of tlicse ; and ]*ictnu was lung the principal producer of this vakiablc mineral in iiritish America, having only recently been outstri[)i)ed by the Coal-lield of Cape Breton. Upwards of 237,000 tons were raised in 18(j0. The greater i)art of the Pictou coal is shipped tn the United f>tates, and is used in iron- foundries and gas-worlvs, and fcr tiie productiini uf steam. Tlie principal mines are those worked by the General Mining Association and the Acadia Company, though several other collieries are being put into working condition. I may shortly notice the principal coal areas in succession. (1.) General Mining Assuciation (Fig. 135—1). Tlie coal hitherto exported by this (Company has been obtained principally from the "main seam" (see p. 319), and chiefly from its upper tvveiv^ feet, though in recent years the lower part of this seam, and also the "deep seam," have been worked. The pits originally worked were on the low ground immediately west of the East Kiver, where an engine-pit was sunk to tin- depth of ab(nit 400 leet. In the progress of these works, however, it was found that the coal deterio- rated very much in quality in its extension to the eastward ; and this circumstance, in connexion with a serious '• crush " in the mine, deter- mined the proprietors to make new openings to the westward, named the Dalhousie pits, us well as others toward the dip. These are the present working pi
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