. 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. 1 ⢠LOWER CARBONIFEROUS OF NEW nRUNSWICK. 231 the can by 38 of llova Icur- Icoal llder I that 3per the â ring 2. The Lower Carboniferous Coal Formation in Neio Brunswick, This remarkable group of rocks, which docs not appear, so far as known, in the coal area of Cumberland, though it is developed in other parts of Nova Scotia, appears in New Brunswic
. 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. 1 ⢠LOWER CARBONIFEROUS OF NEW nRUNSWICK. 231 the can by 38 of llova Icur- Icoal llder I that 3per the â ring 2. The Lower Carboniferous Coal Formation in Neio Brunswick, This remarkable group of rocks, which docs not appear, so far as known, in the coal area of Cumberland, though it is developed in other parts of Nova Scotia, appears in New Brunswick to be of considerable thickness, and can be traced from the neighbourhood of Dorchester for some distance along the north side of the coast range of metamorphic hills. It is characterized by the same species of fossil plants as at llorton Bluff in Nova Scotia, and, like the beds at that place, these are rich in remains of fislics. Tliey differ, however, from the rocks of similar age in Nova Scotia by the remarkable development of highly bituminous shales in connexion with considerable deposits of an asphaltic mineral, to wliich the name " Albertitc" has been given, and which is highly as a material for the manufacture of coal oil and illuminating gas. I examined these deposits in 1852, in the company of Sir Charles L)ell, and shall first give, without any material alteration, the account of the locality as I then saw it, and as it was described in tlie first edition of tliis work, adding a sum- mary of more recent observations, and the new conclusions to which they lead. Albert Mine, Ilillsborongh.âThe beds at this place are thin-bedded shales, composed of extremely fine clay with much bitu- minous matter. Some of tliem contain much lime, and when this is dissolved away by the weather or by an acid, the bituminous matter remains in tlic form of light porous flakes, resembling half-decayed bark. These shales contain great numbers of f
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