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Intercolonial Goal Mining Company. 
 
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 Montreal. 241]) August, 1886. 
 
 H. A. BUDDEN, 
 
 Vice-President. 
 
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 To Ihe !Skareholders, 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 The Directors beg to submit the following 
 report on the Collieries of the Coni|)any prepared l^y Edwin 
 Gilpin, Jr. Estj , A.M., F.G.S.,F.R. S.C, &c., &c.. Government 
 Inspector of Mines, Nova Scotia. 
 
 Your obedient .servant. 
 
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 Halifax, N. S., August and, 1886. 
 
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 H. A. BuDDEN, Esq. 
 
 Vkt'- President, 
 
 I itera'mial Coal Mining Co. 
 
 Sir, 
 
 The following remarks, will, I trust, serve to convey a 
 general idea of the extent and capabilities of the operations of the 
 Intercolonial Coal Mining Company of I'ictou Co., Nova Scotia. 
 
 This Company holds from the Government of Nova Scotia the 
 following properties : — 
 
 1. Hear Jhook Aiea, One square mile. 
 
 2. Sutherland " " 
 
 3. Middle River " " 
 
 subject to a royalty of 7 \.i cents on each ton (gross) sold. 
 
 On areas Nos. 2 and 3 ex|jloratory work has shown coal; and 
 they are considered valuable, but as mining operations have been 
 conducted only on the first named area I will confine my remarks 
 to it. On the Bear Brook property the following seams have been 
 proved, and lie as follows in descending order : — 
 
 Main, or Acadia Seam, 18 feet. 
 
 Strata, (about) 
 
 Second Seam, 
 
 Strata, (about) 
 
 Third Seam, 
 
 There are other seams known on the property, but hitherto 
 these have received most attention. For full information about 
 these areas frof-. ^ nT-iiing and geological standpoint reference may 
 be made to the reports of the Geological Survey of Canada, which 
 contr.m detailed surveys and reports on the Pictou Coal Field made 
 by '.he late Sir William Logan, (Director of the '^ . vey.) 
 
 The Main and Second Seams have been opened for mining 
 purposes by your Company, and are believed by those acquainted 
 with the Geology of the district to represent the westward extension 
 of the Main and Cage pit seams of the Albion group, well known 
 ajid valuable beds of t:oal. 
 
 160 " 
 
 10 " 
 
 6 " 
 
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 On the Main Seam two working slopes have been driven in 
 the roal from its crop aTjro feet to the dip. At intervals in this <lis- 
 tanro levels have been driven to the li^^ht and lelt and the systematic 
 cxUaclion of coal carried on. At present the preliminary work has 
 been pushed so far liiat there are considerable bodies of solid coal 
 and of available pillars in the upper levels, while the coal lyinj? 
 immediately above the lowest level is comparatively untouched, the 
 levels in the lowest or 2600 feet level having been driven only about 
 1400 feet each way. .'\ largs supply of coal is thus ensured for 
 several years without any further preparatory work A short dis- 
 tance to the Kastward of these slopes another slope called the No. 
 4 was driven in the same seam some years ago, and has been worked 
 at intervals to supi)lement the output of the other slopes. 
 
 The total thickness of this seam as given by Sir William Logan 
 in the Report of the (leological Survey is 18 feet. 'I'he thickness 
 as worked in the nine, varies from 10 to 14 feet, part of the top or 
 bottom being left unworked according -to the nature of the roof and 
 of the lower ])art of the seam. The coal is worked on the bord and 
 l)illar system and presents no difficulties to the miner. It is not 
 easy to give an exact estimate of the coal in this seam in the area 
 imder consideration but it may be estimated at not less than six 
 millions of tons, within reach of the present equipment, and exclu- 
 sive of the coal now won by the present workings. 
 
 No difficulty is experienced in handling the water made in this 
 mine by three Cameron pumps (sizes 2, 3 and 4) which raise in the 
 course of the year about 60,000 tons of water, an amount smaller in 
 ])roportion to the tonnage of coal than in any other Provincial 
 mine. 
 
 The surface plant embraces a pair of horizontal connected en- 
 gines of about 150 horse power friction geared, hauling from the 
 1700 feet level. The haulage from the lowest lift to this point being 
 performed by a compound condensing engine of 260 horse power, 
 supplied rt ith steam from the surface. There is also in the mine 
 some distance to the east of the slopes a 35 horse power engine 
 hauling from a part of the s»eam having a dip diverging from that 
 of the main part of the workings, and delivering the coal to the 
 main hauling engine. 
 
 The winding engine boiler battery which supplies steam to 
 these three tnginc.'? contains six boilers fully equipped and covered 
 

 
 with an iron holler house. There is also a Guibal fan having a dia- 
 meter of 20 feel, with blades 7 feet 6 inches long, with boilers, brick 
 house, etc., for ventilating |)iir|)'<ses. The heapstead is supplied 
 with seven screens filled with tips, etc , ec|ual to the maximum out- 
 put of the (Colliery. The N(t. 4 slope h.is an independent hoisting 
 e<|ui|)nient, and is connected with the main slope heapstead by a 
 trestle work. 
 
 The second seam has been opened by a pit 250 feet deep, and 
 the necessary connections made to a second or ventilating shaft. 
 The main shaft is completely ecpiipped for work with cages, slides, 
 heapstead, screens, hoisting engine, etc. This seam has been 
 already referred to as being 10 feet thick. In the present opening 
 there are about 7 feel of workable coal, and I am informed that at 
 other points along the crop the full thickness is considered workable. 
 Owing to the de< line in thr: coal trade no regular shipments of coal 
 have been made from this mine, but it forms a most important 
 reserve as it opens a seam extending under about 500 acres of the 
 irea. 
 
 There are about 820 acres of freehold land about the pits owned 
 by the Company, on which have been erected houses for the manager 
 and the overmen, and 69 workmen's houses. Shops are also provided 
 for cr.rpenter, blacksmith and machinist work, and contain an 
 e»|iiipment which is fully adecjuate to th? repairs of all machinery 
 and thi! construciion of coal waggons and other colliery appliances* 
 the motive power being furnished by an engine in the machine shop 
 having a 9 inch cylinder and a 15 inch stroke. There are also the 
 usual lamp, pick, engine, weigh and olTice houses, etc. 
 
 The Mine is connected by a branch line ^about 2}^ miles long) 
 with the Pictou Branch of the Intercolonial (Government) Railway, 
 which is connected with the railway system of the continent ; and 
 by another line about 7 miles long, with a wharf at Granton on the 
 iMiddlc River of Pictou. This wharf is 760 ft. long, and has a 
 de|)th of wiiter sufficient for loading the largest steamers entering 
 Piciou Harbor. It is equipped with shoots, cranes, etc., to the 
 full capacity of the Colliery. These lines and the wharf are the 
 property of the Company, and are substantially constructed and 
 equipped with 2 locomotives and 74 cars. 
 
 The annual production of this Colliery has varied up to 150,000 
 tons. The main or Nos. 1 and 3 Slopes can yield as a maximum 
 
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 daily output about 700 tons, and the No. 4 Slope about 250 tons. 
 The "Second" seam wurkinj^s ran l)c readily pui in order for a 
 daily output ol about 400 tons. 
 
 QITALI'I'\ OK J'HK COAL. 
 
 The coal of this Mine ni.iy l)c » lassvd as a bituminous and 
 coking real. It is usicl ixy skain and ddincstii- purposes ami for 
 coke and iron making. The coal is well adapted for the first named 
 ])urpoHe, as it gives a gu(id llanie witiiout nuu h smoke and makes a 
 lasting fire. Numerous rertificates have testified to its adap- 
 tability Ibr steam raising in marine as well as in locomotive and 
 stationary boilers; anil the report of the Canadian (Icological 
 Survey (already referred to) gives details of several satisf.ictory tebts 
 made under locomotive and marine boilers by the officers of the 
 Survey. It has been largely used on the Covernment and other 
 railways, and many ste;ind)oat companies prefer it to any other 
 Provincial coal for their purposes, l-'or a number of years the Steel 
 Company of Canada hove regularly ])urchased large amounts of the 
 slack coal from this Mine which they have coked at their furnaces 
 and found to yield a coke strong, cellular and resistant, and well 
 adapted for iron ore .smelting and for foundry i)urp()ses. This 
 Com])any use large coal from the Intercolonial Mine in their pud- 
 dling furnaces, and also, 1 am infornietl, in their blast turnaces 
 mixed with coke. 
 
 The following analysis by Sir |. \\'illi;im Dawson will show the 
 (jualily of the coal from the main seam workings : — 
 
 "ORDINARY COAL OF MINK." 
 
 Volatile Matter, 28. o 
 
 Fi.\ed ('arbon, 64.0 
 
 Athes, .S.o 
 
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 •* The ashes are of a grayish < olor. The coal is remarkably 
 free from sulphur." 
 
 The rej)ort of the (leoiogiial Sur\ey (already refi rred to) gives 
 analysis and details of the coal coniirmat<jiy of the above analysis. 
 
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 The coal from ihc second scam is of a similar nature to that 
 from the main scam. 
 
 The colliery is favoural)ly situated for the coal trade business 
 being about 7 miles from I'ictou Harbor, and about 2?/C miles from 
 the Government Railway. The partly « onstnu ted Short F,ino kail- 
 way, connecting New Glasgow and the Coi)e Hreton Railway with 
 the (Jovernment Railway at Oxford, and affording a short road to 
 Quebec, Montreal, etc., will pass within a few yards of the Colliery. 
 The favourable position of the Mine, the quality of the coal, and 
 the extent of freehold of the Colliery offer a good chance for llu- 
 establishment of iron works in connection with the well known iron 
 ore de])osits of the I'.ast River of Pictou. I have no doubt Ih.il a 
 good site and an abundant water supply can be had on the projjcrty 
 close to the slopes. I enclose a i)apcr on the iron ores of I'iciou 
 County, lately read by me before the .American Institute uf Mining 
 Kngiiicers, which shows tlu" relation of the properties of the inter- 
 colonial Company to the various railways, the Harbor of Pictou and 
 the iron ore deposits of the district. 
 
 1 have the honor to be, Sir, 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 EDWIN GILPIN, Jr.