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Tha following diagrama illuatrata tha mathod: L'axamplaira film* fut raproduit grica A la gin^roaiti da: - HaroM Campbell Vaughan Memorial Library Acadia University. Laa imagaa suhrantaa ont 4ti raproduitaa avac la plua grand soin, compta tanu da la condition at da la nattat* da I'axaMplaira film*, at w\ conformiti avac laa conditiona du contrat da fUmaga. Laa axamplairaa originaux dont la couvartura on papiar aat imprimte sont fllmAs nm commanpant par la pramiar plat at an tarminant soit par la dami4ra paga qui comporta una amprainta * , d'Impraaaion ou d'lliuatration. soit par la sopond plat, salon la eaa. Toualaa autroa axamplairaa originaux sont fllmia an cortimanqant par la pramiira paga qui comporta una amprainta d'Impraaaion ou d'lliuatration at an tarminant par la damiira paga qui comporta una talla amprainta. Un daa symbolaa suh/ants apparaitra sur la damlAra imaga da chaqua microficha. salon la caa: la symbola — »• signifia "A SUIVRE". la symboia V signifia "FIN". Laa cartaa. pianchea. tablaaux. ate, p^uvant Atra fllmte i daa taux da rMuction diffirants. Loraqua la documant aat trop grand pour itra raproduit an un saul cliche, il aat film* k partir da I'angia supMaur gaucho. da gaucha k droita. at da haut %i\ baa. an pranant la nombra d'Imagaa n^casaalra. Las diagrammas suivants iliuatrant la m*thoda. % 1 2 a" ■•■ 3 ' tl *>, *' s " ^' / 1 - • * ' ■ ■•Jfc. ■ ■ ' * . Wm ■ ! Mwaw' ■ • K^ ^«^T'-^!|r^i%^ ^>^ \,v, , ^ ":^ V •> ,- t^V^. • \ Mv attention having been directed' at the requestor L. R. Kirbjj Esq., to two areas of 5 square miles each under license to him (Nos. 1 and 2 on the accompanying plan), I have epnbodied the» results of my observations in the^ following brief remai'Ks. On area N6. 1, the southern half alone ca,n be consider- ed valuable, as the northwest portion consists of Strata lying below the prisductive coal beds. A license to work-on the area No. 1 of one square mile can be so laid out as to comprise several workable seams of Coal, one of which is five feet in thickness, and for-, merly worked by one John McKay. But little Coal was extracted owing to the want of means of the owner to sink a shaft and put up the requisite works. I examined this seam, and also some of the Coal taken from it. It appears to be of very good quality, and well adapted f<^ domestic and forge purposes. Persons i!e8idiiig in New' Glasgow wlio have used it speak well of itr qcaSi^ ' ' That the McKay seam locality, thicken as tbej , as also all the others jln tbe '' descend, and improve' iiE ^|ijS^* "''' '-."M «'." ^j %j>t I. ia^id & 1^ \* , -\' I -V . A' > A' 'V. v.. ,„^ -> u-r, }■ Mt> « beyond dilute. By „,e„„„„ent the il of ta^ . cre^e of thickening h„„ is one inch in 4 feet. run in.!??'*:"'^ °"'" ""™» »"» *-• -d these run into &nd under area No. 1. The existence of Oil Coal on thU «^a „an be .elied on but »o test o; its ,n«,Hy „as yet, I heiieve, ,«enl^ The large scM^s of the Albion mines should pass int<^ P«t Of «.is ..a but have «ot as yet been disoovZ. froml. « r •" """' " " """^"^ "f "»"' 'i-nes ' ned to that place by a tram road at an easy grade and «-oe 0. the Picton Une to the ph«=e of loi^;^; t ^t W The e^se of th.tran.way woul/not e^! c«^ 8000 per mUe, (includrng light T.rail,,) the« being httle cuttmg or Mling required. -■ auLTl""™"" ""^ '"^■"""^ engine would here- q«m=d a, the cars can be worked by their own gravity in *- descent, and returned to the pit either by L J " w-re^pe u.- connection with a si»U sUtiona,y engine It is on Area No. 2 that U,e laigest amount of Coal^can be «l«d upon. Here two square miles of surface Z rB^'"""":""^ workable seams. OneoHbet ^B^n se.^ found on the are. .f «. «. HaUhurton Esq., « 10 feet m thickness, another, the McBean seam =P5Ba5Iy mo«, as two feet only of the lower b^chof I. K«>i^ t;'-,0 w6rG gone though in the opening made on it. This may probably be one of the large seams wrought by the Min- ing Association at the Albion mines. The McKay seam worked by Gedrge Mc^ay is 4 ft 3 in thickness in tf,e Lindsay fit, *nd 5 ft. 3 in. where bored through on area No. 2, it is overlaid 60 ft. vertically by another seam of 3 ft. 2 in. both of which seams can be worked by one set of Pits, and thus being equal to a seam 8 ft. 5 in. The rich Oil Coal of the George McKay area 6 ft. in ^thickness will also be found on No. 2. This Oil Coal at the surface has, I am informed, yielded 62 gallons of crude Oil per ton, and from my own knowledge of it, I do not think this amount over estimated. From the course of strike and other surface indications I consider area No. 2 wUl contain all the known seams of the district and should yield seams containing in Uieir aggregate a thickness of 73 feet. ,, Assuming the entire two miles to be selected to contain at the least two thirds of the above quantity in tiiickness over their wJiole extent, a total of upwaitis of 48 mUlioui of tons is shewn. In tills calculation the amount required for support of roof, &c., has been deducted. Of course on such an estimate a large^deduction must also be made for accidental loss of workings. But iBven ducting ^ of tii^e amount mentioned a quantity remains that r^.^^^ aj, one of tiie most valuable properties in tiie Province. As to the facilities for shipment from this argft* glaaot r'* '*!■ at the plan will shew tmti Merigomish Harbour, on which the eastern part of the area No. 2 abuts, is by its shelter- ed position, depth and extent, well adapted for theiaccom- t modation of all the shipping required for the export of the Coal raised. Vessels of over 1000' tons have fi-equently . entered it for the puipose of loading with timber. Owing , to the close proximity of Pictou Harbor, however, vessels ^ invariably use that as a shelter. On examining Capt. Bayfield's Chart of Merigomish, , published in lj842, 1 find the depth of water ranging from > 36 feet at the entrance to 9 feet in Big Gut. I had , soundings taken through the ice at low tide from Cameron's Point to Munroe Head and find an average of 12 feet of water in a nearly straight channel, the minimum of depth i being 10 feet with a black mud bottom, into which a Bearching rod can be driven by hand 10 and 12 feet. T-o accommodate vessels of a large class some dredging will be necessary, the bottom being soft mud, the cost should not exceed 20 cents per cube yard. About 1,600