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MICROCOPY RESOIUTION TEST CHART 
 
 lANSI and ISO TEST CHART No 21 
 
 ^g ^ '653 East Mgm '■••.,f\ 
 
 ^^S:^S Rochester N** - . . \Acnn 
 
 ■^="-:^aS ("6) JSa - 5989 -Fa. 
 
GEOLOGlCxVL SUliVEY OF CANADA 
 
 A. r. LOW l)ii(ECTOii. 
 
 Taj 
 
 REPUllT 
 
 mm OF ciEiism m 
 
 G. CHRISTIAN HOFFMANN, I L.I)., F.I.C., F.U.S.C, 
 Clicniist and Minpralogi.st to the Survey. 
 
 AstilSTANTS 
 
 F. G. Wait, M.A., F.C.8. 
 R. A. A. Johnston. 
 
 OTTAWA 
 
 PRINTED BY S. E. DAWSON, PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST 
 
 EXCELLENT MAJESTY 
 
 1906 
 
 No. 968. 
 
 3185—1 
 
To 
 
 A. P. Low, Esc]., 
 
 Director of the (/'■ological tSumey of Canada. 
 
 Sir, — In submitting to you the accompanying report for the inter- 
 val comprised between the date of my last ami Decemlwr the .'ilHt, 
 1905, it Hhould be mentioned that the same does not by any means 
 represent all the work accomplished in this Lalx)ratory during the 
 period which it etabracps— iudeetl but little more than oiie-thinl — the 
 balance, possessini; little or no interest except to those immediately 
 concerned, having been excluded. 
 
 I have the honour to be. 
 
 Sir, 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 G. CHUISTIAN HOFFMANN. 
 
 Ottawa, August 3lst, 1906. 
 
 3185— IJ 
 
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 AKat«.jw|.r, frn,„ U,glUy, Kr«..r riv«r, r„ll„«.t .ii.t.. |l c 
 
 Arqiimt.-. fr..n, |t„rw,wh «r.*k, Kluiiri.. riKT Ykii 
 
 Ilwinuth. X»t.v.-. f^„„ HiKh-t .m-k. St..w»rt ruer. Ykn 
 
 (• iMtitf, fMtn th • Black I'nn 
 
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 iii> (JnuHxl iiuiiintaiii, Yal.- 
 
 tl... South f.„k of ^,.r,|,.„, cr.,.k. TnMit hike, W.-t K-t.-nHV Mr i.; 
 Chal<»,.„ny fr.„„ ..,.. M>^,„. ,,.(,., A-.K-n . in.v.. .„,„.,. he.,! „f . "Z , ...u 
 
 liiittiii.tiii rinT. Miihilk^iini-m ,|iv. 15 f ' ,, 
 
 CVrt, f,^„. a^c..t,i„g in the l*,| „f th,- |M.„„ riv.r at Amh«r-tl„.rK. K,«,x 
 
 Colwltitr, w, „,i,/,r Mctdlit... '* 
 
 Copper, N«tu... fr„.„ the S,vH.ei,fn .lairn, A.,-,, ( i„.ve „.„ p, ,,.,..1 .,f ,„t.., 
 
 ir. .-k, a tributary „f th.- TiihiiiiH..n. Yale (li«t., I( (' i., 
 
 - from I!,lrwa^:■ rnrk, a tril.utarv of Kh.an.. nv.r Ykn 
 
 fcl-oinit*., fro.,1 . Mum hill. (,i, IWI riv.r, Ykn 
 
 (iold, \ativ.s fro,„HiKh.tcn-,.k,.St..w,.rtriv.-r, Ykn I, 
 
 I-a<l, Nutu.-, from the Li|,py claim .,„ Kl,|„r,„|„ creek, Ykn it 
 
 Limonit. , fi-om ( Jrind.-to.ie i,|,.,„|, ( ;„|f „f .s,. Uwreiice, l^u.. 3 
 
 - I«e,„ioniorpli after pyrite, f,„„i an ipm.«retle|,»it on Bull rivir 
 
 Kootenay river, U.C 
 
 MolyWenile. from l„t ti, rau^e XII, Kardl.ytp., Wright e. 
 — from the Tumar <• ^roup of clainw 1 
 
 'liitrict, llf 
 Morion, ,-n,m a vein .,f c, ;ii«. |»,tmatite near .(oe Bill l,n,.k, c'.M rl^. 
 
 Ijunenhiir^ Co., N..S 
 Xiccolite, from \Vi.l,lin,.l,l rp., Xipis.in^ <li«t.. Out ' ... 
 Plati' Native, from l'inecie.k, Vtliii lake, B.f ... 
 
 - from the Kra,er river, two mile» U-luw r.illcKH.t, iJ.C ,'-; 
 
 ,, y • ■' "t^f''""**'-'" i» Cameron tp.,Xipi»,in«,li«t Out 
 
 I yrarKynt.., from the Montana, and the M. and M. claims, on the we,, si,!.' 
 
 of W indy aim, TaKi«h lake, YPn. 
 Pyrophyllite, from Ktt„le head, (ial.a.-un l«v, Ca,H. Br-.ton co.. \. 
 
 fi-om KemiinKtonccjve, C"a|». Breton X .S 
 Scheel,,,., from l.ul.lin kuM, on Ha^^art oreek and frou lliglu-t ereek' U.th 
 tnhutaries of tie- .Stewart riv.- Ykn 
 
 — froiiithe l):iM,onand.M^ili..ltlaiii..., 
 
 river, (.'aril««i ilist., I!.C 
 
 - fro, tie MetM.r mine on Sprini,'. r creek, .Sh.tan lake 1! f 
 ^elenite, froi.. he Sir ,,n, tte riv.r, Siie.ky river, Alta 
 HiKer, Xati e, from the Xuml,.r One „,i„e, n. o Ainnworth HC 
 
 ^ from a miieral lam, a' the headwater- of McijilliJrav creek 
 
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 . (, ,,M»..™m .m<'"»l''-"'l<. Yukon riv.r, Ykn ^. . . . 
 
 litic .-»1. from .. «»". ...-ar H.ioh.- T.-r... .•. Sour,- nv« H«,k 
 
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 (r..n. t.inn-l .m tl,.- .r.i.k« uni on yuiKli-n» .•mk, Ni.oU 
 
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 - from Nieolii \all..y. !'•'■ ., , „ 
 
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 - fron,, ,.n.l fron. U.low, th.. C,«ti«an «.,.,„. I'anth.r river, ,\lta. .KSM 
 
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 ^ from M-niuH on the l'anth..r riv, r, Alta ...^ ' 
 
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 froma,l..,«»it at IWvar hill, TuKwanh harl-.ur. C„n.l»<rla«.l ^^ 
 
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 _ from l,itcl,fii.l(l t|i., routii.cco, l^ue .. . 
 
 from l'hllil...l,urg, Mi^Hi'iluuito.. l^ue- 
 
 _ from Harri,.Hel<l, Kr,mt..t,ac cu., Unt . . . . • . . ■ _. • • 
 
 f,„m Marlile cov. , Tesa.la ixlaml, .SUait of ..tH,ri.'K., li.C 
 l),ilom,t.., from Karailay tp.. Ila^tinK- "■.. Oi.t 
 
 -Ikon ohk.*.- , ., . _, 
 
 I .: .. 1- til 10 rai.K' \.\l, we^it uf th" 
 
 Clay iron..,tone, from sei'Mon 1., tp. I", rauK 
 
 initial meridian, Alta '':V\:"\,i' 
 
 - from Collin tfulch, Tulam,-,-n nv.-r. \ ale d.»t., H.t. ^••■;- •_, 
 '.^ Iron hl.'».t.sat ami U-tween l'p,,er Mu«,.UKloUnt and J.l 
 
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 rivers, Halifax Co., 
 
ClirMI-rHV AVI. Ml NIC HA I.I .(IV 
 
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 '•^" ir Kii.l.il.v, Viil.' .Ii.t. Ill' ...... 
 
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 - fr-'tii K.rn- 1)., .\i..i"ihK'li«t., Kilt.. " '\ 
 
 fn.liiiH'iir Inif.ill .i.iti..i,. liHinv I'.iwr .li.f.. Out. . . . ./ 
 .\r!<iniciil-|.yrit.-, fniiii riiar H..;- . \'ali .li«t., Ill' 
 VIII. -N.\n liAI. WATCUs, 
 
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 - ft^mi a l..r.i.K..ii tt... Ri.h.Oii.ii n..r. I!l,-„ry „.n., Il».rvill.. ,^, 
 
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 - from II l.<.riii« lit ('.Mirtrlttht, r.aiiil.t,, 11 ,•..,. Out 
 
 — fnun p well at Iiiifraiii. .Sa«k 
 
 — from a wi-ll at \V'lut«<«i«Hi. Stt»k ... 
 
 — fi""'" I'lriiiK on Htai l.iiKik, KsKt river iif Pict.ni, 
 from a «..ll near 'he V,„t Otfire at (frair !!.• Cntr, ina|.,l,- c.i., 
 
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 - from uhat i. kn.,«n „„ the ■ H,.w ,,,: . | ,t..roy l,,.. Carlet.,n 
 
 CO., Ont 
 
 - friiiii the iiial mine at Fr . Vita 
 
 - fr..nia»,.rin(rmar liakei . ( .nninifton I.!: .Sa»k 
 
 - fri.iii a cial mi,,.- vv„rk... ... fie S.,uri, ( ,,al Mining f„ni|..-,ny,' 
 
 .Sa,.k 
 
 — from a hi.t -|iiiiiif mar Vane. nuer, li.( 
 IX.— UlulK .\N|i I'o'lTKKl rl,AV>, - 
 
 Clay, fri.m a ,le,.»it on t,,. 12, lanRe .\.\IV,we,t of the h. mi imtml 
 
 meridian, .Sa,sk 
 
 — from I'r.nt'li V'al.. ('a|». Breton c..., \..S. 
 
 — from n.'ar liaiiileck, Victoria co., X.S 
 
 — from (Jarlii- mountain, Victoria cti., N..S. 
 
 — from .Ariehat. Kichmou.l CO., X..S 
 
 — from Duteh \'alley road. .Sussex, Kin^s co.. X.H. 
 
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GEOLOOICAL SURVEY OF CANADA 
 
 IX. 
 
 BUICK ANIi I'OTTKRY rhWH—Cniirhldld. 
 
 — from a boring near TIib Iir.K.k villagf, Clan'iice tp., Russell «>., Ont. 
 
 — from a ileimsit in Sarawak t|i., tirt-y CO., Out 
 
 — from Red river, near \Vinnip«'(f, Man 
 
 — fn)m » <ie|Kmit on, or n^ar, I'rairie creek, Clearwater river, Alta . 
 
 — from deiiwitH on tp. 2!), range XXIII, we^.t nf the fo.irtl. initial 
 
 meridian, Alta 
 
 — from tp. 24, range I, west of the fifth initial meri<lian, Alta 
 
 — from tp. 32, range I, west of the fifth initial iii-ri<liaii, Alta 
 
 — from tp. 7, range III, west of the fifth initial meriaian, Alta 
 
 Claysto'.", near Knderliy, Yale (list., U.C 
 
 X.-MlHfELL.\NItOl« KXAMIN.\T1()NS. -^ 
 
 Arenac«.U8 clay, from ten or twelve mil-,, wext of I)e»lmrats, Algoma dist., 
 
 Ont •_ 
 
 lV>g manganene, Cardigan, St. Ceorge [lar., I'.K.I 
 
 Carl)onac<"oua shale, from the fliore of 'I'agi^^li lake, Ykn 
 
 Ferruginous shale, from Oak mountain, Carleton co., P.K.I 
 
 (Iraphiticsh.ale, from IJig linsik, Inverness co, N.S 
 
 .MolylMlenite, from Cnaw.d mountain, Yale dist., B.C 
 
 Silt,' from some ten or twelve miles west of IJesliarats, Algoma dist., Ont. . 
 
 6<i 
 66 
 66 
 «7 
 
 117 
 08 
 U8 
 68 
 69 
 
 Hit 
 6!t 
 70 
 70 
 70 
 70 
 70 
 
K E P O 11 T 
 
 OK TirK 
 
 SIXTIOX oi- CHHMISTRY AND MIMIRAK )(;Y 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS MINERALS. 
 
 1. SOUESITK. 
 
 A native iron-nickel alloy occurring in the auriferous gravels of the 
 Eraser, H.C. 
 
 In washing the material obtained in dredging for gold in the Friwer 
 river, two miles below Lillooet, it has been found that there remains, 
 at the time of cleaning up, a fine, heivy, greyish sand, having a metallic 
 aspect. A sample of this sand, which was sent to the writer for ident- 
 ification, has been examined and found to consist, essentially, of an 
 aggregation of small, very irregular-shaped, rounded grains of an iron- 
 nickel alloy and small to minute, flattened, rounded, steel grey, glisten- 
 ing scales of native platinum ; intermingled with which were some 
 minute, bright, steel-grey coloured, irregular-shaped, flattened grains 
 of iridosmine, a few flattened grains of native gold, some minute 
 partially rounded crystals of magnetite, a few equally small grains of 
 ilmenite, and a few particles of (juartz and of garnet. Of the foregoing, 
 the grains of the iron-nickel alloy constituted, approximately, forty- 
 seven per cent, and those of the native platinum forty-three per cent, 
 by weight, of the whole ; the grains of iridosmine, native gold, magne- 
 tite, ilmenite, and of quartz and garnet, making up the balance of ten 
 per cent. 
 
 This iron-nickel alloy occurs, as above described, in the form of 
 small, very irregular-shaped, rounded grain-*, the largest not exceeding 
 a millimetre and a half in diameter, whilst many, indeed the greater 
 number, were of far smaller dimensions, and others were of microscopic 
 minulene.-!.s. It has a f.iinc yellowish sto( i-grey colour, and a subme- 
 
10 
 
 r.ROLOOICAL SCHVKV OF rANADA 
 
 tallic lustre ; is strongly magnetic, und mallpable. Its specific gravity, 
 at lo-u' C, is 8-215. The mineral is very slightly acted upon by 
 hydrochloric acid in the cold ; upon the application of heat, however, 
 it slowlj- passes into solution. It is rea'lily attacked by dilute 
 nitric acid, even in the cold, and is easily and completely dissolved by 
 it on heating. 
 
 The mean of two closely concordant analyses, conducted by 
 Mr. F. tJ. Wait, upon carefully selected material, showed it to have the 
 following composition : — 
 
 Nickel :■">■""> 
 
 Cobalt niiiie. 
 
 Iron .. 2202 
 
 Co|)|)er 1 ■ 20 
 
 Insoluble siliceous matter I ' 16 
 
 Oit S8 
 
 Deducting the insoluble siliceous matter, and recalculating the 
 remaining constituents for one hundred parts, we obtain, as representing 
 the composition of the mineral : — 
 
 Nickel 76- »8 
 
 Iron 22-30 
 
 0.,.|«-,- 122 
 
 IIXI 00 
 
 There are only two instances on record of a mineral similar to that 
 above described having Ijeen met with. One of these is the nickel- 
 iferous iron called "awaruite," referred to by W. Skey (Trans. N. Zeal. 
 Inst., vol. If, p. 401, 18fi5) as having been found, associated with 
 gold, platinum, cassiterite, chroinite, and magnetite, ic the drift of the 
 Gorge river, a stream flowing into Awarua bay, on the west coast of 
 the South island of New Zealand : and the other, the iron-nickel alloy 
 descrilied by A. Sella (Compt. Uend., vol. 112, p. 171, l.SOl) as occurring 
 in the auriferous sands of the Elvo, a mountain-stream near Biella, 
 Piedmont, Italy. 
 
 As tending to facilitate a comparison of these three apparently clo- 
 sely related minerals with each other, their analyses are here given in 
 a tabular form, — ( 1 ) being the analysis of the nickeliferous iron 
 "awaruite"; (2) that of the iron-nickel alloy irom the Elvo, Pied- 
 mont; and (3) the analysis, after deducting some insoluble siliceous 
 matter and recalou!.".ting the remaining constituents for one hundred 
 parts, of the iron-nickel alloy from the Fraser river. 
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 niKMISTKY 
 
 AM" 
 
 MI>F.RAI.0OY 
 
 
 U 
 
 
 
 C 
 
 Vr 
 
 Xi 
 
 Co 
 
 Cii 
 
 S 
 
 SiO, 
 
 
 
 (I) 
 
 81 
 
 M la 
 
 i;7 ii:< 
 
 70 
 
 
 22 
 
 (( 4:i 
 
 1001) 
 
 
 (2) 
 
 7 H 
 
 2fi w 
 
 T.-.-2"* 
 
 
 
 
 .. 
 
 = 101 H 
 
 
 (3) 
 
 ,H-2ir) 
 
 22 :«) 
 
 76 4S 
 
 
 1 22 
 
 
 
 = 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 •Xiekcl. 
 
 with sdiiii' ciilialt. 
 
 
 
 
 The writer suggests that this mineral be named " souesite," after 
 Mr. F. Soues— to whom he is indebted for tlie sample sent for ident- 
 ification -!o distinguish this find from that of other naturally occur 
 ring iron-nickel alloys. 
 
 MINEUALOGICAL NOTES. 
 
 l._Ar,.\TE-JASPER. A large fragment, apparently part of a water- 
 worn mass, of brownish-red jasper with liands and veinings of 
 a light bluish-grey, in parts light lavender-blue, chalcedony, 
 and which represents a fine example of agate jasper, has been 
 found in the detritus of the Eraser river, at Big Bar, Lillooet 
 district, B. C. 
 
 2. AliQUKKlTK. Spvoral small irregular shaped pellets of this 
 
 mineral— a native sihtM-amalgam, which is commonly referred 
 to by the British Columbian miner as silver, owing to its pre- 
 senting tlie outward appearance of native silver, — the largest 
 not pxceedin;: a ^rain and a half in weight — have been handed 
 to me by Mr. B. C. .MoConiicll. They were found, accompany- 
 ing coai.se nativo gold and nugaets of native copper, in the 
 auriferous gravi'l of Burwash creek, a tributary of Kluane 
 river, a stream flowing out of the northern end of Kluane 
 lake, Ykn. 
 
 3. Bismuth, N.\tive. Very irregular-shaped pellets, <)f from two 
 
 to seven decigramme.^ in weight, of what on examination proved 
 to be native bismuth with, in some instances, a little partially 
 embedded native gold, were found in a sample of material taken 
 by Mr. J. Keele from the ritHes of a sluice-box, on Highet 
 
 creek a tributary of Minto creek, which flows into Mayo 
 
 river, and through the latter into the Stewart ri\cr, Yl i. 
 
 4. Calcite. Fine groupings of rhombohedral crystals of a light 
 
 to dark, rich yellowish-brown calcite, have been found, together 
 with isolatetl crystals and crystal aggregates of a sky-blue 
 celestite, on the surface of fissures or cavities in a brownisli- 
 grey fossiiiferous dolomite nn-t with in cutting a ciiannel in the 
 
12 (iKOI.OGIfAL .SIRVE\ OF CANADA 
 
 bed of the Detroit river at Araherstburg, Maiden tp., Ejsex cc, 
 Ont. ; and fine masses of a yellowish-white, greenish-yellow, and 
 yell(jwish-green, sub-translucent to translucent, calcite having a 
 tine-colutnnar, radiated, and concentric structure, have been 
 met with by Prof. R. W. Brock at the Black Prince claim at 
 the head of Gainer creek, a tributary of the South fork of 
 Lardeau creek, which Hows into Trout lake. West Kootenay 
 dist., B. C. 
 
 "). — Cklbstite. -Tjarge, isolated, more or less perfect, sky-blue, 
 translucent, tabular crystals of celestite — some of which mea- 
 sure three inches in length and two inches and a quarter across, 
 and groupings of similar, but smaller, crystals have been found 
 implanted on the surface of fissures or cavities in a brownish- 
 grey fossiliferous dolomite met with in cutting a channel in the 
 bed of the Detroit river at Amherstburg, Maiden tp , Essex 
 CO., Ont. 
 
 — CuALCEDosY. A Very interesting occurrence of this mineral 
 has been observed by Mr. R. A. A. Johnston at the Maggie 
 claim, in Aspen Grove camp, 8imilkameen div., B.C., where 
 he found it lining the walls of an extensive vertical fissure in a 
 reddish-grey andesite. Some of the specimens obtained by him 
 at this locality are exceptionally fine, and represent an incrusta- 
 tion of some two inches and a quarter in thickness, made up 
 of closely aggregated, frequently coalescing, drooping, stalactitiu 
 forms of a light ash-grey, occasionally bluish-grey, translucent 
 chalcedony. 
 
 ".--Chert. Among other specimens received from the Rev. Thom- 
 as Xattress for identification, was a fragment of a nodule of 
 greyish-white to white, opaque, dull, chert or hornstone, to 
 whicli is attached a little celestite and bituminous calcite, found 
 in a brownish-grey fossiliferous dolomite met with in cutting a 
 channel in the bed of the Detroit river at Amherstburg, Mai- 
 den tp., Ksse.x CO., Ont. 
 
 t<. — CoHAl.TITE, — xee under Niccoi.lTE. 
 
 9. — CoPHEK, N.\TIVE. Irregular-shaped, flattened masses of native 
 copper of six and .seven or more pounds in weight have been 
 found by Mr. R. A. A. Johnston tilling fissures in a purple 
 jind'-sit'^ at the ."^avorcign f!:-.i!ii, in Aspon (Jrovc camp, Simi!- 
 kameen. div., B. C; and variously sized rounded masses of 
 
CIIEMISTHV AM> MINKHVLOfiV 
 
 13 
 
 native copper are fre.juently met with in the auriferous 
 h'ravel of Burwanh creek, a tributary of Kluane river Ykn 
 One such, collected by Mr. K. G. McConnell, con.sists of a more 
 or less kidney-shaped nufjget, weighing one pound five and three- 
 quarter ounces, in parts coated with a little cuprite and inal- 
 acliite. 
 
 
 10. -Ep.so«tTK. .Specimens of this niin..nil, in the form of greyish- 
 white frial.l,. masses hav,. recently been handed to the writer 
 by Mr. J. Ke..l,., with the information that the sa.,,,- had lieen 
 collccte<l by Mr. C. Cam.sell, who had met with this salt, in some 
 little abumlarue, at Alum hill, on IVel river, Ykn., un.l had 
 also found it as a thin incrustation on the clay banks of that 
 river m many places farther up stn am between Alum hill an<l 
 the mouth of Snake river, a distance of some twenty miles. 
 
 U.-OOLD, Nmive. Some very pretty wiiv-like forms of native 
 gold, one of which measures twenty-two millimetres in len.'th 
 and a little over one millimetre in diamet.T, have been obtained 
 by Mr. J. Keele, in the course of working for gold „» IU„het 
 creek, a tributary of Minto creek, .Mavo river, Ykn. 
 
 ] 
 
 :.— Lk.\d, Nativk. a sample of material -^received bv th.- writer 
 from M . VV. J. H. Pinder, for identifieation-whi'ch had lx*n 
 found among the native gold obtain, ,1 in washing aur.ferous 
 gravel at the Lippy claim on Eldorado cr.-ek, Klondike dist 
 Ykn., was found to b.- compo.se.l of rounded, tlattene.l rrrains 
 of native gold united together by a network of lustrous, Wuish- 
 grey, native lead which in parts exhibits a globular surface 
 
 l.-t.- 
 
 •LlMONiTK. There has recently been pre.sented to the Museum 
 a fragment of limonite_appa>ently part of a no.lular mass of 
 that mineral-having a coiu^entrically arranged radiating 
 fibrous structure, which was found by the donor on Grin.lstone 
 island, one of the Magdalen group, in the Gulf of St. Lawre ,ce 
 Hematite has, it may be observed, bt-ea met with, by Mr 
 James Ricliard.son, in the form of rounded nodules -an analysis 
 of one of which is given in the Heport of Progress for 1879- 
 80 p. 1., H-amongst the debris of the fallen cliff' immediately 
 under Demoiselle hill, on Amherst island, which lies about ten 
 miles .south of Grindstone island, above referred to \either 
 occurrence has, it is anticipated, otht. than a scientific interest 
 
14 
 
 OEOLOOICAL HURVKV OF CAllADA 
 
 after pyrit.-, measurin- some «ix centimetr.H , 
 
 : whL are deeply striated. ha« been pre^ent.d .- tlK 
 Museum by M. C. H. PoUen. who .nform. e U.a > ^^^ 
 found inaB.nall deposit of .ro..-ore or. »">' '^i C 
 o^iles up from its entry into the Koot^nay , ve,, B. C. 
 
 TKw mineral hia been met with, by Mr. 
 
 Anthony D.cy, on lot '•.---" L^:i,fJs which were 
 (J„P where t (x;curs— as shown oy i»« ' . . - 
 
 bee.i met with at what is known *s Yale 
 
 1 • = .if. lated on Gnawed mountam, HigHlana v.u.y, 
 
 clauns, siluaieu on «■■" . , , „ „* fh,. ve ns con- 
 
 A- , n C \ sample of mafcenal from one ot tht vems 
 
 nation, was found to «°«^"«* " ^t, very fine- 
 
 chalcopyrite. 
 
 meter, of pitch-black to /eiv. r ^^^^ 
 
 a tributary of Gold river, and one n^ile .rest 
 post-office, Chester tp., Lunenburg co., N. b- 
 
 "f Xt «a lit -ni. •' -»««■ ""\,T 
 
 dist., Ont. , ami auu , canaue composed of a 
 
 of the first mentioned occurrfince. 
 
(rllEMIHTIiV AVD MIM,R.\l.<l(iY 
 
 15 
 
 18.— Platinim, Native. ShihII iiie;.'iilar shajx-d grains and >.alfs 
 of native platinum, t<i;;<'tli<'r witli u few scales of native i,'ol(i, 
 and an oceasional j;min of pale hinwnish, translucent corun 
 dum, were found to enter into the loinposition of a sample of 
 black sand — sent to the writer for e.xamination, from the ritties of 
 a sluice-bfix at Pine creek, alx.ut a wile and a half l)elow Atlin, 
 B.C. Xa.ive platinum has likewise been fr>un.l by the writer 
 to occur, in \ery appreciable c|uantity, in the form of small to 
 minute, flattened, i-oun<led, steel-j,'rey, «listenin^' scales, with 
 small irregular-shaped, rounded grains ..f soucsite— a native 
 iron nickel alloy, llattened grains of native ;,'old, and some 
 minute, flattened grains of iridosmine, in a sample of heavy 
 ;,'reyish sand leftiwa residuum in WHshin^ the material obtained 
 in dredginj,' for gold in the ?>aser river, two miles Mow 
 I.illooet, B.C. 
 
 19.— PoLYCRASE.— This mineral, which was first met with in C»iiada 
 as described in Annual Report for 1898, vol. xi, p. 14 U, in a 
 coarse granite vein, on lot 19, con. 9, fialvin tp, Nipissing 
 dist., Ont., has since been found to occur some twentv-five 
 miles to the east of this in a coarst' jjranite vein which cuts 
 tiie biotite gneiss .m lot 7, concession A of Cameron tp., 
 Xipis.sing dist., Ont. The latter vein is compfjsed, as may be 
 inferred from a large quantity of material collecte<l by Mr. C. 
 W. Williraott to represent its components, of a ligh' to some- 
 what dark greyish, translucent quartz, a light hyacinth-red to 
 tile-red orthoclase, a verdigris-green to bright apple-green 
 microcline— amazon-stone, muscovite, and a little biotite, to- 
 gether with masses of a light greyish-green fluorite, some inclu- 
 sions of a brownish-red calcium iron-garnet— andradite, and an 
 occasional small crystalline mass of polycrase. In addition to 
 the polycrase thus occurring scattered through the vein, Mr. 
 Willimott found in a dru.sy cav.^y of the .same an implanted 
 crystal of what he conjectured might be the same mineral, ant' 
 this on examination it proves to be. It measures about seve 
 teen millimetres in diameter, and shows well defined terrain 
 faces. 
 
 20.— Pyrargyritk. This mineral was found by -Mr. F. (J. Wait to 
 occur, associated with argentite, stephanite, argentiferous 
 tetrahedrite, argentiferous galena, sphalerite, arsenopyrite, 
 pyrite, and some .scales of native silver, scattered through a 
 white, sub-translucent to translucent quartz, in a series of 
 
16 
 
 (iEOUMilCAI. WUBVKV Of CANADA 
 
 M^cimens, . .Uected by Mr. U. O. McC.i.noll, from .|uartz veins 
 »t, respectively, the Moiitiina and the M. ami .M. ilani.«, on the 
 west side of Wi.Uy Arm, a south.-rly branch ..f Tagish lake, 
 Ykn. 
 
 21 —Pvm.i'iiYM.iTK. A lif,'ht gnt-nisii-grey. sub-transluoent, com- 
 pact pyrophyllit.-. has been met with by Mr. Hugh Fletcher, but 
 not in anv great quantity, in the form of thin layers traversing 
 the felsites and .|uartzites of the PreCambrian at Ea-lf Head, 
 Gabarus bay, Cape Breton c., N.S. ; and a sin-.ilar, but some- 
 what lighter coloured variety occurs, in some abundance, in 
 the PreCambrian felsites of Kennington cove, about three 
 miloa west of Hochefort (on some maps incorrectly spelt 
 Uochford) point, at the entrance of I^juisburg harlwur, in the 
 same county. 
 
 22.- ScHKKMTE. This mineral (which was first met with, in 
 Canada, in Nova Scotia and tiuel>ec, a.s mentioned by .he 
 writer in some of his previous reports -Uept. Oeol. Surv. 
 Can., vol. V, p. 21 II, 18'.)0-91, and vol. vii, p. 14 H, 1894), is 
 occasionally found to occur in the auriferous gravels of some 
 of the streams in the Yukon, as evidenced by two samples of 
 material taken by Mr. J. Keele from the riffles of sluice boxes 
 at, respectively, Dublin gulch, on Haggart creek, a tributary of 
 the McQuesten, which ttow.s into the Stewart ; and Highet 
 creek, a tributary of Minto creek, which tlows into Mayo 
 river.' Of these samples, that from Dublin gulch was found to 
 consist of a fine to coarse sand composed of small rounded 
 .'rains of white scheelite with a few intermingled particles of 
 quartz and of hematite and a little native gold ; whilst that 
 from Highet creek contained numerous pellets, the large=it of 
 which measured one centimetre in diameter, of a white, trans- 
 lucent scheelite having a vitreous lustre. Scheelite has also 
 been met with, an.l in some quantity, at the following localities 
 in British Columbia, namely, at the Daw^.m and Mabel claims on 
 Hardscrabble creek, a tributary of Willow river, Cariboo dist., 
 where a cream-yellow, sub-translucent, massive scheelite is 
 found, associated with galena, in small quartz veins of from 
 one to four inches in width, some of which have been found to 
 contain as much as eighty per cent of the mineral ; and at the 
 Meteor mine on Springer creek, a stream flowing into the 
 southern extremity of Slocan lake, in the West Kootenay dist., 
 where a yellowish-brown, in parte straw-yellow, opaque, massive 
 
CHEMISTRY AI»I> MINKRALORV 
 
 i: 
 
 schpelilo occurs, in thi- quartT, in the form of lenticular m.isws 
 of from one to three- feet in Itngth, two to throe inches in 
 width. 
 
 23. — Ski-ENITk. Fine clcur, colourle.s", isolateil crystals, anil pene- 
 tration twins, of this mineral have l)«en fnu d bv Mr. A. Saint 
 Cyr, in the mud bmks on the Simonette rive'--a tributary of 
 Smoky river— alx<ut where it is crossed by the sLxth meri- 
 dian. 
 
 24.— Silver, Nativk. Handsome specimens of fine-fiiiform native 
 silver— one of which has recently Ijeen presented by Dr. John 
 Thorburn to tht- .Museum— have fre(|uently been found, 
 with ar^jentiferous ^'alena and decoinixisitiim products of the 
 same, some sphalerite, and a little chalco[>yrit6 and pvrite, at 
 the ' Number One ' mine, situated dlxmt two mile.'* due west of 
 the town of Ainsworth, on Kootenay lake, B.C. Native silver 
 has also, an<l that <iuite recent'y, been met wUh- as indicated 
 by spi'cimcns received for examination— in the form of leufy, 
 occasionally granular, masses, accompanied by very smull quan- 
 tities of sphalerite and pyrite, freely scattered through a two 
 inch vein of light to dark grey, sub-translucent quartz, in a 
 mineral claim at the headwaters oi' -Mc(iillivray creek, a stream 
 flowing into Anderson lake, „:ilo(K't dist., B.C. 
 
 25.— SiMiALERlTK. A coar.se-itranular to compact, massive, cleavable, 
 dark brownish-red to almost black blende, with which is occa- 
 sionally associated some galena, a little pyrite and, more rarely, 
 some minute brownish-yellow crystals of idoL-rase, has Im-sh mot 
 with, in some abundance, forming vein.s, stringers, and pockets 
 in a crystalline limestone (jf the Grenville series, on lot 3, 
 cim. 5 and lot 3 of con. ti, Olden tp., Ftontenac co., Ont. A 
 somewhat coarse, crystalline, massive, black blei;de, has like- 
 wise been met with, but only in eoinparatively .small (|uantity 
 on lot 10, range XIT, Eardley tp., A\ right co., (^ue. 
 
 26.— Steatite. A light grey, feebly lustrous, sub transparent, com 
 pact steatite has been met with, (mt, as yet, only in limited 
 (luantity, in connexion with the crystalline limestones of Skyo 
 mountain on the nortli biink of Biigeml brook, about two miles 
 up fiom its entry into Wliycocomagh bay, Inverness co., N. S 
 
 3185- 2 
 
18 
 
 fiEOLOfilCAI. Hl'llVKY OK CAMAIIA 
 
 •<7 -Stkpiianitk. ThU .,K)iie<<-one n..t pr.-viou.lv kn..*n to .n-eur 
 in Cana.l«, han Uvn reto«ni/.-.l >.y M.. K. C Wuit ,is,K.-.urnn«. 
 with >ir«.'.,tit.., ,>yr«r«yrit.-. ttrK...tit>r..uH t..ttah.>.li.te, ..rR-nl. 
 fenms «al.-.m. pyrit.-, ,tr..M...pyritv. spliaNni.-, a...l s,.,,... h. ales 
 »f native .ilv,..-, scattered thnm«l. a whif, ...l.translu-fiil to 
 tran«tum.t.iu"'t'., in • «'Ti<-^ of -<,«ci.M.-ns. rollectwl by Mr. 
 U. (;. MoCotin.-li. from '(""'•t/ veins nt, r.spe.tivc'y, the Moit 
 Una and th« M. ami M. .laims.on the west ni,!.. of Windy Arm 
 -a Houtherly branch of Ta«i»li lake, Ykn. 
 
 •'M.-Stihnitk. a bluisii ash-nrey, tine-^ianular, n.asHive, ar«enti 
 ferous .tihnite, ha« recently l.een met with, i.. *.in.. abundance, 
 in an auriferous .,uart/. vein some thrw feet in width, at tl,« 
 southeast end of Chileo lake, about thirty two n.iles east bj 
 north of the head of Hiite inlet. Strait of (i.or-m, I'.. C. 
 
 •'<) — Tai.c. Some fine specimens of a yellowish-;;.e.-.i. translucent 
 in thin lamime trans,«irent, talc, with a i««rly lustre, have Wei 
 received by the writer from Mr. (i. V. M. Temple, with the in 
 formation that ihev w.re obtained by him from a deposit of thi 
 mineral on cailastral lot tJS.J of lot -J of (,'raigs R.ml range, o 
 ran«e II, Ireland tp , Me>,'antic co., gue. 
 
 .iO.— Vesuvianite. a yellowish >{reen, compact, massive variety <i 
 vesuvianite has l)een met with foriiiinj;, as ol»erved by Mr. H 
 A. A. Johnston, a vein, of some six or .seven inches in thick 
 ness euttin-the limestones an.l schists at Charley cove, on th 
 northwest side of Frye or Cailitt' island, on the southern co.i.' 
 of Charlotte co., N. H. 
 
 COALS AND LIGNITES. 
 
 tCoiitiiiUfil fr..iii patrt- 2."' H ' f <l''- Annual K.-i-.it 
 vol. xiii. l!»K).l 
 
 104.— LiGNiTK. From the vicinity of Roche Percee, Souris rivt 
 Sask Geological position — Tertiary. 
 
 This fuel was receivd, owing to exposure to the atmosphei 
 in a very broken-down condition. 
 
• HKMIHTRV AXr> MIXKIUtOdV 
 
 19 
 
 I 
 
 An iinal) IS, by f^ i rokinj{, giive : 
 
 Hwrt >«('•>! Ml- wiittT .. , 
 
 V.i|i4til>' ciiiliimt'lil. iiiiittir 
 
 Ki\wl carlNin 
 
 .\-h , 
 
 LNI -J) 
 
 :ii II 
 31 .r. 
 
 •'"•"•. l-r '••»' IH ;iO 
 
 Riitp' '>f i.pliitilf <"IiiIpii«iiIi1m niattii tii tixiil cnil».i, 1 !l<is. 
 
 It yields, l)y futt v ...g, a noti-coher(>nt coke Colmii f 
 the nsli, jiivle rmldiHli-vsliiti-. 
 
 !(»").- LuiMTK. From tho Souri>( river, one mile wist of [^ Itoclie 
 Perct'f, at the jh not ion of Short creek and Soiirin river, Sank. 
 (jieoiogical pnHition TertiHry. 
 
 There ure, agrecaljly with the ohservations of the liitf Dr. A. 
 H. C. Selwyn, then Director >>f thn .Survey, three distimt 
 seams of lignite exposed at the iilHjve mentioned Uxality. Of 
 these, the uppermost, which is some fifteen or sixteen fe<t 
 lielow the suifa<e, has a thickness of two feet. Inmiediatelv 
 beneath -this there is a one-foot six-inch la_\er of clav shales, 
 /oUowjkJ by a 'ive foot seam of lignite. This, in turn, is .succeeded 
 by fifty feet of a soft whitish sand rock, at the base of which 
 there is another seam of li),'nite, which has a thickness ol three 
 feet. 
 
 The following ai-e the results cjf an examination of a sarujije 
 of the material from the al)Ove referred to five-foot seam. 
 
 .\ brownish-black, compact lignite ; ligneous texture very 
 marked ; lustre, for the greater part, dull, in more altered 
 parts, sub-resinous to resinous ; tough ; fracture, on the whole, 
 uneven, occisionally, however, verging on the .sub-corn hoidal, 
 does not soil the fingers ; powder, black with a brownish tinge ; 
 it communicates a deep brownish-red colour to a Ixiiling 
 solution of caustic potash ; Ijy exposure to the air IxHionies 
 more or less fissured and falls to pieces. 
 
 An analysts, by fast coking, gave : 
 
 Hyirriwoiiiiic wiit<f 21 >H 
 
 V'dlatilf i-,ilrltlllstililr liiHttJT . , .'i5 12 
 
 Ki\e(i CjU'Ikiii , 
 A»li 
 
 3185— 2 ^ 
 
 C.ikf, p.T wilt 
 
 Kati" iif voliitili- ciiiiil)iii>tib!i- matter to tixnl 
 
 4 40 
 
 lllO IKI 
 
 .. 43 <U 
 
 ■iirhun 1 : 1 Ik. 
 
.JO <l|OI.O«ilCAL HIJRVKV or TANAUA 
 
 It \MA: l.v fiwl eokinu, a not. ...h.-mit eke. Th.- anh hn- 
 n browni«li yellow <'<»l"Ui, »"d when ex|K«.«l to n l.riKhl red 
 hMt it iH'comoh Klinhily at{«lulin«l«l 
 
 106 - -Lk.nite. Fr..n. a .le|K«it in tp. 6;», ">• «'r "'ar Towtinow river, 
 
 UndinK Alia. Htruclure, fine U.n.llnr, rom|Mict ; colour, 
 l.lack, inelinirK U, l.rowniKii l.huk ; lustre, dull to Hul.-resm- 
 out fracture, on the whole, uneven, hut oecuHionally verging 
 „n the Muboonchoidal ; powder, hiackish brown ; it conr 
 municates » deep brownish-red colour to a boiling -solution of 
 .•au»tic i«tash. (Jn expmur.- to the air it »plit« along the 
 plar.e of Wlding and falls t« pieces. 
 An analyniH, b> fast cakinK, gave : 
 
 HyKfoHCopio w»tfr 
 
 Vi.latili" «>mbiwtil)lf nisttot -^ •■* 
 
 V ivwl carlKin , „, 
 
 i Xt 
 
 Auli 
 
 imi'iiO 
 
 48 ai 
 
 C»We, lier cent 
 
 R,tiuof voltttil.- i-.m.l).i«til.lf niaiv. w l,..ed turbon. 1.1 iZ. 
 
 It yields, iKJth by slow and fa«t eokin;,', a no. oherent coke. 
 The anh has a brownish yellow colour. 
 
 107 -LirisiTK. From Kmn-hilU creek, a trtbutury of Red Deer river, 
 Alta. Geological position -Lower Laramie, E.lu.onton series^ 
 Structure, somewhat coarse lan.ellar, coropact,-made up of 
 alternating layers of a greyish-blaek, .lull, and den bnght. 
 blai'ic li-nite, the latter layers exhibiting, in many instances, a 
 distinct' ligneous structure ; fra,.ture, on the whole, uneven, 
 that of the denser layers, sub^onchoidal ; <loes not .soil the- 
 finders ; lewder, brownish-black : it communicates a deep 
 brownish-red colour to a boiling solution of eaust.e potash ; by 
 exposure t., the air it becomes fissured, preferably along tht 
 line of bedding, and falls to pieces. 
 An analysis, by fast coking, gave : 
 
 ... isat 
 
 HygroBWinc «aU-r ^ ^^ 
 
 Volatile c<>iiil)u«tible matter " 
 
 „, , , 4J"?v| 
 
 Fixed carlxin 
 
 A.h L..'- 
 
 KMVIIO 
 
 Coke. i>»T Crtiit "„. 1 „i.iiQ 
 
 R t,o of volatile ocrabu»til.te inatt«T to fixed carliun 1 . 1 la 
 
riiiMiirrRY and MiSKiiAinov 
 
 21 
 
 It yiehlM, Ixith by "low iinii f»f»t coking, n niMicohprt'iit cttkti 
 Tli« gaitH* ev.ilvfil iluii'iK c'lkinu burnt with n yfllnwiiili, 
 Mimewbut luiiiiiuiiix, aliiii)<<l tuioki'li'tn tUm»-. Tlir axh, which 
 bits n rodciiKh brown t'<>li>ur, Im»i'oiiii"« ligKliitiiinti'il at n bright 
 rol heat, ami Ht a inoHt iitU'tisn itxi hettt il forms a vitrilied 
 
 lOt*. — LiflMiTK. From ii seaiii plevnn ami thr«e-i|uart«r miles up (!oal 
 
 creek,— a Mtrcani H )wina into th.- Yukon Ave uiilca ln'iow the 
 
 mouth of Fortymile river, Ykn. S«ain four Ui eleven fi«t 
 
 thi>,k, (tfilo){itHl |Kjnition Tertiary. ('olltit«-.| by Mr. K. (i. 
 >lcCoiinell. 
 
 Structure, souiewliat courst- lauiellur inailt' up of laycrM of a 
 grcyishbhick, dull, and brinh:, black coal ; contains, in parts, 
 a little It.monyt'llow and browniNh-yfllow.sul>-transparent resin ; 
 fracture, uneven ; do<'s not soil the titi-t-s : powder, blackish 
 brown ; it cominunicuteH a dark browtiish led i-oiour to a Iwil- 
 ing solution of cau«tic jiotaHh ; by exposure t<> tlic air la'comen 
 fissured, but is, on the whole, tolerably hard and tiiiu. 
 
 An analysis, by fast cokins,', gave : 
 
 HyKriwc'opii' water 
 
 Viilatilf uiiiibii'tiliU' i;iutt<'r. 
 Fixed cart* III 
 
 A.h 
 
 . n iKi 
 
 ;w H 
 
 . M ^3 
 
 . .'lOO 
 
 1110 00 
 
 •Vi ..I 
 
 11 1 : l;tl 
 
 (-'like, \nt Cfllt 
 
 Kutill of V(;latll(- cnlllhuMtitlle MiatttT Ut h\f<i ' 
 
 h yields, both by slow and fast coking', a non-coherent coke. 
 The i,'ajtes evolved during coking burn with a yellowish, some- 
 j},e vthut luminous, very slightly smoky flame. The a.sh, which has 
 
 a light reddish-brown colour, agglut.inateM at a bright red heat, 
 iinil at a most intense .ed heat it Ijeconies slightly frittKl. 
 
 I'-"'*- — Kir.NlTic COAL PVom a seam not far from l{"x'he Pcrcee, 
 Souris river, Sask. Ueoloj{ical ^wsition- Tertiary. 
 
 This fuel, owing to a lengthened exposure to the atmos- 
 pncie, WiM ie<;eivfii in a broken down condition. 
 
OEOL"",K;AI. HUIIVEY OK CANADA 
 
 An analyaia, by tn-ft coking, gave : 
 
 HyKr"isc'>l>K' wiittT. • • 
 
 Vdlntili" cninliuMtililf niuttir 
 
 Ki-\c'l curlxjii 
 
 Ash 
 
 CdWi", imr <*nt 
 
 Katidiif v.>liitil.-ciiiul>ii^lilili' inatt.T tn tived .■uil«)ii 
 
 . n 95 
 
 . 13 «) 
 . 12 S'.' 
 
 llHICO 
 
 Sit 10 
 l:l'.l.-. 
 
 110. 
 
 ^ 
 
 It yieUls, by fast coking, a non-coliprent coke. Clcuv of 
 the ash, lislit mklisli -biowii. It communicates a biowni^li- 
 yellow colour to a lK)iling solution of caustic pota-sli. 
 
 -LKisnic coAi,. From a seam on a branch of Huby creek, a 
 tributary of ItiJiaii liver, Ykn., about seven miles u(. from the 
 mouth of the creek, (ieolojjical position -Tertiary. Collecte.1 
 by Mr. U. G. McDonnell. 
 
 Structure, moderately, coarse lani'Har -made up of altern 
 ating layers of a -reyisii-Ohuk, dull, an.! blight, black lisjniti.' 
 coal ; contains, here and there, s-.nall particles of browni.sh- 
 yellow sub-transparent resin ; fracture, uneven : powder, bla( k, 
 witli a slight brownish tinge ; it communicates a dark brown- 
 i.sh-red colour to a boiling solution of caustic potash ; by 
 exposure to the air becomes fi^su.-d, and h is a tendency to 
 fall to ])icces. 
 
 An analysis, by fast coking, ga\e : 
 
 Hydroscopic w;ittT 
 Viiliitilf coinlmatilili- nialtt r 
 
 Kixt'ti uartHJii 
 
 A«h 
 
 1 
 
 tw 
 
 ':s\ 
 
 ,Sf< 
 
 t>(i 
 
 (n; 
 
 "i 
 
 3.«< 
 
 IIM) 110 
 
 Coke, IKT cvnt. . . "'' '^ 
 
 lUtio iif volutilf i;.Miiliiistil.l,. mutter to tivi'il i arlxm I : -•HI 
 
 It yields, both by slow and fast coking, a non-coiierent coke. 
 The gases evolved during eking burn with a yellowish, some- 
 what" lu.ninous, almost smokeless Hame. tV.lour of th.^ ash, 
 reddish white. The same, when submitted to a bright red heat 
 becomes agglutinated, whilst at a most intense red heat it 
 becomes fritted. 
 
 ■i!-W«ff 
 
 frm 
 
 ■MPPRi 
 
 mmmm 
 
CIIKMISTRV AND MINEHAI.Oli Y 
 
 23 
 
 111. Lkjnitk' cdAi.. From tunnel on the. laikson M'lim nil <^uilrlu'na 
 creek, ti^e miles from its eiitrj' into Nicola lake, Yule (list , B.C. 
 Thickne.ss of seam, si.\ feet, (ieoloj^ical position Tertiary. 
 Collected l)y Dr. It. W. Klls. 
 
 
 Strueturo, fine lamellar, — compact : is made up of thin layers 
 of a brownish black, dull coal with an occasional interposed 
 layer of a jet-black, liiuhly lustrous \ariety of the .same ; frac- 
 ture, uneven, that of the bright layers, sub-conclioidal : does not 
 .soil the lingers ; colour of pouilci', blackish-brown ; it commun- 
 icates a brnwnish red colour to a boilini; solution of caustic 
 potash ; when fresidy mined, is hard and firm, but by exposure 
 to the atmosphere it becomes more or less lissuied and has a 
 ten lency to fall to pieces. 
 
 An analysis, by fast I'okinj; (.'ave : 
 
 Hy^;ni..,en|tir watt-r .. (i !»."> 
 
 Volatile cntiitni-*ril>lH in.-itttT, ,. :>7 -1 
 
 Kixcil cartHiii .. . ... . l7"-*> 
 
 A»li 7 S!i 
 
 UN) <I0 
 Ciikc, piT C'c'Ilt ."l.") .S| 
 
 Kaiiu nf viil.itili' C'tnluixtilil att.T ti) tixcil i-arlum 1 : 1 ■'.".I 
 
 It yields, l)y fast cokinj;, a llrai ciiherent coki'. Colour of 
 the ash, pale reddi.sh brown. 
 
 112. — Coal. From a seam on the north side of the north fork of 
 Oldman river, alwut half a mile east of Ernst creek, section 
 35, tp. 10, range III, west of the fifth initial meridian, Alta. 
 Seam said to ite thirty feet thick, (geological position — Li. t- 
 aceous, lower than Pierre shales, probably Kootanie series. 
 
 Structure, lamellar, compact, the lines of bedding are at times 
 somewhat indistinct ; is made up of a greyi>h-black, dull, and 
 dense bright black coal ; shows slickensides ; slightly soils the 
 fingers ; is hard and lirm : fracture, uneven ; powder, brownish- 
 black ; it communicates a pale brownish yi'liow colour to a 
 boiling solution of caustic potash ; resists exposure to the air. 
 
24 (lEOLOtilCAI. SURVEY OF CANADA 
 
 An analysis, by fast coking, ;,'ave : 
 
 1 03 
 Hygroitciipii: water ' "•' 
 
 Viilatilf cmiilHistililf matter 32 20 
 
 Kixwl carlxjii •'^ 28 
 
 Ash 5-l!> 
 
 W) 01) 
 
 Cok.'. iK-r cent •"' '" 
 
 Ratio (.f vuliitile L(iiiiliii''til)le matter t.. Hxe^lcarlxm . 1 ;1 IK) 
 
 It yields, by fast coking, a rtrni coherent coke. Tlie gases 
 evolved during coking bum with a yellow luminous smoky 
 ttame. Colour of the ash, white with a faint reddish tinge. 
 The same becomes slightly agglutinated at a bright red heat, 
 and at a most intense red heat it becomes fritted. 
 
 ll.*?. Coal. From a seam at the head of Snow creek, between Pan- 
 ther and Red Deer rivers, Alta. Thickness of seam, rtve feet. 
 Collected by Mr. D. B. Dowling. 
 
 An analysis, by fast coking, affor.led Mr. F. (■ '*'ait : 
 
 Uygro-cupie water '' '^^ 
 
 Volatile coniVmstihle matter ^^ - 
 
 Kixiil carlK)n ''' 
 
 1 , .... 2 20 
 
 AkIi 
 
 lOOlH) 
 
 Tiike, iHTcent '**^\ 
 
 Ititio of volatile comlmstil>le matter t.i tixed cartxni. . hlioti 
 
 It yields, by fast coking, a compac t, firm, coherent coke. 
 Colour of the ash, white. It imparts a pale brownish-yellow 
 colour to a boiling solution of caustic potash, 
 
 11 4. —Coal. From .Millers workings on the Lewes river, Ykn., about 
 twenty miles ak.ve Five Finger rapids, (leological position- 
 Cretaceous. Collected by Mr. II. O. McConnell. 
 
 Structure, lamellar— ma<le up of a greyish-black, dull, and 
 bright black coal ; shows slickensides ; slightly soils the fingers ; 
 is hard and lirm ; fracture, irregular ; is, here and there, inter- 
 sected by a few films of calcite ; powder, blackish-brown ; it 
 communicates a barely perceptible colour to a boiling solu- 
 tion of caustic {wtash ; resists exposure to the air. 
 
r-HKMISTHV AM) MINKHAI.OfiV 
 
 25 
 
 i 
 
 1 
 
 An analysis, by fast coking, gave : 
 
 Hyurost-npif water 0'45 
 
 Viihitilc ccimlm-tilili' inattiT ■J8'74 
 
 Ki xi'cl curbcm 5<i 74 
 
 A»h 14-07 
 
 liHi mi 
 
 Cnk.-, |«i- ,. nt 7i' Nl 
 
 Ratio of vulatil»' coiiilnistilili- inatttT tt> Hxfil carUin I:!'.'" 
 
 It yielils, l)y fast loking, a compact, firm, coliprent Ci)ke. 
 The gas<'s evolved duriiii; coking liurn with a yi'llow, luminous, 
 smoky llaiiif. Colour of the ash, white with a faint reddish- 
 brown tinge. The same, at a tuight red IumI becoin! s slightly 
 agglutinated, whilst at a most intense led heat it undergoes 
 incipient fusion. 
 
 -Coal. From tunnel on lower seam at Cor] gully, on the west 
 side of the Cohlwater, a mile and a half south of the confluence 
 of the Coldwater and Nicola rivers, Yale dist., B.C. Thickness 
 of seam, thirteen feet six inches. Geological position — Ter- 
 tiary. This, and the following specimen were collected by Dr. 
 K. W. Ells. 
 
 Structure, souiewhat coarse lamellar — made up of irregularly 
 alternating layers of a greyish-black, feebly lusirou.^, and dense, 
 velvet-black, highly lustrous coal ; fracture, on the whole, un- 
 even, that of the denser layers sui)-conchoi(lal ; it is, here anil 
 there, intersected by thin plates of calcite : contains numerous 
 particles of a pale brownish-yellow to reddisli-brown, sub-trans 
 parent resin diiVused through its substanc ; is hard and firm ; 
 does not soil the fingers ; colour of pow:. u ')rownish-black ; it 
 communicates a taint brownish-j-ellow colour to a lx)iliiig solu- 
 tion of caustic potash ; resists — does not become fissured or dis- 
 integrated— e,\posure to the air. 
 
 All analysis, by fast coking, gave : 
 
 lIyi/ro,<c(i|iic watpv 3 't4 
 
 Wilatili'iurnbui'tibli' iiiatU'i- 371X 
 
 Kixeil carbon 52 (Vi 
 
 .\>b 7 73 
 
 HJO 00 
 
 Ct.ki'. jier cent .*)9 7'^ 
 
 Ratio of volatile combustible matter to tix> c| c.arlHiii . 1:1'40 
 
•je (;kulo(;icai. suhvey ok Canada 
 
 [t yields, by fast coking, a compact, Krm, coherent coke. 
 Colour of the ash, reddish-white. 
 
 1 1.;. -Coal. From the southerly or upper outcrop of a seam on the 
 hank of the CoMwater, about two mile.s south of its conflueiue 
 with the Nic-ola, Yale (list., l?.C. Thickness of se.^m, seven 
 feet ten inches. (Jeological position— Tertiary. 
 
 Structure, on the whole, Hne lamellar,- compact, made up of 
 layers of a faint ;:r. yish-black, somewhat dull, anil velvet-bla.k, 
 lustrous coal ; fracture, uneven, that oi the bright layers sub- 
 conchoidal ; is hard and firm ; does not soil the fingers ; colour 
 of powder, brownish-black ; it eommunicates a brownish-yellow 
 colour to a boiling soli-.tion of caustic potash ; it apparently 
 resists— does not become fissured or disintegrated- exposure to 
 the air. 
 
 An analysis, by fast coking, gave : 
 
 HyKro>coi)ic wat.r ' 
 
 Viiliitilf ciiinbustiliU' mattiT '.. '. 
 
 '"■\i'(l carlKin .m -o 
 
 ...1. _^ 
 
 IWI IJO 
 
 Coke, per cent '''^J^ 
 
 Ka'io i)f V(.latile combustible matter to Hve.l carbon. . l:r^>.> 
 
 Tt yields, by fast coking, a firm coherent coke. Colour of 
 the ash, light reddish-brown. 
 
 1 17._CoAL. From the northerly or lower outcrop of the seam referred 
 to under the preceding specimen, but about a mile and three- 
 quarters south of the confluence of the Coldwater with the 
 Nicola. Thic iness of seini, seven feet six inches. Geological 
 position— Tertiary. Examined for Mr. C. H. Keefer. 
 
 Structure, very tine lamellar— compact ; colour, velve'.black ; 
 lustre, for the most part sub-resinous to resinous, at times 
 vitreous ; fracture, uneven ; does not soil the fingers, except in 
 parts containing a thin film of mineralcl.arcoal ; is hard and 
 firm : colour of powder, brownish-black ; it communicates only 
 a just perceptible brownish-yellow tinge to a boiling solution of 
 caustic potash : resists expoai"-e to the air. 
 
 ■MHI 
 
 <SIMM0iM|H!HpqppHM|!P| 
 
CHEMISTRY AN'D MIVEF 
 
 An analysis, by fa^t coking, aavr 
 
 Hy(?ni»(ii|iir «;ittr 
 
 Vtililtilr i-<HIlt'U!*til>lf Iiuiltf 
 
 Fix*'»i carUm 
 
 A«h 
 
 i:ir 
 
 .•.IL'."! 
 liU 
 
 100 I "I 
 
 O.ki'. iMTf.-iit tiii-;iip 
 
 Kiitici ill V()l:iti!iM il"i»til ill- luH tier t i li\nl iMili. iii. \:\i2 
 
 It yields, hy fast coking, a compact, firm, coherent coke. 
 Colour of the ash, lii;ht reddish-hrown. 
 
 118. — Coal. From a seaui on the east fork of Pine river (south) — 
 a tributary of Peace river, B.C. Geological position — Creta- 
 ceous, Dunvegan series. This, and the two following specimens 
 were collected by the late Mr. Arthur Webster, who informed 
 me that the seam^ from which they were taken ranged from 
 eight to twelve inches in thickness. 
 
 Structure, tine lamellar -compact ; <-olour, black ; lustre, 
 resinous ; fracture, uneven ; is hard and firm ; does not soil 
 the fingers ; powder, brownish-black ; it communicates a pale 
 brownish-yellow colour to a boiling solution of caustic potash. 
 
 An analysis, by .Mr. Wait, by fast coking, gave : 
 
 • 
 
 TIy(froscn|iit' water 1*70 
 
 Volatile cctiiibiii^tilile matter 4iJ'7fi 
 
 KiNeil carUcMi .")0'lfl 
 
 Ash 4-44 
 
 loo-oo 
 
 (Joke, jH-r cent .')4'54 
 
 Katie of volatile ciiiiilm.stilile niattir to livcil curl "in . , 1:114 
 
 It yields, by f,st coking, a compact, firm, coherent coke. 
 Colour of the ash, light redilish-lirown. 
 
 11!).- Coal. From a seam on Canon creek, Pine river (south,) — 
 a tributary of Peace river, B.C. Geological position — Creta- 
 ceous, Dunvegan seriev 
 
 Structure, somewhat fine lamellar — compact ; colour, gi-eyish 
 black ; lustre, sub-resinous to resinous , fracture, uneven ; is 
 hard and f.rm ; powder, greyish-black ; it communicates a 
 
 i 
 
2y GBOLOGICAL NUKVEV OK CANADA 
 
 faiat brownish yelliiw colour t') a lM)iling soluiinn of caustic 
 potash. 
 
 An analysis, by Mr. Wait, by last coking, gave : 
 
 HyKruHciiiiit w.'iter "'" 
 
 Vciliitile cuniliii»til)lf iiiiittir 1."..) 
 
 Kixt'd carl»in ii-H 
 
 A»h ■«-7'i 
 
 1WIH> 
 
 Cdke. |»'i cMit ■■*2 1" 
 
 Kudo ui v<ilutili-iiMiibu»tit)leinaUiT to n\«l fiirUiii l:4'4'.t 
 
 It yields, by fast coking, a coherent but tender coke, which 
 oil incineration leaves a white aeh. 
 
 120.— Coal. From a seam on Coal brook. Pine rivei (south),— a 
 tributary of Peace river, B.C. Geological position— Cretaceous, 
 Dunvegan scries. 
 
 .Structure, somewhat fine lamellar— compact, made up of 
 layers of a greyish-black, dull, and l)right black coal ; lustre, 
 sub-resinous to resinous ; fracture, uneven ; powder, brownish- 
 black ; it communicates a pale hrownisl yellow colour to a 
 l)oiliiig solution of caustic potash. 
 
 .An analysis, by Mr. Wait, by fast coking, gave ; 
 
 1 'Vi 
 
 HyKroKCiipie wiitf r ' •" 
 
 V'olatilf cninlmatible imitttT 2>i'll 
 
 Fix.'d carlxm '^^"■^ 
 
 .W, ^ 
 
 100-00 
 
 Cokf, i»T ci'iit "-"''^I 
 
 Katio of v.ilatili- o-o!iil)iistiM.'matWT t.> ti-vcil o:ir\Km. . l:'l-3ti 
 
 ft yields, by fast coking, a firm coherent coke ; and, on in- 
 cineration, leaves a very light reddish-biown ash. 
 
 The above sample of this coal contained some interposed 
 layers of shale. These were not separated from the coal at the 
 time of preparing the material for analysis, inasmuch as a wish 
 had been expressed that this should I* conducted upon a fair 
 average .mmple of the whole, as sent. Hence, the large per 
 centage of ash shown in the analysi.s. 
 
niKMISTRV AM) HI<«F.RALO(;V 
 
 29 
 
 It may 1m- rociitioncd, in cunnexion with the lust tliice 
 iitxjve rcffiTwl to siini|)le-4 of fuel, that the ocniiTeiire iif 
 coal on Pine river wiis notml l>y Dr. A. H. C Helwyn in 
 the course of his exploration of that stream in August If^T'i, 
 — Ss'e Kepf)rt of I'lo^rcss, lS7-"»-7li, pp. "Jfi^tll. In this he 
 mentions, on p. 5.'., having foiirnl on Pine river, five miles 
 above the Lower forks, four thin seams of jjoixl bright coal in 
 about ninety fe<;t of alternatiii:; Ix^ils of sandstone and shale. 
 These coal .seams Ijcing, in desccndini; order, sIa inches, ei:;ht 
 inches, two feet, and six inches thick. A sample of the mate 
 rial of the two-foot seam was collected by Dr. fSelwyn and sub- 
 mitted to the writer for examination, with the following results : 
 
 Structure, very line lumeilar, the lines of bedding, which are 
 very numerous andclo.se together, are frei|uently very indistinct 
 or altogether oblitenited, - compact ; colour, black; lustre of 
 fracture parallel to the bedding dull, that of the cross fracture 
 resinous, occasionally brilliant ; hard and firm . fracture, un- 
 even ; contains u brownish yellow sub-lr.msparent reain, chiefly 
 in small parlii'lcs, ditlused through its substance ; powder, very 
 (lark brown, inclining to blackish brown ; it communic.itesonly 
 a just perceptible brownish-yellow tinge to a l>oiling solution 
 of caustic potash : resists exposure U) the air. In afi{)earance 
 it is not unlike sunie varieties of coal of the Carlwniferous sys- 
 tem. 
 
 An analysis, bv fast coking, gave ; 
 
 Hyu'Msc'iI'ir Wiili-1- 
 
 Vulatiln I'lliilri-tilili' lll.'ltn-r. 
 
 Kixf'l cirl)'!!! 
 
 .\-h 
 
 2 4.-) 
 
 ai 7fi 
 
 4S «!• 
 
 ir, 10 
 
 100 OO 
 
 C.k.'. i.-r cnt ti:( 7!" 
 
 Katiii (if v.iliitil' ciiinUu-til/K' ni.ittri turix^'il curl«>ii. 1:114 
 
 It yields, by fast coking, a firm, compact, and lustrous coke, 
 the coking being doubtless materially influenced by the presence 
 of the resin. Colour of the ash, white. This, when sxposed 
 to a bright red heat does not become agglutinated, but at a 
 most intense red heat it becomes slightly sintered. 
 
 Again, ami in the .same connexion. Dr. G. M. Dawson men- 
 tions on page 117 of his Report, Pt. R. Tor l,s79-8(), that on the 
 Invvpr part of C<wi! brook, coal wasdiscovere:! by .Mr. J. Hunter 
 
30 ..KOLO.K'Ar, sr'.VEY Of CASADA 
 
 in lf<77, a« is inenii-..-xi ..y him in the C.F.Ky. Ue|mrt of 1878, 
 p. 7!t. Dr. Dawson p<'i-Honally exaniini'il this locality, which is 
 two miles an.i a half •■ust of the lower forks, in '-"'J, and foun.l 
 that the coal occurs in H<'veral l«'.ls nn.l 'o l)e of Kfxfl 
 
 quality, but so far as olwerve.1 all an- , in, the thickest 
 
 not exceediHK six inches. He collect .muI hanJed rac, a 
 sample ..f the material from the six-inch \te.i\ in -luestion, and 
 the following are the results of its examination : 
 
 Structure, very tine lamellar, the lines of bod.ling, which are 
 very numerous and close together, are almost obliterated,— 
 compact ; colour, black ; his're, sub resinous to resinous, (H'.a- 
 gionally. in parts, brilliant ; hard and firm ; shows well-detined 
 planes of cleat ; does not soil the fingei-s ; weathered surfaces 
 in places coated with ferric hydrate ; powder, brownish-black . 
 it communicates a deep brownish-red colour to a Iwiling solu- 
 tion of caustic potash ; resists exposure to the air ; in appear- 
 ance it resembles some varieties of coal of the Carboniferous 
 system. 
 
 An analysis, by fast colling, gave : 
 
 7*83 
 
 HyK"""'<'l'''' witfi' 
 
 Viilatil« conibUBtililB iniitt.r **'21 
 
 KiM'd carlnm 
 
 . , 5 S7 
 
 .\hIi 
 
 IIIOOO 
 
 Cukf, l^ermit ■ ' ' ' /''' !* 
 
 Ratio .if viJatiU- cumlmstihle iiiatt.-i- to hxud ciirliuii. 1:1 ■>- 
 
 It yields, by fast coking, a non-coherent coke. The ash has 
 H refldish-white colour ; exposed to a bri,i;ht red heat it Ix-comes 
 very slightly agglutinated, and at a most intense red heat 
 it becomes slightly fritted. 
 
 121. -Anthracitic coal, -From Sheep creek, close on line betwicii 
 .section.s 19 and 30, township 19, range V, west of the fitth 
 initial meridian, Alta. 
 
 A compact, greyish-black, almost lustreless coal, traversed by 
 occasional very thin seams of velvet-black, highly lustrous 
 material ; fracture, on the whole, uneven, that of the bright 
 j^yp,.^ ,.oii.-hoid!il ; does not .s„il the fingers ; is tough, and 
 mor.- or less sonorous ; readily takes tire in a lamp Hame, burn- 
 
CHEMI8TRV AVU MINKRAI.OdV 
 
 31 
 
 in^ with H yi'llow luinitioUH lliime, which, however, ilu'- out 
 iiniiiifliiitely oftf-r wiliulriiwiil t'roiii thi- source <>t tieiil : colour 
 of powder, l)rowniHhbliick ; it (io«"< not li'ijuirt iitiy colmir. 
 to II l)oilin){ solution of caustic jHiliish ; resists e\;iosiire to thi' 
 uir. 
 
 An iinalysis, hy fast cokiiif?, ^ave ; 
 
 liy^riwcitpii' W:itfr *i X\ 
 
 Vcil:itili- CMinlmstililf lUHttir MW 
 
 Ki\i(l (iirl»ui ti4 .Vi 
 
 A^h !!•!« 
 
 IIKI 1)0 
 
 Cukt', \**'t e**ni Hi 4H 
 
 Katiuof MiltttilfCoiiiliiiHtibleiiiatttr t<)li\i''lciir'»'ii 1:1 31 
 
 It yields, by fast coking, a compact, firm, coherent coke. The 
 gases evolved during coking burn with a yellow, luminous, 
 somewhat smoky tiame. Colour of the ash, white. This, at a 
 bright red heat, booonn's v(^ry slightly a^'glutiwated, and at a 
 most intense red-heat, slightly fritted. 
 
 122. — Anthracitic coal. From Xo. 4 seam at the Canmore mine, 
 northwest quarter of section ^'*, tp. 24, range X, west of the 
 fifth initial meridian, Alta. J^t-ini, three feet one inch thick 
 
 Structure, coarse lamellar, moderately compact ; shows joint- 
 age planes, and evidence of slickensiding, in an eminent degree ; 
 contains an occasional thin layer of mineral charcoal : colour, 
 velvet black ; lustre, sub-metallic, almost metallic ; in parts 
 iridescent : fracture, on th'^ «hole, uneven, that of the indivi- 
 dual layers, sub oonchoidal to eonchoidal ; powder, black : it 
 imparts only a just perceptible yellowish tinge to a boiling solu 
 tion of caustic potash. 
 
 An analysis, by fast coking, gave : 
 
 Hygroscii'it' wiit*'r 0'7- 
 
 Vohitile CI imliustililt- matter l.)'"S 
 
 Kixeil i»rl«m sii !m 
 
 Ash - "•> 
 
 I'm (» 
 
 • 
 
 0*>lie, JKT cent • S,Sa.» 
 
 Ratio of volatile combustible luutter to fixed (■arl«>n..l:.") 14 
 
;jj lienLooiOAL (ii'RVKY or canada 
 
 It yield.-, by funt coking, a compHct, firm, colipri-nt mke. The 
 (ju-ses evolvi'l during lokitiK burn with ii yellow, luminous, 
 boinewliat Buioky flnrae. Colour of the aith, white with a faint 
 re<l(iisli tin«<'. At a l.riRht red heat, the ».xli U-conits aggluti- 
 nated, and at a uiost intense red heat, nlighlly fritted. 
 
 IJi. Anthraoitii- roal. From pinch out norihwe^t of .slope, liottom 
 of No. 1 .'ieam at the Canmore mine, Alta Thin, and the fol- 
 lowing specimen, wan collected by Mr. 1). 15. Dowling. 
 
 Structure, compact, highly contorted, shows »lickciisides 
 in an eminert degree , is mostly iiiiide up of layers of a 
 dense, velvet-black, highly lustrous coal, with a few inter- 
 j. jsed layers of a greyish-black, comparatively dull coal : does 
 not oil the fingers : is brittle ; fracture, on the whole, uneven, 
 that of the denser layers, imperfectly conclioidal ; powder, black 
 with a faint brownish tinge ; does not impait the least colour 
 to a bjiling solution of caustic potash; is hard and tirm ; 
 re.siats exposure to the air. 
 
 An analysis, by fast coking, gave : 
 
 ll.\>,"'i>sf'>l''^' W''*''r " ■*'' 
 
 Voliitilf i-uii,li\,Htilili' iiiatt.T .. . 1->10 
 
 Fixi'd citrlioii .Hl'"4 
 
 .\>i,. :!:3 
 
 Cukf. p>r ctiit ... M 47 
 
 Katiii 'if viiltttili- iiiuibu.stiblf umtt' !■ to fixiil caili'.ii.. l:."i' II 
 
 It yield.s, by f.ist coking, a coiapa t, firm, coherent coke. 
 The ga.ses evolved during coking burn with a yellow, luminous 
 tlame. Colour of the ash, white with a very t'aiiil reddish 
 tinge. At a b ight red hcsit the ash becoiue.s very slightly 
 aggluiinateJ, and at a most intense red heat it becomes slightly 
 fritted. 
 
 l:it. Anthracitic coal. The nmlerial examined was in the form of 
 more or le.s.« rounded fragments, found loose in the dry l)ed of 
 a gully, but which hiid evidently become detached from a ver- 
 tical seam occurring high up thr" mountain on the east branch 
 of Kanana-ki'4 river, — :>. tribui.iry e.f !he Unw. five milPK belnw 
 the head of Elbow river, .section 33, tp. li), range Vllf, Alta 
 
IMKM1SIK\ AMI MINKial.O* .^ 
 
 :»;i 
 
 HtriKlUK', tint- ImiioUiw. lli<« line <>f Iwnlding i>, liowcv.r. 
 t'niiuenlly indistimt, — c(>mi>iict ; i-olour, gn-yisli liliuk ti. 
 bliick ; luxtie, 'lull lo resiiiouH . Iianl lunl t'lrin ; I'riioluri', 
 uneven ; |x>w(Im, liUck with a Mlj^jhl l>n.«Mi.sli llii«e ; it cuiii 
 inuiiioatp^ II taint hi(>wiii>.liyellc>w cDlour to .i iKHlinu loliitiim 
 of eouKtic potash , reni»tM exptwmo to the air. 
 
 All analysis, hy fust ookiii;.', ^nve 
 
 llyK"'*""!'"' wall c 
 Vulfttilf o>iiil'ii-tilil'' iiwitti T 
 Kix'il cartiipii 
 
 A-li. 
 
 II ST 
 
 i:i 1.1^ 
 
 lOti ml 
 
 ('. iki'. I*! (•lit "•• 'i 
 
 Kilti.. ..f \..liltllc OMlllll'l-'tll.ll' Mlillt.T til tlMll .•HlU.II , 1:1 S> 
 
 I -J."). 
 
 It yii-lils, liy fn-t coking, m slightly frilteil ci>\i,: Tlif v'i'""-^ 
 ivoUcii (lurini! ciikin? burn with a Vfllow, luiniiiou>, very 
 'li;.'htly iimky llaiuf. Colour of the ash, whitr with a faint 
 redilish tinj^e. At a brij^ht red heat, the ash bei;iinn!s \fry 
 slijjhtlv iigglutinated, and at a most intense red heat, tritte*] 
 
 Anthiiicitii- cml. From the Costigan spiini. thni imli'^ wi-it 
 iif the forks of I'iiiithpr riv.-r. Altii. Tliicknoss of >f.iiii, livi- 
 .. ct sfv.'u inches. Collcitod by Mr. I ». I?. l)owli:.a 
 
 Aii aiiiilysi-, by Mr. Wiiit, by fast i-ikiiig, pivi- ; 
 
 V.ilatili cumliiistilili- mitti'i . 
 
 Ki\is! cartxin 
 
 A*h 
 
 (I ii^i 
 
 I.-. 7."i 
 
 77 l."i 
 
 i; II 
 
 Imi nil 
 
 i-ji;. 
 
 i 'iiUf, [w-r I'Hut . . 
 tjatiii iif M'l.ltili- 
 
 K! Till 
 
 Ic inattiilii tiM'il i-arl«iii 1 I '.'n 
 
 It yields, by fast cokiiii;, a firm, {oheicnt coke. < uloiii of tlie 
 ash. white. The powdei' iinjuirts a very faint browni-li ydlow 
 colour to a lioilin- solution of caustic potash. 
 
 .Viitliracitic coal. Fiom seam one hundred and sixty I'mir feet 
 lielow that of the |iri'eediii;,' specimen. Thickness of seam. 
 three feet si.\ inches. Collected by Mr. 1). H. |)o«lii i; 
 
34 
 
 ".■OI.W1K Al. m'HVKV III- CASAIi* 
 
 All liiiiily^ix, l>v Mr. Wait, liy fiixt ciltinu. irii^'' 
 
 HyKr«H«ri>tMr Willrr. ... 
 
 Vii|ntll<- riMlibti-lll.!' T.. >!'• I . 
 
 Ki^i-*! ffii>>"n 
 A-li. 
 
 11 7!1 
 
 l.-i r,.i 
 :>« ir> 
 
 ' ukt', JkT "lit 
 
 toil in 
 
 s;i f>,-i 
 .;i.lul«lili|i. niattii !.■ tix.-^l iiirl^.n. 1 : t •«1 
 
 It yit'l'l-. 'ly '"•*' '"kiiiij. n ffi'lily C(ili<Mi'nt luki'. Colour ul 
 thf iioli, while. Its |iii»ilfr iiii|iiit- ii famt lirowriish yi'll"« 
 oiilour to II lioiiiiiK soliiliim ut" nuKtir |iotns|i. 
 
 Alitlirat'itir cDiil. From i; scam two iiumlrf*! uml si'viiity t'efi 
 beliiw thi' <'i)sti;;an si-aiii, -sec alxivc No. I '.'"i, Pantli> i- river 
 Thickness of sj-imi, three fci't six inches. Collccicl hy Mr. D 
 H. Uowlini.'- 
 
 All Htialysih by .Mr. Wail. Uy fast loki'ii.'. u>v.' : 
 
 I Iyt(ri mcopic walir 
 Vcilitlili" coniliii»ul'l' 
 Kixiil I iirt»in 
 Anil . 
 
 " III 
 111 VI 
 7:1 ."i<i 
 
 :i ;u 
 lot) <K) 
 
 I Vikt;, |i*-r ct'iit s*^' !I0 
 
 K»tioiif ViilHtil' rMinliiHtlMf llMtt^.i t.' tix.'il iMlli'll. 1: t MI 
 
 It vielils, hy fast cokitii;. a linn, .'oh' rent I'uko. Odlmir ' 
 the asli, wliite. Its (lOWiier iriiiiarts a scaicciy iicrrfptihl 
 iiiloriitiim til a iMiilini; solution nf oaiistii- imtasli. 
 
 l-jn. — Seini-anthnKite. From I'. 1'. H. tiimmls. Cisi-aiic iimuntaii 
 section 1!», tii. •.'•'■, ranjji- Xl, Alta. ("oiU'itdl liv Mr. I>. I 
 Dowlinj;. 
 
 Structure, compact, highly cmtortcd, allows slickeiisides i 
 an eminent dc^^rec ; is made up of alternating layers of 
 greyisli-blat^k, some hat bright, and dense, jet-black coal i 
 brilliant lustre ; hard and firm . fracture, uneven, that of tl 
 denser and more lustrous layers often more or less conchoidn 
 powder black ; it communicates a pale liiownish yellow coloi 
 to a bcjiling solution of caustic potasli ; resist.s exposure to 
 air ; does not decre|>itate when suddenly heated. 
 
HKMI'llO .M> »IIM:ml.i".V 
 
 .15 
 
 All Jill il) -.i-i. Iiy I'll"' riikiiia, lM^'' : 
 Mvifpw !■ ■• »iit.r 
 
 V..Lillli' .■.■inliu.lililr inutli I 
 ^'ixtil (mi'm-ii 
 
 II »:« 
 
 III i;.'i 
 
 ;i •*> 
 
 Imi iiii 
 
 • •..kf, |»l r.lll -■• 'I- 
 
 lt;ltl ■•■f ■ ■'lillll' ■"llllill-'ll.l.- lliIltl.T I.Wl>. 1 CMl'K.II, I 7 ''■> 
 
 It vii'Ms, liv t'lisf c.ikiii'/. II ihiii ''ill ■i''nt I -kiv Wlim Iumi.- I 
 ill 11 ciivei.-ii nuriliic it vn'lils ii -r.iiill iiiiiiunl ot' nii>, wlii.-li 
 liiirn-i Willi 11 I'lili' vi'llii*i-li. f>'«lily lniiiiiin'i-' ll.iin'. i 'ulciiir •>( 
 ilie iish wliit" ; tlif ■.uih" wlirri esix.-i'il f'l i .ii i::lii n- I ln'M 
 lifriiiiii"* vi'iy «li^litlv ii."^liiliii!tt'i|. iiiil ill ii iiin"'. iiit"iiM' i.mI 
 
 IlI'M* it I|IT<1IMI'» Iiittcil. 
 
 I'.".'. Si;mi ANiiiii.M rri:. [•■|iiiii ^i >"iiiii mi tin' >'i.iili ln.iiu li "t' S|i.'f|> 
 .•iwk. ^iMtiuii II. I)!. I'', liinu'' N'll, Alti. 'I'lie -.(miii Iih:. m 
 thi<kiii'»s iif liiiK- flit, liiit .if tlii-i, till' ii|.[ii r t'lif" fi'et is m ry 
 
 iiiiii-h shiiitiTi'il mill ii'iulilv I'lill- til |ii - ; tlii' |..svim -i\- fi'i'i, 
 
 liowrviM'. cnlisisl-. .if .1 fiiiily tiiin il. ( '.ill., t..! Iiy Mi. 1). H 
 
 l>iiwliiii{. 
 
 The iiiiiteri.il of the l.iwcr >i\ ffft .if this staiii iiii~w«>i> t.i 
 till' folliiwinu .li-.irij)ti.iii S.iu.'tiin'. r.i irsr laiiii-lliir, i''im|iai't. 
 iiiinii' 11)1 uf irii'^'iiliulv .ilti'itiatiii;; layeis uf a '.'ii'visli lilmk. 
 fur till* tiiii'-t pirt .lull, ami ilnis.'. ji'l lilark. lii^'lily liistf.ni^ 
 .-.nil ; uitli an oc.'/iM.inal thin, int.r|i.i-<.'il liivii' "if iiiiiii'ial 
 .•liiircii:il ; slmws siicki'ii--iili'v ; is haril ami linn; luittl.-; fra.- 
 tnri', .111 tlif wli.ile, iiie;;iiiar. that .if tin- .li'iisii' hiyms siih 
 
 .onrlioiilal ; |iow(]i'r. I la.k ; it .l.i"-> li'it iiii|iuit j l.mi tn .i 
 
 iHiilin^ solutiijli "if i-iui-ti.' piitaNh ; i-.'sisi- .■\|iii-ii|.' t.i tin- air. 
 
 All aiialNsis, liy fust cDkiii^', ;;av(! : 
 
 H.v>.'r.w!..|ii.' wiit.r I ■*< 
 
 V.ilatili' C.j|llliil"tihl. lii;ill"i. II II 
 
 Ki\f.] carli-in . - . 77 l^* 
 
 .'.-! ... I" l:i 
 
 Ilfi IHI 
 
 I ''■!;'■, p'T ci-iit ■'^' ■''• 
 
 l!;it ■...i" x'.liitil.- (■.Miilpii-tilili'iii .ri' I I ' !i\- i'lili-'M. 1: i\ :<\t 
 
 ■Msb -^:>i 
 
36 
 
 l.KMl.Di.lCAl. sUliVKY lib l'\NAI>\ 
 
 It. vii'lils, l.v fiist lokiii,';, a ik.ii .■olicrcnl roUc Wlicii lieat.-'i 
 ill a covcrci .ruciliU^ it, yuUl- 'i Mimll iiiiiuufit oi -:i>. wlii.h 
 hums with uimlc v.-Uowisli, sin..k.>lf.ss lUmcf tV<0)le iuiiiim.siiy 
 (•n inciiienition it leaves a white asli. This ,lo.-s lu.l aj;i:lut 
 iiiatf It a hiiyht ml. of ev.n a most iiilfiisr ivd. heat. 
 
 l:Ui. -Skmi AMiiiiA.ni.. iMom the Co.tiuan muiii. at its onteiop just 
 above the forks of l'a..thr-r liver. .\ka. Thickness of s'MIm 
 f,mr feel four an.l a half iiielies. Colleeted l.v Mr l>. I'' 
 howling. 
 
 All aiialvsis, l.v Mr. Wait, l.v fust i-okini,'. ^ave 
 
 ll,VKi".sf"|.K- wal.T 
 Vcl.itilf (•.•liil>n^til'l'' iiiiill'i. 
 l'-iMMi.Mili..ii.. .. 
 
 .\s|l 
 
 lit 
 
 i:; ta 
 
 ,sil lit 
 
 1 .VI 
 UK) (HI 
 
 i;u 
 
 ( •,,!..■, ii.r ■•■"I ■■■ '■■.',", 
 
 Kiltie uf u.ImI 1 iiil.iiMll.l.Mi,:,tl.-l h.lix.'ar,.rl».l.. I ; •• ■'■- 
 
 It yields, l.v fast eokilij,', a ii,m coherent eoke. f .l.mr of ih 
 ash. while, will, a faint re.hlish tinne. Its po-.vder ii.ipnils 
 v,.,y i-ale l.rownish yellow rolo.ir to a (.oiling solution of eaiisti 
 potash. 
 
 Sk.mi ANTliliAeiri;. From .in eNpoure nine miles and a ha 
 west of the outcrop of the seam la.st referred I... Thiekm ss . 
 sean , two f. ct. t'oUeete.l hy Mr. D. IS. Dowlin-. 
 
 An analv.sis l.v Mr. \Nait. !iy fasi i-nkliiii, 
 
 Hy({n..-i.c.|.ir w.itir 
 Vcililtili' i'..ii,l,ii.-til>l>- iii.Ul' 
 
 Kixwl carlH'ii 
 
 \hIi .... 
 
 ('..k. . |.fi- '• i.l 
 
 Uatl.-.f v.. lalil.-. •-MllHi-lil.il' M,;.ll.; •.■'iv"l'"ol...t,. I : : :« 
 
 It yields, hy fast coking, a iion coherent eoke. Colour of t 
 ash. wliite. its powder imparts a pale l.rownisii yellow coin 
 to a iH.ilinu soUuioii of caustic potash. 
 
 1 
 11 
 
 .''Il 
 
 SI 
 
 ill 
 
 :il 
 
 111(1 
 
 (II 
 
 HT 
 
 'j.s 
 
 mmmmmmmmm 
 
l'll^■.MI^IliV \\|i MIVKII Al.OiiV 
 
 Skmi amiii<a< rri:. I'roiii a ti\c fiMit -...iun iKTiirrin;; iilxivc that 
 tViiiii wliich the |irfc,'i|inj; sjifciiiiin wii.s takrn. ColU'ctf-d liy 
 Mr. I). I?. Dowlin^'. • 
 
 An .iiialv ., l.v Mr. Wait. Ii_v l'a-1 ookiiig, yavi- . 
 
 ''".!iri!.- I'liiiihiK' ill! 
 
 Ill "iK 
 
 .-<.•( .■..■i 
 I '.II 
 
 <'.'k''. I"'!' c.-llt SS IK 
 
 Kull.p of Vi.lulili. , ..iiilni-liKl.' illMtl.rl.i tl\.-,l cilli..!!. I : 7 !l(l 
 
 ll yi''lils, 'ly t'asi eokiii;;, a ii.ni <o!i.m f mkr. (.'.ilciur of il,.- 
 
 asli, white. lis powilcr iin|JuN a vi'iy paif lnowtiish yi'lluw 
 ooliiiir to a lioiliny sohilion of I'aiistic poiash. 
 
 — Si;Mi-AMiii(.',< 1 1 K. FiMiii lower seam oil < luat iii'ck a tribut- 
 ary of Tclkwa ri\ci-, wliich (lows into Hiilkli'v river. Ca^.'sinr 
 ili.<l., li.t". Tliiokiie'-s of .ueam, ahoiil foiirleeii tVii He,ei\e(', 
 fii'iM Mr. (!. II. Cowai. 
 
 Stniclin-e. (•oiii|iacl,--line^ of lieiMim; nol, aluav.s wivili- 
 tiiii-l ; il coiilaiiis a few layers of iiiln >tratili('(l hiii,'ht hhirk 
 coal ; colour liiiht-<;reyish black ; lustre, sub re'-inous to resinous : 
 fiacluri', utie\eii. that of the brii;lil layers coiuhoiilal ; is ban! 
 and linn; iI(M'S not soil the timbers: powder, almost lilaok ; 
 im|iarts no colour to a boiling; .solution of c-aiistii' potash ; 
 lesisls expDsuie to llie air. 
 
 .\n iiup.lypis, by .Mr. Wait, liy f.ist cokin;,'. i,'i\e ■ 
 
 tt>Ki"soo|iic wat'T 
 \i)!atil>' i-.niiliM<tilil(. iiiiitlri 
 I'lv.l . 0I..11,, 
 Asii , 
 
 II '.l,s 
 
 '.I III 
 
 sii 71; 
 
 IMII ID) 
 
 ''"kc. \>rr cent St' o.s 
 
 l!;itic ..f \..l.-iti|. ,v,ii,l,ii^tilili- iiNiiltr i..ti\r,i .■.•,ili..ii. 1 ; s il' 
 
 ft yields, by fast ookinj;. a iion coherent coke. Colour of 
 
 t]:r :v-h, white. 
 
3h 
 
 (;K<>l-Ol.lCAI. -Si ItVKV >>¥ lANAI'A 
 
 LIMKSTONES AND UULoMlTKs. 
 
 ,,, „„„„„„, ,,.„„,,...-Sl;„Ml„.Anm..lH........ ^>.l. wu.lUHM 
 
 InusTov,.. Fron> an .xt^n^iv.. .l.pusit of he >Hm.. i.mned 
 iHt..lv.»st ..f ,l,eon<lot ,he l,ar Hi tl... ...null, of Soutn (.on.l 
 
 of Am i-^y- ^■''••'''"'^ «'■• ^^■■•^- '^'^"'"^'■"'' i-'-»""'-^-^"'-- 
 
 Cvrbonif.rnus. Collected by Mr, Hugh Fl.M..h..r. 
 
 A light bluish to lisiht b>ow■ush-^'.ey. ve, y .i.,e .■.>>tallin,-. 
 in parts vesifuhif, fossilifiT'.us limeston,-. 
 
 An analysis, bv Mr. V. (^. NVai,. of a fan- av.ra.. Munple ... 
 this stone %.-epa,e,l fron, ec.ual -i^^- "^ ^'""^y-^'^-j^^J^,. 
 .nentsof thesanu. taken from a« many d.lhMont parts of th, 
 .lepoKit, showe.1 it to have the folh,-.ving eomposUion : 
 
 (After aryin;, at 100 C.-Hygr..s..o,m- water U OS per eent, 
 
 Ciilciiiiii i-^iili'ii^iti'- ■ ■ 
 Mnvii'-ii"" t-iil^'iii't'- 
 K.iTii"^ I Mrloii.iti-. 
 Mimi.uiii'ii'' carUiiiiiti' 
 
 C:ilii'iiii >ul|iliivtf 
 
 f';ik'ini" iil[(is|iliiit.' 
 
 Almiiiiiii 
 
 SiliiM. >;'lul.'i<- 
 
 ()ri,'.inic iiiutt'i'. -. 
 
 liixiliil.!.' iiiutlt-r. ((ni^i-uiik"' 
 
 Silic;;i 
 
 Aliiiiiiiiii 
 
 Kiirif u\i<li' ..... 
 
 I.imi- 
 
 .Vlkaiic-. l.y iliHin IK' . 
 
 •ir. '.t."i 
 
 n 17 
 ;i4 
 
 OUI 
 .« 01 
 Ii02 
 
 I) 41' 
 
 -JT 
 
 II il!l L' 
 II H'J 
 II I'l 
 
 II mi 
 
 imi ;;l' 
 
 2-Ln,KsiosK. Krom an extensive ileposU at Dewar hu , ^^■ • 
 side of Pugwash hnrbour. CumberlaiuUo.. N>. ""'"'"^f' 
 p2tion_i:.werCar.K,niferoU>. Colli .ted by Mr, Hugh Fie. 
 
 eher, 
 
 V li„ht grev at time>, ash-grey, bniwnish-grey, and reddish 
 grey very fine:g>an«!ar t„alm..st coMipa,.., fossiliferoushmeston. 
 
 \n analysis, bv Mr. Wait, of a fair average sample of thi 
 stone-prepared fr.m> e.,«al weights .if twen,y-t.ve fragment 
 
(■llK«l>ri;^ ANIi MIXh.HAI.liia 
 
 39 
 
 of the siiiiic taken from ecjuidistiint points a(ri»s the strike of 
 a series uf nearly verliciil Irnds havin«, in tiie quarry worked, a 
 total thickness of sixty feet, afl'orded the following results : 
 
 (After dryinj; at lOU ('. -Hygroscoiiic water=:0.lL' per ceut.^ 
 
 (-'iilfiiiiii iMrlM'tiatt' . 
 
 
 
 71 ".IIS 
 
 Magiii'siuu] luiUiri i;. 
 K*'rr(ni> cai'lxtnat' 
 
 
 
 IL' 11,-) 
 
 
 
 II .'^1 
 
 M;ni>,'iiin.ii- rarli .n.ir.- 
 
 
 
 1 1 ■ Xi 
 
 * 'alcniiii .-iili'li.it- 
 
 
 " II 
 
 
 Calciuill pllMspl Itr 
 
 
 II 114 
 
 
 Alumina. 
 
 
 II JI 
 
 
 Silica, s<ihiM.- 
 
 
 (1 I.'. 
 
 
 Organiu iimtti i 
 
 
 II II 
 
 III m; 
 
 ltiw>luW]e iiii't*' , -..n- i>tiii;^^ i>f • 
 
 
 
 
 Sili.a ... . . 
 
 li 7(1 
 
 
 
 .•Vluiiiiiia 
 
 1 4'.' 
 
 
 
 Kfi'iic- .i\ii!, 
 
 (t ■_»' 
 
 '.1 11 
 
 
 Mill*- 
 
 II (*! 
 
 
 
 Ma;;iie^ia. . ...... 
 
 1.-, 
 
 
 
 Alkalifs. liy.iitf.i.-m;.- .. 
 
 "17 
 
 
 lim iL' 
 
 .'i.— LiMKsioxi:. From a deposit three miles fast of lirooktield 
 station on the line of the Intercdlnnial railway, Colchester, 
 CO., N.S. Geological position— Windsor formatioii, [.ower 
 C'arl)oniferou>, Collected liy Dr. H. .M. Ami. 
 
 \n asliyhriiwn fossiliferous limestone, the loiiipnsitiiin of 
 which was found by .Mr. Wait to be as follows : 
 
 1 ,-iiij{ at lOUC- -Hygroscopic water 0. 1 S per cent. ) 
 
 CalL-iuiji CiirliMiiat.' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 iC 
 
 H7 
 
 Magiie.siiiiii carljiiiiat.' . 
 Ferrous carlioiiat.- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I) 
 
 
 .Manganons r.-irUiniitt 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 II 
 
 i»; 
 
 CaU-hiiii siilpiiitf 
 
 
 
 
 
 II \: 
 
 
 
 Caluiuin pJHwi'liati- 
 Aliiijiiiia. . 
 Silica, sdlnhl.' 
 
 
 
 
 
 II II,; 
 
 rl lyj 
 
 
 
 Organic niattci' 
 
 
 
 
 
 « ir 
 
 (1 
 
 i;i 
 
 lii.«.hiiil.- matter. coi:.i-t 
 Silica 
 
 inx ,,f; 
 
 '.v'l.!. 
 
 II 
 
 (HI 
 
 lie 
 
 17 
 
 
 
 ' 'iiiiiina witl. .ilittl 
 
 .f.'rrif^ 
 
 
 Magni 
 
 lllfl li!i 
 
 Ijmksionk. From the <juarry of Mr. U. lieaulieu, on Little 
 .Masc.iuchc roud, Ste. Anne des Plaines par., Terrebonne co., 
 
 giie. 
 
40 
 
 <;1.01.0'-1C.»I. SUKVKV OK <AN.U>A 
 
 V dark .reyisl., «ae to s.uuewhat coa.se-ery .Tallin., fo.sil- 
 A UarK grej 1=1 . , ■ v.. Mr Wait showed it to 1mv<- 
 
 „e.oUB, limestone. An analysis U Mr. \N ait, sn 
 
 the following composition ■. 
 
 0(iS (iiT ceiil.) 
 
 1 • „t infcO Hv'iosfopic watci- 
 lAtter drying at lUiJ <-■. "y^ t 
 
 Culcimil calU.liati- 
 MliKllfsiulil L;ul«'iiiiti-. 
 
 MaimuUMiis eiirUiiiiit'' 
 (•;ili-iiiln sillplwiti- 
 Ciilciiiiii iih'>^<liliiiti-. ■ 
 Alimiiuii 
 Siliia, «iil"lil>' 
 
 In .luhli'iiiatt.T. .•.m«i>lini,',<" • 
 
 Siliai 
 
 Aliiiniiui 
 
 Kfrric ixiiliv ■ ■ ■ ■ 
 
 Liiii.' 
 
 M;iKii'Hia 
 
 All<itli">.''y'lirt"'>'"'"" 
 
 1 
 II 4.". 
 
 li: 
 
 II Oft ;• 
 iiiii j 
 
 II 01 i 
 
 II 02 ; 
 
 I nice. I 
 II 11 i 
 iro» ! 
 o II.S I 
 
 II IH ' 
 
 lill 
 
 '.i; 4i> 
 
 I Tti 
 
 II OS 
 
 tl.iri'. 
 
 101 
 
 liiO-2'.i 
 
 /:kuroi,ian. Collect.,! by Mr. !<■ l^- Broadlient. 
 
 ^ li„ht to rather dark bhiish-g.oy, -xierately ooar«o^rys.al 
 
 l.y Mr. Wait, to be as follows •. 
 
 I After -Irying at lOO^' C. -Hygroscopie water .0.0^ pe, i.,., 
 
 Calciimi rinlxiiiat • 
 
 MaKii'^'i'"" '^•"^''"""'' 
 
 Keinm^ i"ii'l>oiiat" 
 
 Miiiitjaii""^ ^■"''"'"•'^'' 
 
 Caieimn plioxpli'i'i- '_ 
 
 Alimiiiia 
 
 Silica, wihilili' • ■ • 
 
 trim siilpliiile, pyrrliutite 
 
 Oivaiiii; inatter . .....■■ 
 
 InSilulileiimlt.T. ,„n.iistiiiK ..t . ^^ __ 1 
 
 Silica... . ■ ,- f VVl,'. 
 
 Alumina with a trai.' ol tmi. ^^ ^_^ 
 
 , y"'"*"- • : . ; trac^:. • 
 
 I-!,'"' . ... «i 
 
 MftfCiiH^ia. . 
 
 II 01 
 OlTj 
 49 
 09 1 
 
 10 : 
 
 1 «l 
 
 M'.l 03 
 S 70 
 0" 
 
 trace. 
 
 Tl' ■.'! 
 
 IIK) 111 
 
 ,-, LiMK.roNE. From the immediate vieinity o'' I'h.lipsburg, 
 '•"^l^elt sideofMi.sis,uoi lake, Ar.and t,., M.ssis.pio. 
 
 Que. Geological position-Plahp.Durg t.rmati.m, ...- 
 
 group. Lower Silurian. 
 
 nraiK^^^m 
 
( lll.MlSliiV AMI MINKl:.\I.Oi.Y 
 
 4i 
 
 An ex(t'edinj{iy tineciystalliiu', ttliucst corupact, linit'stDiie .it 
 ■A ilove-giey colour with white umt kings. Its analysis art'orclcl 
 Mr. Wait the following results : 
 
 (At'tiT liiyin^ at IdO'' C. — Hy!,'rosin|,ic water OH-J j.-t ce t. » 
 
 <.';ilciuiii i-arlMtu.il*-. 
 
 
 
 '.IS ii;i 
 
 MilKlIertiuilMMil-Olllltt' 
 
 
 
 ti '.17 
 
 K«'irniis carlMtiiiitc. 
 
 
 
 11 117 
 
 Caleimn iilin-*|.!i:iti' 
 
 
 M 01 
 
 
 Alniiiiiia ... 
 
 
 01 
 
 
 Silica, .-..liililr . 
 
 
 II ii:; 
 
 
 < )igani<' luatt*'! 
 
 
 1) tK'i 
 
 1 .■••-' 
 
 lii.^iliililc iiiattir. .■' .nsi-tih.,- ..t 
 
 
 
 
 .Silii-a 
 
 1 14 
 
 
 
 Aluiiiiim" I'liM littlil' iiir.iv 
 
 i.l. 11 l!l 
 
 1 U 
 
 
 l.iiiii' 
 
 Ma^ncMi. 
 
 «l> 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 
 lill.l .".'.I 
 
 This stone takes a i,'ooirpolis)i and is well fitted t\>i puiiM.-'s 
 of decoration. When hn rut, it affords a very white and fuie 
 lime. 
 
 7. - LiMKSToNK. From Uudd's i|uaiiy liai rietielc). Pitlsliuri; tp,. 
 Frontenae en., Out. 
 
 A light bluish-grey, very tine ery.stalline, nia-si\e. niagne^iiiii 
 limestone. Determinations, by^Mr. V, ait, of the more inipr.it- 
 ant constituents, gave, as follows : 
 
 ('aliiuiii I'iii'lHiiiati'. . 
 Magiiehiuiii earii'iTiatr 
 Vluinina "itii a littl. f'lii. 
 hiwiliilili' iiiatl'i 
 
 •-'5 2 
 •J 1 
 
 -••JO 
 
 The insol'ible portion of this stone consist d of- siliea IJ -'•), 
 alumina with a little ferric oxide 1C4, small quantitiei' of I Hie 
 and magn- sia, and strong trace? of alkalies. 
 
 lipsburg, "" 
 issisquoi I", 
 f.n, (^leb'-c 
 
 ^, — LlMKsTONE. From Marble cove, on the northeast shore jf 
 Texada island, Strait of Georgia, B. C. (jeologicai position - 
 Uarljoniferous. 
 
I'. 
 
 I-KOI.OI.ICAL M l(VK\ OK lA.NAIlA 
 
 A siiiiiewliat tiiii' L'r)Hlullino limestone of a li;;hl and dark 
 iiiuisliii-ili colour, clouded, wit)i ui- yisn Itliuk spots and vein 
 ing>. An analysis liy Mr. Wait showed it to have the follow- 
 ing coniposiiion : 
 
 ( At'ti-r (irvirii; at lOH C Hy','rosi.-o|iii\vater ndl per itint.) 
 
 (';tl<-inii. fuilxinati'. 
 
 
 
 H7 01 
 
 Matfiit-^tiin. c.irtM>iutt* 
 
 
 
 I:.' 47 
 
 I-ITIVMI- l-U|l«ilMfl'. 
 
 
 
 It :tt 
 
 .Muli^aiupu> carUjiiiil)- . 
 
 
 
 1 raot . 
 
 ('al( iuni plici«|ili!iti-. 
 
 
 II III 
 
 
 Alumina 
 
 
 IPl'L' 
 
 
 SiIrm. Holiili.. 
 
 
 111! 
 
 
 ( )i>,'aiiif iiiattiT . 
 
 
 (1 ]■) 
 
 II lit 
 
 Iii>i»!ultlf niattfi, niii...i^tiii^: ipf : 
 
 
 
 
 Silica 
 
 II 20 
 
 
 
 Alniiiiiia « itli a littlf ftrnc cmpIi- 
 
 IP IW 
 
 (1 X< 
 
 
 lAtw 
 
 11 111 
 
 
 
 .Mairn»'sia. 
 
 . II (Hi 
 
 
 
 
 liKI 111 
 
 'i'iiis sloni- occurs, at tiie aiiove mentioned locality, in almost 
 unlimited i|Uantily. It is useful for ordinary purposes of con 
 tructii'n an i, taking a good polish, is also well adapted for use 
 a.- a marhle. Further, it afVords an excellent material for the 
 nianufaoture of lime. 
 
 -l)oi.oMnK. Fron; lot L', con. II, Faraday tp., near the old 
 Faraday loiid MHs'ingco., Ont. The bed from which this stone 
 was taken, a very laige one, exteniis into the .nljoining lot, lot 
 .■>, of the same concession w here, however, according to Mr. C. 
 \V. Williiiiolt, the stone e.\hibits a much coarser texture. 
 
 A taint greenish white to greyish-white, cryptocrystalline, 
 suli translucent, iii.igncsian limestone. Its composition was 
 tciinil tiy Ml. Wait to he as follows ; 
 
 i.\t'ier drying at IdO C- llygroscojiic water -= 002 percent.) 
 
 (.'alcium carUiiiatr' . 
 
 
 
 
 ."o 22 
 
 Maj^ni'siimi carlMniati-, 
 
 
 
 
 44 03 
 
 Kcrn.ii.'. carlniiiatc , 
 
 
 
 
 026 
 
 Manf<aii(m> carUmat**. . 
 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 Calcium ]ihos])hatc 
 
 
 
 lrai-»' . 
 
 
 Aluimiia 
 
 
 
 04 , 
 
 
 Sllira, ■'olul.l,' 
 
 
 
 "3 
 
 
 InsiiliiMi' inatt'T, CDiisist 
 
 iiiir r)f : 
 
 1 
 
 
 71 
 
 Silica 
 
 
 II ;i!i 
 
 
 
 Alumina ^utll a trace < 
 
 )f iiun 
 
 . 11 15 
 
 (1 l>7 
 
 
 .Majsncsia . . 
 
 
 13 
 
 
 
 
 1110 :;ii 
 
 This stoue takes a very high jxilish and affords an e.xcvllent 
 niaihie. 
 
 i^ 
 
ciiKMisiia AMI minm; \r.iii.v 
 
 43 
 
 lltoN (iKKs. 
 
 l.--Cl.A^ iKiiv sTt«Ni:. A com|iint, miiNsivi', dark luow iii->h niry. 
 lu tifles-i, cliiy ii'iii atolii', W'ly ti.ii<;li, nrnl liiiMkins; witli n 
 laru"' ti>iK"lioi(J(il fiactiitc, fioiii section 17, tji. h', lan.'e X\l. 
 west of tlic foiirtli iiiitiMl riH'ri<liiiii, Alta., Iwis liecii iinalysed \>\ 
 -Mr. F. (i. Wait, ami foiiiitl to liavc the toilDwini; ii)iii|iiis>tii)ii : 
 
 -■■s 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 Ft'- rolls "Xitle 
 MaiiKMiiou- <i\!.it 
 Aliiinina . . 
 
 I-il.!.- 
 
 MiiKtii"'! > 
 
 (.'artN.jiic anh\tiii'i< 
 l'h<'M|i!n)ric anliviiri'lt 
 Snli'hiiiic anliyriii'l*- 
 
 Silica 
 
 Iniii ()i:«ul|iliiilt- 
 
 Watir 
 
 Oivaliic iiiattri 
 
 M.tallk- II. .1 
 IMi.«|,l„,ni- 
 Suhiliui- . . . 
 
 .1 -r 
 
 I M 
 
 ( .Ml 
 
 
 
 it«i 
 
 1 
 
 :>:• 
 
 Imi 
 
 ;< 
 
 :u 
 
 
 Mr. Wail has ais>i e.xaiuiiifil .a .<pfriiiii'i- nt a il.irk ^ny, \>-i\ 
 tilic-;;raiuihir, almost coiiipai-t, olay ipciii -Imu'. u|iiiii on-' cif the 
 surfaces ot' which were iiiiphililcd iiuincruii-. ^niall rry^lal- nt 
 selenite, from section <i of the above meniiuneil Imu n--lii|i, uini 
 found it to contain terroiis o.xide r.'"ii'i pei ciiit, ei|iii\aleiit 
 to ,'i;Mii per cent of nietani<- nun. 
 
 Anionic the many specimen^ of clas' iron-^'oi.c c .Hccted \>\ 
 l>r. (i. .M. I)a\vs'iii at tht/ linic of his exploration of ihe How 
 and Belly Kivei' region, in It'f-l, were three from jioints not fui 
 di.stiint from those where the fore<;oin^ were olitaite.d. These 
 were e.xamined l>y the writei-, and the residts of tlieir analysis 
 were given in the Annual Report of this .Survey for l^^<' ,sl.8'.'. 
 p. 1 1 H. riit^y comprised, (a) a specimen of a very liiH- L:ranidai 
 massive hiownish-nrey, clay iron-stone, breakini; withaniniper 
 fectly eonchoidal fraetine, from " Coal lianks,' which was founii 
 to contain —ferrous oxide i 1 • toS and ferric oxide O-'l'J'^ per cent, 
 e(^ui\alent to a total of ;>2'IT'i per cent of metallic iron ; (b) a 
 specimen of a tine-granular, massive, jiale reddi-^hbrown clay 
 ironstone, iircakiii'; wjtii an irreijuiar fracture, t'i'mi .liioui 
 
 IJl 
 
41 
 
 i.KOl.lMilrAI. SlKNKV 0^ lAWDV 
 
 ...S.M. inilos iK-lo* •■Coal Hank-, Altu., -cu..n .iu, tp. 9, ran«o 
 Wl, wrstof tli.'fouilh initial infiidian, w!"'li wa^ fouii.l i... 
 ,ont.i'in ■ -tVirous ..xi.lf :i()7;W ami tViiic oxi.l.' l:!'.ts ,,or cent. 
 e,,,,ivalent t<. a IoImI ..f •.•|SS(. por r.-nt of nxtalli.- imn ; nn.l 
 (,., a ^i-prini.-n of a conipa. t, inas-ive. pale l.r..«nij v.ilow cla.v 
 ii,.n>tonc', l.r.akin;-' will, a larg.' toiioliuulal ftacluiv, fr..ni 
 B<lly river. alM)iU scv. ntecn niik-s , ant of tin.' inoutli of the LittU' 
 P.„w livor, s-clinn I'.t. tp. 10, lanj;.. Wl, west of the fourth 
 uiiriil nwiidiiin, Alta.. whirh was foun.l to c.mlam -forn.i.< 
 ovi.lr an ;',0L' an.l foiric oxidf llt<T per .ent. (..,„ivalent to a 
 l(jla! of ■>()V<'> per '■■•nt of lunallic iron. 
 
 Clav ironstoMf. A -lark rlovc-hrowh, v-ry lii..' grairjlar, 
 ahnost coM.piK-t, uuiKMve, .lay Iron-stone from t"ollin -uk-h ; 
 Tulam.'en riv,,-, al.out ..iyht.en o.Mw.nty mil.- «,.st of Pnn.e- 
 l,,n, Yale .list , M.C.. ha. he.^n .•xaniine.l hy Mr. I'. C ^V 8 
 iUi.l foun.l to ontain 
 
 r,.n-....--\l'l'' . .■ . 
 V>rrir- t)\i(li'. 
 
 Ill-ilul'll' silicflli,- III 
 
 I 'iirlionafiiiisiiiatti'i- 
 W.itiT, liyt,'f ■..-•' 'liH' 
 
 Ml iiillii iii'ii- 
 
 :'7 0.-| |» r iMiit. 
 1 :!7 
 
 )i;n 
 
 1 vj 
 
 (111. 
 ■_►_> i»i 
 
 Tins iron-stone .-.x'urs in han.ls, having an aggregate thick 
 ,u..s of M.n.e three feet, in the so-calleil twenty-foot s..am of 
 ,-,iul at th.' loealitv al.ov.. m.'ntione.l. An ..nalysis of the coal 
 of the si.ani in .(uestion is given in on.' of my previ.-us r.'p..rts, 
 -.ee Annual Report, vol. 11 p. !'!• », l^^^'J- 
 
 l!o"-iron on-. The f..il..win^ ar.- the results ..f an analysis, by 
 Mr. F. O. Wail, of a fair aNerage sainph' prepared from ciual 
 u.iu'hts ..f numerous fragments of bug iron ore taken fr..m,. 
 series of isolated deposits of that mineral .ii.urring in a stn.i 
 of cmntry- ..verlyin- the blaek slates of the N-.va Scolian 
 „ol.l l...aring series ..f some forty miles in U.ngth by about iwn 
 miles in width, whieh .exten.ls. m a south w.sterly direet.on, 
 from Upner Musquodoboit along the south side of the Mus.,uo.l- 
 „boit river and along the south si.le of the ohl <;uysb..r..ui.h 
 lOivl to rail ri\ei-, Ifalifsv m.. X.S. 
 
 -■ iH«w sr.^'--*^MSw-'jm, 
 
I MKMISlliV AM) MINKIMt.iM.S 
 
 It u IS t'liiiiiil to I'diirain ; 
 
 Kfiii'- "\i'lt* 
 KeirouH t.\i(l.'. 
 Muii^aiiMiiH lAiili 
 Alillinli:j.. 
 I*ilin-. 
 
 Milici . , 
 
 l'liip-|.li. iriu ;in vrlinN ... 
 SiiI|'ltiii'io iinlivilri'lf. 
 Will*'!-. li\yriPKt'ii]iir . 
 VVm r, ciitiilMiii'd 
 
 • )ri;;inif lll.'ltttr 
 
 <;i Hi 
 
 'J 
 
 11 
 
 II 
 
 «.K 
 
 1 
 
 .'■") 
 
 fl 
 
 IW 
 
 .•l 
 
 IM 
 
 II 
 
 III 
 
 
 
 :«) 
 
 ,'t 
 
 a: 
 
 ."iH 
 
 i 
 
 Ml-tilllic lloli 
 
 l'li.«i,li,,n,.. 
 Siilpliui- .... 
 
 I'll y, 
 
 .".•_• Ill 
 II iij 
 
 I'he fiiMuwiii',' iiJiitiiil aiiiilyscs of luMiiiilitrs uiiil iiia^'iiitilis 
 wiTc all iDii'liirtcd liv .\lr. K (!. Wait. 
 
 I. lI)'Tiiali:o. l-'riiiii alioul half a mile .-milli of (iraml Fn (I,mu.m 
 llorton) Uailuay ■ilatiim, Kini;sco, N'.S. Oollectiil livMi-. A. 
 r. McKintiiin. 
 
 A rediiisii liiiiwii to brou nisli itil, fineKiaiiiilar. iiii.'.sivi> 
 ailmixtiire of auliyih-oiisand hyiliou> peroxidi' of iii.n. [t con 
 lainod iin-tallic iion J7 40 per cent, in^oluMc ifsidiic l' t li;, 
 water, liyj,'ioscopic, <'• 00 and water, cnniliinod, 4-."i;i. Titan 
 iiiiii dioxide, none. 
 
 ■>. Hematite. From lot 1, ran!.'e [If, Dunham tp., .Mi^iiiuni co,, 
 <j'uo. PIxaiiiiiied for .Mr. Levi. Y. liiake. 
 
 A dark piirplish-hrownisli-i-ed, very line granular, aliiio-,t com' 
 I act, schistose, massive hematite. Tt was found to contain 
 metallic iron, 02-71 per cent, insoluble residue i; HO, titanium 
 dioxide, none. 
 
 >': -Hematite. From the H- cky niountain.s, south of lihununrc. 
 .M«a. 
 
 A line granular, ma.ssive. in parts micaceou.s, hematite, 
 througli which was distributed a few particles of ironpvrites. 
 i'eteiniinatiun.s gave motailic iron, OS 51 per cent, iiisoiuble 
 silieeous matter, -J 01. titanium dioxide, none. 
 
\r> 
 
 ,,Mll,O..I.Al. MliMV ■'►■ < V^V"^ 
 
 .»■ of \V 1! N'ilv- ""' ^■'""' '" 
 
 7 -MagnHi... iM ' ""■ •""'":"' 'V .1, .o NS 
 
 ,i,. I ki...ni..H.T".l..o..kun,.r^, A.M..,.Mn 
 
 A..... ^'-^ :;-■-"''':;:.;;::; ,;;;:S'':.* 
 
 ■ liKniKh V.I1KI1 wa-t . , ., II,.. ,,,,11 .'1 '.fJ HT i«'nt, 
 
 r";;rx.::: -.^ ■■■ '-"■■ 
 
 ,•,.,„„ .I,>lin SlienriT. , 
 
 .,:l„",;.. „!:...,.«.... «• :;^;;,:";;:;"r::- 
 
 ,„„ , .,,.„, ^^-;-™',: :;::,•::;„„ 
 
 in-,lul>l'' sihriMMiH in.att. i, .' ■"• 
 ,._Mv.NKr.rK. Kro,nU,.- north.. St > 1, ..mI,. • .aineau .n... 
 
 1.^1U'. 
 
 part, of hornblend.. It -"' " Uta.nu,,, .lu.xi.le. ..on.-. 
 
 I.-, SI ,,er cnt. iiisolul.U' n.iat-i .M JU. ui.i. 
 
 ,0--M..SK-nK. .ron.a,.inton,U..n.., ..0.1.. ...in.. .Ottawa 
 
 rivov), I^ke Timi-kauimi;, <.H.e. 
 
 .as ,.so.iat...l a somewhat 1 ;-';|;-':'r'\,^ '".,.,, > .,„y. 
 «ni.eouH matter •iO-r,U,titam...nch.N>...-.M 
 
 , , .,- ,.o„ 1 S..111. Cr.-W tp., l-iiia>l 
 
 CO., <>nt. 
 
 .vsfilline missive nin^'i.et it.- with whic 
 A somewhat coaiso-.'rjstalhnc..... . ., .n.n..M'omP<.«e. 
 
 rt"d s of garnet. U containe.l- -Metalhc .ron .VS ... P 
 C illublt matter 43:^0, titanium .i>ox..le. non... 
 
 „..->U..SKnxK. iM-om the vi..in,ty of Iv... T..ma,a„,i, Nipis.i, 
 dist.. Ont. 
 
 1 1 ■I'lii' I' iMWmif II" WKanr- "" -''< 
 
|■MI.MI■•TI<^ \\|i MINHMI.o..^ t7 
 
 A w'ly liiii' Kniiiiiliir. iiuis^ivf in i^ti.rilc, iiolilm;; iiiim.iv ii 
 tliiii li»iiiiiii>' (if i|Uiiit/. Itw.i- tdiiiiil Im CDiiiain -MemlUc Iimii 
 ■(•.'■Mi |ii'f ictir, iiisiiluhlc silli»>.,ii-. iiintti'c ■-' I ">", rifmiiiiui 
 iliiiMili'. IIIIIII-. 
 
 I.'l. — Ma(.ni;iiik Kioiii >i c|(>|i.)-,it on tin- • ii>i -^Ini t ih'' I!.m kv 
 
 liiKiiritaiiis, iHMi- I'IdcIht tn-ck. Alia. 
 
 V tiimmuiiiihir, iiiaHttiM', |iiutiiilly wcatlnrcl iii.ij^tifiitH. I»t.'l'r- 
 iniiwilioiis ;;avi' iimtiillio imn "it tii |»t iciit, inM)liil.li' «ili- 
 
 Cflllls IIKlttPI- 1 I 'I'.t, litlllluill (llo\i(l.-, IIMIII- 
 
 11 .Ma'.nktiii:. Ktuiii m:u- Kti.lt'rin-, V.il.' disi . li.C 
 
 A lirw-er vtiillinc, iii,i>>i\.- iiiiii;intito ilii..iiuh wtiieli Uii- .ii». 
 triliuttMl H small i|iiiinlity of pailially altcri-l ti-liUp.iiliir i;an 
 aw: Analysis >lio»,.ii it to toritaiii— metallic- ii. ii, :')'.i ."..", per 
 rent, iiisoliibit' iiiatti-r 1 2 ^'i, titaiiiiiiii (iioxidc, tiiu f-. 
 
 Col'PKR n|{|;s 
 
 I, -From a shaft sunk in thf 'I'lias.sir trap al \\".'st|.oi t. | »ii;by 
 CO., N.S. 
 
 A pailially ultertMl trap tliioUL;li which v.av s, aitciwl , ...iial! 
 i|uantity of native copjHT. Ayreealily witli tin- results of a 
 (leterininatiou rniulo hv Mr. Wait, it r.intaiiied : 
 
 ''"l'l"r 
 
 -Krniii [,aTctP, < 'liarlotto CO., N.I!. 
 
 i«i ill p. V .-.lit 
 
 .\n association of lopper-pyrit.-- and iron-pyrites, with a 
 little pyrrhotite, in a ij;ani;uc composed for tlie moi-t part of 
 chloritic schist, with some (luart/ and cilcite and a \ei v little 
 sideritc. It was found hy .Mr. W ait to contain : 
 
 ''"I'l"' - . . , 1" 70 |«r lent. 
 
 -From Orford tp., Sherbrooke Co., Que, 
 
 It consisted of chloiitic schist carrying small juiiitities ..f 
 chalcopyrite and hornite and a very little splial.rite Mr. 
 Wait founil it to contain : 
 
 "|.l»r.. 
 
 :i 12 i»-i- ('fill. 
 
 ,.ri._ ■SL.'-W.'^.i.: -^•■^k^TF,. -.11. iiJ'. MW ' Sl^B^. 
 
i" 
 
 ,,K..i,u..i. VI. *VH^^^ »* - '^^"^ 
 
 •||,„,„1.T ll,.ya.Ht.. ').,t. 
 
 < ,. ,liik .r.-v liu.e'*t..ne »nd r»l''H.' wit»' 
 
 :i;r"n:^TXper. '--^ n,yM..Wa.,t a,„ 
 
 •, Il7 |» 1 Kill 
 
 ,_|.r,jth.. Ku.eka.Uun, N„. 1 ., nn.anuu. n.ta.M. M.-w, 
 
 .oini.l, Si-«' WeKtminsi.MMlHt., I« * ■ 
 
 A .lark «r«.V .,-'-" " -' ..yrrlioti,.-. Mv- W- 
 
 .,uuntity of co,.rer ,.yr.tes .,..1 .. Uttl. pyr 
 
 f,.ui\<l it t" <■""'"'" • 
 
 :t «;i i«ii-.iit. 
 
 (•,.|.i"i 
 
 NICKEL AN1> O'l'.Al.T 
 
 . ■ ,.r..« fn.in itipuivl^rmfinfionedloi-. 
 
 ,..,,,„,.. U.ew..ha...fl".H> .4 0UWn>..KronU.nac,.o.,<.n 
 
 ■ .• ■ f .i.mrt/ and li-rnblendp with ii litt! 
 
 rnntain. 
 
 t '.fj |M r '.lit. 
 
 Nickfl i„.iic. 
 
 C.tialt 
 
 ,..Kn>,uthe.,rth..,..f.f.ot:^..foo,,... K...ns,p., Nipissi 
 
 .list., Out. 
 
 it to .ontaiii. 
 
 oil |>tr .■•■lit. 
 
 Ni>i^'"' rtin 
 
 C'lilnil' o^nx 
 
 fopl-r 
 
rllKM|ilK\ AVIl M|NKII,»l.i".\ 
 
 4» 
 
 In with 
 1, ll"«' 
 
 I a siiiiil' 
 Av. Wit 
 
 
 one<l lo<' ■ 
 from v>ii^' 
 
 ,1, a littl.- 
 •hotite aii'i 
 1 flora tli> 
 r Wait '■ 
 
 ,, Nipissiii. 
 
 i with sinal 
 and triflii'. 
 uted a siiiiil 
 Wait show; 
 
 :i. IV.m iKHi lii^iill -.t'ltioii on till iiif (if lln« ('an;ii|iaii Pacilio 
 railway, -oiiic thiity inili". wphi i.f lUt I'mtii^^c, liaitiy IJJvn 
 ilist., lint, (.'ollfctisl IfV hr I! Itt-ll 
 
 A 'OinlMUt, iimssivp pyrrhotitf It wii- (uuiiil l)V Mr V\ ait t'l 
 ( olituin : 
 
 Ci.t.alr „ 
 
 f.- Frotn « vein ali-'tit fiiur iiiilrs ffoni II. jn' unci ncur rln- I'liisci 
 I i\('r. Villi) ilisl.. Il.x 
 
 An association of arsenical pyritfH with n smull iniantity of 
 iron I'yritcs ami a %<'ry little i'oj)|«'r pyi it(>i, llirougii which 
 was (liHlril)Ult'(i a Hniall i|iiai\tit_\ of ijiiai t/iisc jjangili'. ' i- 
 iix'taliifeious jMirtion of the ore, iif- I fmin all i,Mni;iir was 
 fdund l)V Ml. Wait to (untaiii : 
 
 Ni.k.l 
 (•..l..ilt 
 
 II 'Jti 
 Mae*' 
 
 TiMci's of silver were aUo slmwn tu lie | ti-iiit, hut no i.")!(| 
 
 NAII l!AI, WATKKS. 
 
 1. W atei fioO! a spi itii; at lirook \illa^e aiiiut sev.-n miles ea>l 
 southeast 'if Mahoii, Inv iiieMs co.. N. S, It ajijiarently rises 
 tViim the u'yiisilVious herls of the Ijower (.'arlxmiferoiiH. The 
 tlo« I'lom the Mpiing is constant and eslimntcd to !«• alxmt 
 lour i.'alloiis per minute. 
 
 The sample leceiveil for L'Xaininalion contained a tiitlini; 
 i|i!.intily of wliile l!occulc!nt matter in -ii^pen.sion. which wa- 
 iiinoxcd hy tiltraMoii. The filtered uilci was clear and hrijjhl 
 and api'iiently colourless, when \ie«ed in a column two feet 
 Hi length, howo\er, it was found to have a just peiceptihle 
 brownish yellow I; II.-. It Uin odourless ; Imil a mildly saline taste; 
 leaded neutral, hoth hefore and after concentration ; and had 
 a specific Kfiivity, at 1").5 C, ot lOil.'^..**". Hoiliii.4 piVHluced a 
 -li;,'ht precipitate, . (msistins; of .• li.imn carhon:ite witliu erv 
 littli' maunesium Ci'rlx.nate. 
 
 (»ii<' thousand part.s, hy wei;.,dil, of the Hlteie<l water, at 
 lo'S C, were found hy Mr. F. (J. Wait to contain : 
 
 ;ps."> I 
 
50 
 
 ,.i;..1.0.;|.M. sritVKY OK CAVAUA 
 
 '(1112 
 
 ^k1» ■ t)-:,7r> 
 
 l.i""' 1I-I12 
 
 MaKiiisin . . . ^ _ „.;^, 
 
 Siili>limii; :iiili,vilii'l> ^^.^.^^ 
 
 Ciiiti mil' aiiliV''"''''' ;,.n._>7 
 
 •'111'"'"' OOIH 
 
 Siliia ■■■ „i,e,.. 
 
 (>r„Miiii- nuiit'i- 
 
 IJT--" 
 
 l,..„s„NyK..n,.-('"^.'l'""'"''''""'" 
 
 Tlu. foronoiug a.ids and bases ...ay .easonably he aHsu.ued 
 U bllplliti,: the water in the tV>l!owi..g state of e..,.,inna 
 
 lion : 
 
 (The .-arbonates being cal.ulated as monoca.bonates. and 
 ull the salts estimated as anhydrous.) 
 
 (IMl'l 
 
 I'litii^^'ii.tii fl)li»iifl<- 'I -V' 
 
 Sn<iiii.ii<'iii"'''''' ■ rwi 
 
 {'uli'iiiiii MiljiliHtc ^^^^1-., 
 
 (■.lli'ivl.n carlK>ll:iti' iy<:',:, 
 
 Miij-m'-iimii '•'*'''"'"■"'■ ■ ,ioi;', 
 
 Silica trt''»*. 
 
 Oiv.mii- iiiattiT. „._. . _ 
 
 l,......„l«,i.i>- u..l.y,l.i ■...i.!..v-'l i" ""■" "' "'"' ^.^^^ 
 
 ;u:tiiall,v fimiiil . _JL 
 
 •|-„t:,l,l,.-..h.Ml soUa ...atfr, l,y,li,.-ct ,.x,.-.i>,»-nt, 
 
 ,liR-.l at 1H0 C. - 11-1"1 
 
 An i..,y.e.ial gallon of the water, at 15-5" C. would .-ntain . 
 (The carLnates V>ein« calculate.! as u,.»no..artKmates. ,u.d .11 
 the sidts estinmte.l as anhydrous ) 
 
 lirai.i^. 
 
 I'.itas-iimi i-hiiirid.- ^.^ j.,,. 
 
 Swliiiiii ct.l'iriil"' i)Ht)4a 
 
 C.alciiiiii tiill'li''"' a «72 
 
 Calcinui cai'luniati- )I;-5i« 
 
 Ma^Mi.-»iiii» «»'■'»"'•'"■ ,1 ^',j, 
 
 ^il'<=^' tracr 
 
 Dr^raiiii' ii"""'.' ■ ■ 
 
 I,..,. ,-ai-lK..,i>.- anl.yilri.l.- ....,|.luy.<l ii. 'v— "' ^^ ^, 
 
 tliat actually fciiin'l 
 
 si^4 iil'.» 
 
CIlKMISTIiV AM) MI.M:UALo(.V 
 
 liithia, Vjivryta, st 
 
 I'ontiu, biniuiiif, 
 
 iDiline wi 
 
 till', ttiid with iiPfiativc ifsults. 
 
 Water from a borii 
 
 im t 
 
 lie ca^l biiik of the lii'helicu 
 
 III 
 
 hout one huiulrcd ami liftv f>it l)ack fioni thai str. 
 
 alxmt one huiithcd feet liac-k from l5arl)ott(' orifk. which he' 
 Hows into the Uicliclieu i. on lot SC. con. 1. in St. Athaiiasf y if 
 hicury seig., IbcrvilU- co.. 'ivti: 
 
 rh 
 
 IS watv 
 
 sh veil 
 
 low coloui 
 
 liail, wlicn lii'.st rei-eiv 
 .l( 
 
 ed. a wiy piMxcfitihU' .-i 
 a pronounci'd odour of hydrog>ii 
 
 phide : after Mtdiiding in a loosely .'-topperi'd ;;las.s i-.nitain'T. 
 however, it befunae iHTt'ectiy (Kl<mrk'.><s. colourle*.-, clc.u r;tiJ 
 bright. Its specific gravity, at 
 
 .">•'> C, was found to in 
 
 L'T. Boiling pi-odui-cd a very slight prccii)itatc ((iii^i-tin,' ■ t 
 calcium carbonate with some magnesium cailxmatc. 
 
 Agreeably with tiie results of an analysis, conduct'd by Mr. 
 Wait, one thousand parts, by weiL'hl, of thi^ water, ^i' '."■ "i '.. 
 contained : 
 
 I'otattsi 
 Sixla 
 Litliia . . 
 
 II 1.' 
 
 Siiljihi: 
 
 nhydri'i- 
 
 (.'ivrlwjni*' itnhvfirid*' 
 
 OIlliM-illf 
 
 Hrtuniiic 
 
 iwliiK- (very sniiill i|iiiiii!ii\ • 
 
 Silica 
 
 Myiln>K>ii r-ili'liiili' 
 ( hx-iic.c uml u-\- 
 
 oNvV'tt. «-(iMi\ ji'irit t- 
 
 1 i;ri 
 
 . el-J 
 
 4 I' 
 
 The hvdroL'en -iulphide referred to In the al)Ove auaiyi- ii,.! 
 most |iiobal)ly resulteil from the reducing action •!! ..iL'ai ;■ 
 matti !• (the water having been- put up in .in onlinary ck-si 
 vessel) upon the sulphates present in the water, whereby a • ■; 
 tjiin jiroportion ot these latter were lonverted iiit" ^^u pi')"*s 
 which i)eing in tutii decomposed iiy carV)onic a^id ••■■- i'-- ; n 
 the sep.ir itioii of byilrogen sulphide. 
 ;ilS5_l', 
 
62 
 
 (JKOT.OIilCAL ■' .'VKY OF CANADA 
 
 It may b.' reasonal.ly as^uineil that tl.r t\.it-oi..g aci.l> an. 
 l,as.s oxist in Hk- -at.-,- in the following staf ol .•...ubinutum 
 (The caiU.natrs l,..inj.' nih-uhitf.l a,, n.o.u.i-aihonafs, ami al 
 the suits i'.stiniat<'<l ii-s anhy(h-ou>. ) 
 
 l'()tlln>illUl KIllpliatH. . . . 
 
 Sii(li\iiii sul|ili:it«- 
 
 " cliloriili' 
 
 Itromiitt*. . . . • 
 
 *• inil'ule 
 Litliiuin (Kulioiiiiti 
 C';ilcimii siilpliat. 
 C'alciwm caHiimatf 
 Miu.'iu>iinn i;arl«in;it" 
 FtTriiu:- ciii-t)<ni:it<' 
 Silica. ■ 
 
 Orsianic iiiatt'i- 
 
 Ciirlxiiii'- ,iiiliv«lri<lf, ii 
 
 fiini] iiKiiiivaiKiii:iti-' 
 
 Hyilnivt'-n Mill'lii'l'- ff*' 
 
 II 111.". 
 
 II :i'.''.i 
 
 •> 
 
 k! 
 
 i.^^.es.^ c.f that rr<|iiirfil to 
 
 trurf 
 
 i'4l 
 fi 111-.' 
 Jil-J 
 ti-ac* 
 ii.iil-J 
 t race 
 
 H lil t 
 Ii I'-i- 
 
 o ifji; 
 ;t ::(•-' 
 
 'I'l.tal ai>M>he.l soliil matter, 
 aiitil at l.slfC.. ;t 57'.'. 
 
 jifi nil* la. 
 
 The amount ot cailxxiif anhyilf.tle t,m,iil, in exc-o.. of tha- 
 reoni.*-.! to fonn itoin.al carlmnaU's, is ^oinuwhat less than bait 
 that req«i.e.l by tlu-s,- to form bicarb>nate,s f.on. which v 
 would api.fti.- that only a portion of the neutral carbonates . 
 present in the water in the latter eon.lition. 
 
 An innx-tial gallon of the water at ISo U., wouM eont^i, 
 (The carbonates being cakniateil »s inonoearbonates, and a 
 the salts estiniateil a.s anliyditius ) 
 
 l'..ta.-:-illi:i Mlll'liatf 
 SoditilM >lllliliaH' 
 
 •• ,liloii<le 
 
 " lirttiiiidt* 
 iiiiliili- 
 l.itliitiiii i.arl"iiiati 
 C'alciniii siil|iliati- 
 Calcium ciuUiiiatc 
 Magnesium cailHUi.'te 
 I'Vrnnis ciilmiiiite 
 Silica ... 
 Oiyallic uiatlir 
 
 Cail-iiic anhydiule, in exc.-».H ..f that re.niiii<l t.i 
 
 form iininiicHrlK.iiiate.< 
 
 Hvcln'tji 11 s.ilpliiil'', fnt' 
 
 loaiii.". 
 
 1 lUt 
 •2K 1)21 
 
 l!i:f SI" 
 
 tiae.'. 
 
 llIKlet. 
 
 trace. 
 
 2 ST'.i 
 Tin4 
 
 •_'ii ."mT 
 t race. 
 II 84:< 
 tract. 
 
 •.'.">;( WIT 
 
 I'l 41)1 
 1 S-.'ii 
 
 2r,2 mi 
 
( IIKMISTHY \M) MI.VKIlAr.OiiV 
 
 33 
 
 Bai'vtii, slnintiii, ami bmic iiiiliydiiile weif sdn^'lit t'or. ami 
 toll nil ti) lie iiWsi'nt. 
 
 -W'rtter from an art psimi well on the cast end of ladastial lot 52, 
 I'oii. 1, St. .loliiis par., (u mile and a Imlf south of the lown of 
 St. Johns, and almut thirty fcpt hack from the west shore of 
 the Richelieu river), Lnii;;iieiii! seis;., St .lohiis co., '^iie. It 
 was .struck at a depth of sivtv feet from the surface. 
 
 The sample of water sent for examination was. at the tiu.t •! 
 its receipt, perfectly clear, hriiiht and lolourless, hut after 
 stJindiiifi in a linisnly stopportnl ltImss container for a f w days 
 it deposited a hrowiiish yellow sediinonl which, im ri'nioval by 
 filtration, was found to consist of ferric hydrate w ith a very 
 iittle calcium carhonate. In its uriyinal condition this wiite>- 
 was perfectly odourless ; Ipid a mildly saline taste : reacted 
 neutral, both before and after concentration ; and had a spccilic 
 gravity, at ITj .5° C, of lOOC, O.S. 
 
 ( 'onfonnably with the residts of :,:\ analysis by Mr. Wait, 
 one thousand parts, by wci'.;ht. of this wate,-, at l."> ■"> t'., con 
 tained : 
 
 Potassu 'I irni 
 
 Soda '.i'S^ 
 
 I/inie II 265 
 
 MaKii.wia 30!» 
 
 Ferrous osidc '> <m 
 
 .Sulphuric aiihyilriil*' 
 
 C'jirbonat*' iintiydritlf 
 
 ChloririH 
 
 liromine 
 
 IikIImi- (very stiii»ll <iu;ui!it\ i 
 
 .Silica 
 
 Or^ranic nu'ttfi- 
 
 iivyi^ill, c.jui\.llclll In ^lll'-lillf 
 
 1 ■ :<:k; 
 . II 2:« 
 
 2 ■ .Vtfi 
 . ti*ac«', 
 millet. 
 
 II lllii 
 traer. 
 
 7 T.si; 
 
 CI .")7ii 
 7 2111 
 
 The foregoing acids and buses mav reisonably 1h' assumed to 
 be jirc.sent in the water in the following; slate of cotnbinalii'n : 
 
 (The carbonates being caleulatetl as mono,-arbonatcs. and all 
 the salts estimated as anhvdrous. ) 
 
54 
 
 ..K(.I....1<AI. SIIIVKV OK <-AVM.\ 
 
 Sii.liiini Milpli*'''-- 4 •Ml' 
 
 ctiloriiii-. . " 
 
 , tr.ici 
 
 Uroiiitut- - 
 
 ,. , . ■.Uonif triK<-. 
 
 ""'"';■ »n 
 
 Cull iiiiii siilpliHt. l"! 
 
 mrl'oniiti ii '•"' 
 
 MiiHii.riuin »\ill>tiiU. ^ j^^.'j 
 
 KiiTipiis <arl»>niiti- ^^ ^^^.^ 
 
 ^'1'™ tr».-. 
 
 (Ir^'aiiu- iiwltir , . . 
 
 7 "M 
 
 (■;i>l«.i,u;u.li.v.ln.l., li^<if^-""l''i""' ■ ■ "I'^J^:, 
 irt'i- . ^ 
 
 7 21" 
 
 Total ,l,s«,lv.a .oli.l .natt.rs. by di.-. t .MHTMuent. 
 
 (lli.ilut IWt <■.. ' •■-'•' 
 
 An i.n,..ml k-^Mom "f the water, at l-VC.. would n>M.,u>, 
 n-he caib.nates iM.ins; .alculate.l a. anhyd.uus bua.U.nat,- 
 ,.n.l the salts witl.-ut tlu'ir waters. .f crystalh/.at.on.) 
 
 (ll-;till>. 
 
 ■> (JlHi 
 
 l'i)Uis>iiilii -illpliiiti- K>.l S.V.I 
 
 Sodium i<iil|il"itf _^|^..^.. 
 
 •■ '^'''■"'t • .; ""t™.'.'. 
 
 lu-oIIU'If 
 
 . ,. , . strong tiari-. 
 
 •"<'"'•■ -JS !U3 
 
 Cul. 111111 >'iilpliat«" ■■ ... 1-3(14 
 
 tlicMlllilKilti ^- ,L, 
 
 II. . fi.> 'JHl 
 
 M:i(fiwsmiii siilphati ^ .^,^.^ 
 
 Kfrrou." Iiiciirli'ii'iti- ' ^ j.); 
 
 ^'''"' ; triu'.' 
 
 Oru'.iiui 111:'"'!' 
 
 .-(II !•<«• 
 
 .lit •' "■* 
 
 ( 'lulmllic IHlllvilllill-. '■•■'' 
 
 :to: 7»3 
 
 Lithia, l.aryt;i, str.mtia an.l Uirio a,il,y,l<i.l. w.-re s.m.ht t^ 
 aiifl f.mmi to be absent. 
 
 t AVate. from a boring in Front stro-., Curtri.ht. 1-nnb.on . 
 u„t Depth of boring, om- hun.lrcl an.l tlnrty feet. H 
 or tlow, on.. huMilre.1 and sixty t>v,. ualLms per hour. 
 
 Th.. ^ampl.. •>( water sent foi- examinatum was perfei 
 hrisht and clear ; colourless : .«l..urles. and devoid ..t i 
 , ,.„.k..,t taste It. reacted neutral : after ,-vaporat...n to a si, 
 
CHKMISTRV AM» MINERAI.O<iV t)-' 
 
 vdlunif, li*»we\e:, dfcilt' lly alkaline. Its s|M-citic gravity, -it 
 \')[)'^ C, WHS found to bt' 10(»1 • ; -. Boilinu iuimJuc«h1 a sliirlit 
 precipitate, misistin^' of calcium cailjoiiat*' with a little nia-rrif 
 siuni carbonate. 
 
 An analvsiii, by Mr. Wait, showed one thousand ]>arts. by 
 weight, of this water, at 15 .') C, to contain : 
 
 TotaH-^ii 
 
 S()di« 
 
 Matfiif^ia . 
 Sul|>liurio ;mli\'ii i !•' 
 CarlMtilie atihyihi'tf 
 Clilnrin*" . 
 lodim- . . . 
 Silic'rt 
 
 Lt'Hs oxygen, et'inivalent to cliKiriiit' 
 
 II iKi:> 
 
 II 4:.: 
 
 II (i-j-.i 
 
 (1 111'.' 
 
 I rat" . 
 
 II JM 
 
 •I r*i< 
 
 traci". 
 
 Oil 
 
 trju-i'. 
 
 I I*; 
 
 (lOito 
 
 IMl 
 
 It may bf reasonably assiiined that tlie foiejioiiij; acids anil 
 bases exist in the water in the following state of combination. 
 
 (The carbonates being calculated as nionocarbonates, and :ill 
 the salts estimatwl as anhydrous.) 
 
 lNitari.>iulii >uIiiliaU' 
 P'lta^-iinm ehloviiie ... . 
 S.rtliiiin fliliiri'li' 
 
 ioiliile 
 
 .. car^K'natf ... . 
 Calt'iuih caiVHinat*'. 
 .Masrtit'.-iuiii carliDiiatf. . . 
 
 Siliia 
 
 < >rjfanic niatttT 
 
 I '.iilmiiir anlnilriite. ha!f-fOiiiliiii«l 
 fi-...- 
 
 'I'cital ili.H.-.<.iIvicl s.iliil inatter. Iiy ilireci ex|»'riiii<iii 
 (irii-il at 1H<I ('.,=0«8.s. 
 
 Iiari , 
 
 II Oll."l 
 
 11 IWll 
 
 t i-ac*'. 
 
 1,V 
 
 nftV.' 
 
 II 0-.'."i 
 
 nil 
 
 trail-. 
 
 (1 MM 
 
 (1 101 
 
 l«IJ 
 
 1 "»J 
 
 .\ii imi>eiial sjallon of the water, at 15'5 C, woulfl oi-ntiiin : 
 
 (The carhiiiiatfs lieing calculated as anhydrous bicarlionates, 
 ami the salt- without their water of crystallization.) 
 
5G 
 
 ;Rlll,Oi.lC,M. SUBVKS ny CWMIK 
 
 INitUN.'^iitiii ^iilpluit)' 
 l*otj»MMiuiii chltiridf. 
 
 ic»li<l<' 
 
 liicai'Uniiiti'. 
 ('alciillli l)icill«inati 
 Mii>fiu'>iiiin blcarUnKVt' 
 
 SilicM 
 
 < ti^iiiiiv' inattt'i' 
 
 ('niliiiiiic aiilivilriilf, frii 
 
 I intiii-*. 
 trait" 
 Xm 
 4K 2ir.' 
 tiac. 
 ir. Mil) 
 
 ■i 6til 
 
 0-77O 
 
 Iracc. 
 
 7-.' H'.tt 
 111411 
 
 73 IKB 
 
 Bromine was sought for, anil not di'tectctl. 
 
 -\Vat«r from a well at Ingram, on the main line of the Canadian 
 Pacitic railway, four miles and a half west of GrentVll station, 
 Sask. The well in ijuestion is ten feet in diameter ami ten 
 feet deep. 
 
 The sample nt' wat<'r pro(uro<l for examination was perfectly 
 clear, 'oright and colourless. It was odourless and devoid ot' 
 any marked taste Reacted neutral, both before and after con 
 centratinn. Boiling produced a small pre<,'ipitate. consistin;^ of 
 talcium carbonate with some macnesium carbonate. 
 
 One thousand parts, by weiuht, of this water, at 1.5 ">'C., 
 were found by Mr. Wait to contain : 
 
 Pota-imi 
 
 S<xla 
 
 Lime 
 
 MajfTH'sia 
 
 Siilplinric antiydiiili' 
 CaiVKinii! aiiliy<lriilf 
 Chlminp 
 
 Silica 
 
 t )rpanic inatt'-r 
 
 |,e>s o^t-Ven. c<nuv;ilcllt to *-lil<'rilM 
 
 OOli 
 
 i-r. 
 
 (1 211' 
 
 2.'i4 
 
 707 
 
 iW 
 
 (i;w 
 
 (tin 
 
 tract-. 
 
 !-:« 
 
 OOCO 
 
 1 729 
 
 The foregoinji acids and V)ases may reasonably be assarted to 
 V>e present in the watei in the following state of cumbination : 
 
 (The carbonate beinji calculated as monocarlwnate, and all 
 the salts estimated as anhydrous.) 
 
rilKMISIHY Wti MIM:i!\r.iii.Y 
 
 Sinliuin ctiliirid'' 
 • 'iiliimi. »iil|iliiiti' 
 
 M;lvrnisiillil xltlpllitt* .. 
 
 Miihriii'^iiiin curl""!, ir. 
 Silica. - 
 Ovffani'' iii.itt*'r 
 
 ( '.ul'Muic aiili>tlriil<-. in 
 f..nn ii..in»M-iirt'<iniiti' 
 
 'I thai ?i'.|iui-'-'l t.i 
 
 i> nil 
 
 O 3i;f 
 CI l)t;;l 
 
 >i I'M 
 
 II :;L>11 
 
 II 'S\ri 
 
 II 11^11 
 
 Hill'' . 
 
 1 lAY.i 
 
 T.ital ili<Mil\r.| -oli.l iii.iitiT. liv iliri'it 1 \|i.Tiiii>'nt. 
 ilri«il at IHcrf...--i:ils 
 
 The Jiiniiunt tit' ri\il>onic ti.'iydiiile t'ounil. in exce^-. nf tli.it 
 required to tVirm iiiirnial iiii.xmatr, is, iiji|iroxiiimt('ly. one third 
 less thiin that reijuired for the conversion of this iiitn hicartio- 
 nate. For tliis reason, then^'utral earlionate is. in the t'ollnwiiii; 
 .statenjent, represented as U^inj; present in tliat (.•ondition. 
 
 An imperial gallon of the water at l")..'i C. would iMntnin ; 
 (The carbonate l«'in}; calculated as nionocarlionate. and M the 
 sidt,.s estimated as aidiydrous.) 
 
 (irani". 
 
 I'tttius^iiiin sul)ih.-iTf. 
 
 Snilililu Hul|itlliti> . . 
 
 SiHlinin cliloridf 
 
 ' 'a1<-iiini Hiil|iliato , 
 Majyiiesiiim rjulithatc 
 Magnesium carlxinat*' 
 
 Silica 
 
 Orj^atiio 
 
 f 'ai-Uinicanliydridt', in i'\i't'.~sof tliat r»-<iuirf<) to lorui 
 nioiuicarlMinati' . 
 
 4 
 
 4VJ 
 
 44 
 
 KW 
 
 i:. 
 
 ■W 
 
 L'." 
 
 7><' 
 
 14 
 
 <iH 
 
 trace. 
 
 11-.' 
 
 S.V. 
 
 s 
 
 117 
 
 (■). — Water from a j. -W at Whitewood, on the main line of the Ca- 
 nadian Picitic railway, thirty-one miles east of (irenfell station, 
 Sask. 
 
 The sample of water procured for examination A-as perfectly 
 clear, bright and colourless. It was iKlourless, and devoid of 
 any marked taste. Reacted neutral, l)Oth Ijefore and after 
 concentration. Uoiling produced a small precipitate, consisting 
 of calcium carbonate with some magnesium carlionate. 
 
5? 
 
 (;ki)|,i«<iic.m, kihvkv i<v canada 
 
 A;,'ret'Kl)ly with tlie n-sults of an analysis conducted by Mr. ^ 
 Wait, one tliou^'ind part>, by weight, of thi.n water, at 15'.'i C, 
 loiilaiiit'd : 
 
 l'litll!l»4i 
 
 .S<kIh 
 
 liimc. . 
 MitKiH'Miii. 
 
 Sulpliuric anliy<iri»if 
 CAi'tumic aiihytli'iii' 
 
 (*lil(»riii»' 
 
 Silii-ii 
 
 nru'iuiif liiiitttT. . 
 
 l4H.i» iiwKiii, i<ini\uli'iit til ilil'iniif 
 
 II 
 
 1)1 ;i 
 
 (1 
 
 •Ml 
 
 
 
 m 
 
 II 
 
 •-'TH 
 
 1 
 
 itt'i 
 
 II 
 
 .Vkt 
 
 II 
 
 (MN 
 
 II 
 
 • ••-T 
 
 true*'. 
 
 •J 
 II 
 
 li'.i:; 
 nil 
 
 The foregoing acids and inises may reasonably Ije as.sunied to 
 be presrnt in tbt- water in tlie following; state of combination : 
 
 (The carbonate U'inj? ealculatefl as inonocarbonate, and all 
 the silts estimated a.s anhydrous). 
 
 INiUt-siiuin suliilmtt*. . 
 
 Smliulll ^ul|iiuiti* 
 
 SikIihiii cliloridf. . 
 Ciilciiim siiliiliiiti' . . . 
 .Ma^nc.*iiniM ■.ul|iliiiti' 
 M»gnHi*iiiiii cailMiiiiitf 
 Hilicu . . . 
 I )r^anic iii.-itttr 
 
 Tarlioiiic :inliy(irnl«-. half- 
 
 1102(1 
 
 II ^.-i 
 
 e ii7'.i 
 
 1 127 
 
 I) 087 
 
 « .-.12 
 
 11027 
 Irat'H. 
 
 2 ;«I7 
 
 ,.lnl.in.-il <l .''W 
 
 1117 
 
 2 WJ 
 
 Total dissolved solid matter, by direct experiment, dried at 
 l.-O C., = 2 31C.. 
 
 An imperial gallon of the watei-, at 15-."r C, would contain : 
 (The carbonate beins calculated as anhydrous bicarbonate, and 
 the salts without their water of cry.-!t«llization. ) 
 
IIIKMI-IKV XM> »ll\FIMIc».X 
 
 w 
 
 r-ll.l"-'!!!!)! oltl|>)lUtl .. 
 
 Siiiimii -iili'liiitr ... 
 
 ('ult'iiiiii ^iil|»tmt»'., 
 
 Majfiii-iiiin )-i»:u I'-Uiil. 
 Siliru ... . 
 
 ('iirUtiii aiiliV'Initt'. frt- 
 
 ( 'l.tltl* 
 
 1 iii;< 
 
 -■> '.'i:. 
 
 S .-.tl 
 
 7'.' *v*' 
 
 M r:c 
 
 I -('.I.-. 
 
 tnw- 
 
 is; iiii; 
 
 1 1W 
 
 -Water from a lioriiifj (foi- coiil) at Kfir hiMok, Ktist livcr, opjio- 
 sit(!*Trenti>!i, I'iclou i-o., N'.S. It was struck at a ileptli of 
 '2,'loi fwt from thi •.iirfnri', and lines from the lui'fi' of the Nt-w 
 (ilaH^ow conglomerate, IVriiiiaii. 
 
 The ;iam[)le of water sent for examination contiiini'd a smiiil 
 ({uantity of reddisliWrown, llm-culent matter in susftension 
 which, on lemoval liy filtration, was found to consist of hydratctl 
 [MToxide of iron with a vfry little or^tanic matter. TJie filtered 
 water was brij^lit, colourless, and odourless. It had a strongly 
 saline, .slightly aciid taste, succeeded by a bitter one. Reacted, 
 faintly acid. The total dissolved saline matter, dried at 180 
 C, amounted to 127.'.»7-' parts per lOOU- -e(|uivalent to .s;».")8.0 I 
 grains per imperial gallon. 
 
 A qualitative Hnfily>is, by Mr. Wait, indicated the presence 
 
 of 
 
 Si»la MiiiiHwIiat Uiiy i|iwuititv. 
 
 Mine .lar(.'H iiiiantity. 
 
 M»«"*~i'' latlitr :<ii]all i|H4ntity. 
 
 Fvrroii- 'isiil'- it-ry muuU iiuaiitity. 
 
 Sulphuric Hiiliyiliiil'' rathi-r miiuiU i|uantitv. 
 
 ('lil.)iiiu- laiv iiuantity. 
 
 Silica trace. 
 
 I'loiling produced a very slight precipitate, •ipiisisting of ferric 
 hvdrate. 
 
 -Water from a well near the Post Ottice at Granville Centre, 
 Annapolis c<k, N..S. The well lias a ilepth of six feet, tlie upper 
 five feet pis.sing through a stiff red clay and the lower one fo«)t 
 through gravel, from which the water rises. 
 
no fJKoi.iioirAr. HfR\>:v i>y ivwuv 
 
 Thi' wiitcr crmtitiiit-d a very «iiml <|iinntitv of piilc liniwii, 
 tliioculpnt matter ii\ HUtpcnsion. Tlii-, mi ifninMil liy liltriitiun. 
 wasfoiiriil to <-i insist of organic iimttcr with a trilling ijiianlity of 
 liydrat. .1 p Toxide of iron. Tlip tiltprtd »att»r, wlif n viewed in « 
 coliiinn two feet in lc>ni{tli, was found to hav<> a piU- lirownisli 
 yellow colour. It was oil.iurlf.ss : divoid of any marked taste : 
 and reacted neutral, liotli befor" ami after cunrentrntioii. Th? 
 total di8solvc<i saline nmttfr, dried nt iMi C. amounted to 
 0142 parts per 1000, wlucli would lie e()uiviilent to I'l't grains 
 piT iniperi.kl ^all< a, 
 
 A i|Uii!itative analy^^is, coiidiicte i liy .Mr. Wait, sliiwcil it tn 
 contain ■ 
 
 rnta-sHa 
 
 S.kI:i .... 
 liillitv .... 
 
 MnKi»''*i* • . 
 
 Sul;ihiiric anliydriit. . 
 (JarUmic aiiliydri'lf 
 
 Cliluriri*' 
 
 Siliwi 
 
 OrKaiiiv iiiattcr 
 
 filial] tj't iiitity. 
 wry -iii.>ll'|iiaiitily. 
 
 Boiling produced a slight precipitate, consistiiif; of i-alciuin 
 I'.irbonate. 
 
 9. — Water from what is known as tlie 
 3, Fitzroy tp., Carleton co., Out. 
 
 How sprin;,', lot 1-"), con. 
 
 The sample sent was, iit tin' tir of its re 'cipr, somewhat 
 turbid, and after standing for a rt time deposited ti very 
 small (juautity of what proved l,j a siijihtly fenujjinous 
 argillaceous matter. After filtr .in, this water was found to 
 be bright and, apparently, co'ourles-s, but when viewed in a 
 column two feet in length, it was seen to have a faint yellow- 
 ish tinge. It was odourless ; possess^'d a mildly saline ta.ste ; 
 and reactwl neutral, both before and after concentration. Its 
 specific gravity, at Iri'tt' C, was found to be lOOS'O. The 
 tn*al dissolved saline matter, dried at ISO C, amounted to 
 9'524 parts in 1000 parts, by weight, of the tiltered water, which 
 would be equivalent to 6()6'68 grains per imperial gallon. 
 
 Agreeably with the results of a qualitative analysis, conducted 
 by Mr. Wait, it contained : 
 
1 
 
 1 IIKMI»IR\ .\ h >II>KI<AI.'"^ 
 
 «l 
 
 r..tii"ii 11,11. ■. 
 
 
 Smla «m» « 
 
 li.it lai'kj* 'I'lalititN 
 
 Uiiiii' -iiiiiU • 
 
 |H.lll(lt>. 
 
 M:ilfii>~n 
 
 
 h't-rlnu.. 1 \l li- tiai-f 
 
 
 Siit|>liuri(.' iinhMlrtit* ^inalli 
 
 ujiTiritx . 
 
 ('.iiIhiiiIc niiltylri'l' ritttit-i 
 
 ^111 til <{ii;tlltft\ . 
 
 ("liluriiii- .i.iiim 
 
 lull 111;;.- ijiiaiitity. 
 
 Silii-a truer. 
 
 
 Ihi.''uii< iiiatli-t' tnkf. 
 
 
 i'Hiiiin^ produced a soiuewliat copious pifii 
 
 [litaif, coii.sisiiii;: 
 
 of ciiliiuin riiilioiiate, with siime iiuignesiuni 
 
 .arlM.niili , and n 
 
 ti'itliiii; i|uantity nf fiTrir liydnite 
 
 
 Id. Water fiuiii tin- coal iiiiiic iil Kntiik, Alta. 
 
 
 The sjni|il(! received tor pxamination containt'il a nuiall <|Uiiii 
 tity ot' dark l)rowiii>-li Iilack sediiuonLiiiy matter which, mi 
 removal b^- tiltratiori, was found t<j consi.'^l of lIiKculent organn- 
 matter .vith soini \i'iy iitielv divided loaly uiattei, a very small 
 ijuaiitily of basic t'eriic sul[iliat<^ and a little sihce ii-; matter 
 The filtered water was liri;,'lit and had. wlieii seen in a rliai 
 i{la>» vis.sel of mcMlerate cHpaiity, a browiii^h-veliow, but when 
 viewed througli a column twn feet in lenulli, a dc -p leil, coloui 
 It reacted strongly acid : and pomessed a stypti..: taste. t- 
 s.p<vitic gravity, at 1") 5 {'.. was found to i. ■ pilT-.". 
 
 A ijUaiitative .inalysis, by ,Mt Wait, showiil it toiontain 
 
 Lime 
 
 .Mn(riH-l:. 
 
 I'i-in,i!- -.•!. 
 l''«-iric o\i.}f , 
 
 Sult'lnil i. :illli\i 
 
 ('il..ri.i.- 
 
 -iiiall .pi.tntilv . 
 \.-rv -niail <|ii,iiitiry. 
 
 1 itli. r i.-iivr. .,11 iimtv . 
 
 trae. . 
 
 In addition to the foregoiu).', this water also cnntHineil ,-i 
 lon^iderable ipiantity of fiee suljiliuric a.id. 
 
 < »n heatinjj, it l)ecame turbid, and at tli.- boilini; teniperatur.- 
 deposited a dense brownish-yellow precipitate consisting, e.'-sen 
 tially, of basic ferric ^uiphate. 
 
 Its chief constituents consisted, evidently, of ferric sulphat. 
 with a little ferrous .sulphate and some free sulphuric acid. 
 
 i 
 
2 t.Klll.iKillM, .HIIOKX "I ' \\M'» 
 
 1 l.-\\iil.ifi>mi 11 ipniiK near Baker ,.i (HiiniiiKtou Uke, mi the 
 .■»at vi,|,. of MiK.».- inimnlHiti. l) '.". iHiii;.- I I, vitmt of the «<H'.iul 
 iriiliiil iiieriili;iii, Haxk 
 
 Thi' saiiipl" «iil for ••Miuiinalion<<.ni.iiiif<l .i v,-i) Niiiall <|ii '■ 
 lity ot liuhl lirondllocculcntiiiiktl'T in ■■at|i«>nHi.,ii Tliw.ou n-n •■ 
 Mil l.y lillratiiili, sviisfuuii.. U> fi>ii«i-l. eH-fulirtllv.of orKiini- imil 
 tei with. I very little feme liy.li.itr. Hie i,...iv(l water, whicli wan 
 jMM-foctly cl« iir anfl ltri>,'lit, lia<i a I ■ .*nish . How colour. It «as 
 (Kloti\-!«N il"voi(l of any inai kcl ui»le, ami re. I.-d neutral — 
 K„" iitiil .ifter foiicentratinn. Its »!>« itif gravity, at 
 
 Aas found to Im litOlO, ami the total .lissolveil - -Uiie 
 : i.i,, -Iri.Ml at 180 C, amounte.l lo ■".«(". part- p.'r !»)<•") - 
 
 Mivalent to .Httitl «rain» prr imiMrial gallon. 
 
 \ .jualitativ.- analysis, concJ(irt.-<l l.y Mi'. Wait, iii-iic.= ie.l 
 ill" jirc-^eiice of 
 
 S...li,.. 
 i.iiite 
 \l»t{ni -'^1 
 
 Siil|ili'iri( ;Miln'iiiil'' 
 
 I'lilcrin.- 
 
 rtili. , 
 
 < h-jjinilo 111. it'' ' 
 
 it-ry iiuili iinaiitil>. 
 
 »niiill i|i>iinlity. 
 
 \tr,v »iii:ill iiimntitv. 
 
 tnic. 
 
 \er>* *«m;ill iiuiiiitit> . 
 
 -iimll i|iiaiitil.v. 
 
 Boiling produ.eil « Miiall precipitate, coii'^ist.iix «i calcium 
 . arlioiiatf with a little ma^noMum carlx.nale ami a trace of 
 fi nil- hyi Irate. 
 
 - \V,it-T fp.ni a cual mini , worked by the Souri.s Cal Minin.; 
 ( ninpany, on serii.m I, t\<. l', ran-e VT, we.t of the second initial 
 nicriilian, Susk. 
 
 Twi, salllple•^ of t:.e watei- from this niim- were sent for 
 exan.inali..n. Of the.c, the one— A., repres.-nt,-<l the water 
 which i>ercolates tlirou;;h the strata into the niin.' : and the 
 other— B., i-eprf.Hente.l the water discharg.il I, y the pump- from 
 the mine. 
 
 A. Thi- wat.-r was clear, brigtil, anil »i a pale i.iowir^h 
 V. How .•oh>ur. It wa» iiK>dorou« ; devoid of any marked taste ; 
 
 mm 
 
rilKMlNTH^ *V|i MINKIIVL'X.Y 
 
 >;3 
 
 mill re«ote<l m-iitral, ImU iilUr i-\ a|K)iiilH.ii l.i « .111 ill viiaiit. 
 .jiHidedly iilkiilir«'. Its H|Hvili.- Ki'ivily, ul l.'i ■• V . was t.^nnl 
 to br iDOl'i. Ii cniii ,ini<| u 111" I'liitH i.t ilissolM'l Hiiiiiii' iii.iti' . 
 (Il'ip<l lit |f*'» ♦".. ill 111"* juilt^, 1)) »fi;.'lil, lit the «.ilrr, »lii' !i 
 wuiilil b« r.|uivttleiil lii IJItll giiiiii- J«t nii|.(iiiil >,'»ll.>ti. 
 
 A cuialit iii\t' iiiiJilv«is. Iiy Mr ^\ :i\', >li..wi'<l il "> .n'mii 
 
 r..i -.. 
 
 I.IM: 
 
 M-v'"-" 
 
 I'^irluMi iihP'» -Iri'i' 
 
 I 'tilotin. 
 
 >»lu-a 
 
 I h'ifiinx ii>-*tti'i 
 
 «mi<l! ' uuiitiM 
 
 .1 I ■. -iiiiiil '(n tntir ■. 
 ■ ttiitli •{ii.iiil (f\ . 
 
 nifll-l -lllllll •|MlllHt\ 
 
 ii"ti> 
 1 1,11. . 
 
 ISoillii^ priiilui-.-d ;i Hiniili iirei-ipilatt'. cuii.stiiin of niioi lui 
 iirbiiiiiiie with 11 very littl. ma^iK'-iuni o«rlx>natP. 
 
 H. Tliis WHH viy turhid, (iwint; to ill" inescmv of susi»ii!i"l 
 ai^illai'i'ous iiirttUT. Wlu-ii IlihI from tie liittir l>y tiltral'i) 
 the water was nwn to havi- a l.rowiiish yellow I'ol'iir, It li.t'l 
 a faint arKiliact'Oiii! (xlour ; no luarketl lastt- ; and icaitwl in u 
 trai,-- aftiT conoenlnitioii, Ii.iW'v.t, ~tronyl> alkaliin'. Its 
 sjM'cilic gravily.at l.").") C, was found to Im' IIMC •".. The tot^il 
 dissolvrd siliiie matter, dritd at IMi C. iimounifl to 1 r, p.iit- 
 iil 1000 parts, by weight, of the ti '.ivil \v.,ter, .Miuival.nr t,. 
 1 1- i'* craiiis (ler iinjierial <;allon. 
 
 A .|iialitative aiiiily-;-. .ondui.d \,\ Mr Wait, •;»•.>• as 
 follows ; 
 
 I'.rtii".. 
 
 Si td» . 
 
 Iiiin*- 
 
 Sulliliiirie aiiliy iriili- 
 CailM'uic antiyii i'l«- 
 
 (,'lil.., ,11.- 
 
 Silitii 
 
 I >i'f(ill)ic li>:tttt'l' 
 
 tiai.-. 
 
 -ciim-«li:it l;iil.'''|"-""'i'y- 
 
 ttnult q'.i»ntit\ . 
 M-rj' -■'iiian •[■■ ">i'\. 
 siiirU (|iiiuitr V. 
 -iiin.i-u liut \ui jjt-quuntily. 
 
64 
 
 <.KOLu(ilCAL SLUNKV OF CANAH' 
 
 lioilinK produowl a siniill pi-eiijiitiite, consisting of calcium 
 caiboni\le with traces of niiigiicsium cnibimate. 
 
 D.ttiiiiiiiationK of tlic oxjgen conHuniinK powiT of theso 
 \viiliT> >liow«;d till' absorption, in tin' casi' of water A., to b«- 
 iail sli^'lit ; in that of water H., ijiiitf <onhi(l«'rHl)Ii'. 
 
 :;. Watir fri'iii a hot ■-iniiiK n.'iir Vancouver, B.C. 
 
 The sani|ile received for examination was clear, colourless, 
 ;in<l bright ; inodorous, and devoid of any nuirked tasU-. It 
 reacted neutral, Ix.lh before and after concentration. Itx 
 speeilicKravity, at ir)-r> C, was found to 1m- lOOlS. Thetotal 
 <ii>solve<l saline matter, dried at IHO C, amounted to l-ir)."> 
 |.arN jxr 1000, -e<iiiivalent to «<I92 grains i>er imperial gallon. 
 
 .V .|ualit.-itivi' analysis, by Mr. Wait, indicated the pre- 
 -eine of 
 
 f^,,(|;j ... -iii;ill '|u:itttity. 
 
 Iiiliif . . 
 
 Ma^iH'HJa •!ai''', 
 
 Sulpliurii' alilivilri.ic -Tiiall c|iiMiiiit> . 
 
 Ctil'»ri!»i' - 
 
 .Silica ... '""•'•■• 
 
 < iriranit' luatlci 
 
 r.oiling did not produce any perceptible preeipitatc. 
 I!I!HK AND rOTTKHY CI.AYS. 
 
 1. flay from what is saitl to U- an extensive deposit occurring on 
 s.-ction I'f*. tp. 12, ranv'e X.XIV, west of the second initial 
 iiM'ridian, Sask. 
 
 This elav has. in the air ilrie<l con.tition, a bluish greyish 
 wiiite clour. It contains Imt a small quantity of siliceous grit : 
 i> high v plastic : burns white, or nearly so : and is very <liilie\ilt 
 |i. fuse at an elevated leniperatuie. 
 
 It-- analysis afforded Mr. Wail tlie following results :- 
 
 Sill.M . 
 
 .Xlaiiiia ' 
 Kcirous oxiilf. . . 
 
 Iiiiiif 
 
 Ma({iii-iia 
 
 .Mkiilits, liv ilifT' ii'iio-. 
 WmI' r (JKiiitiii") 
 
 •J2 -M 
 •-> (1- 
 il'tUI 
 II ts 
 :t -.M 
 
 II 411 
 
 lim IIU 
 
CHKMISTKV AND MINERALOfiY 
 
 (!5 
 
 I 
 
 This clny affords a very strong l)ri<k, and it is tht-reforo 
 particuliirly well adapted for the miimifacturi- of huildin^' \>nvk. 
 It iiiixlit also h»' advantageously emiiloyed in the manufarlurf 
 of stove linings, and cvin tire brick in which an exieptionally 
 high decree of rofractorini'ss was not called for, and could 
 likewise be used in the niamifacture of pottery, in<-luding the 
 liner varieties of stoneware. 
 
 A precisely similar clay has Ik'cii met with in the vicinity of 
 Pasqua about seven miles east of McHisojaw, Sask. ThedeiMisit 
 from which the latter was taken may possibly be an extension 
 of that al)ove referred to, which is situateil abuit thirty miles 
 southeast of M<«>sejaw. 
 
 2. Clay from a deposit on the farm of An^us McLean, French 
 Vale, Cap.! Hreton co. N.S. 
 
 A slightly calcareous, slightly ferruginous, somewhat stiongly 
 plastic ('lay, through which is disseminated a rather large pro 
 portion of grit, composed, for the most part of ipuirt/. and 
 felilspar, with some hornblende, chlorite, and mica, and a few 
 iiarticles of pyrite. It is somewhat readily fusible at an elevaU'cl 
 t^inperatui When burnt it assumes a reddish-brown colour. 
 It atVords a strong brick. 
 
 3.— Clay from a dejiosit occurring on, or near, the bay shore and 
 about a mile from the town of Biiddeck, Victoria co., N.S. 
 
 A dull reddish brown, non calcareous, slightly ferruginous, 
 somewhat strongly plastic clay, <ontaining a small (juantity 
 of gritty matter. When burnt it assumes a bright reildish- 
 brown colour. It is readily fusible at a somewhat elevateil 
 temp<'rature. This clay might advantageously lie employed for 
 the manufacture of building bricks, drain-tiles, and all kinds of 
 common earthenware. 
 
 4. Clay from Garlic inountjiin, about seven miles from the town 
 
 of Baddeck, Victoria co., N.S. 
 
 A greyish-white, non calcareou.s, but very slightly ferruginous 
 strongly plastic clay, containing a small (|u»ntity of gritty 
 matter. It is somewhat readily fusible at an elevated tempe- 
 rature. When burnt it assumea a light reddish-white colour. 
 3185—5 
 
66 .iEOLOOICAL SUBVEY OF CANADA 
 
 It affords a strong brick, and would, apart from its employ- 
 ment for the manufacture of ordinary building bri<-k, \m' well 
 8uite<I for the manufacture of drain-tiles and coarse liarthen- 
 ware. 
 
 5. — Clay from Arichat, Richmond co., N.S. 
 
 A light reddish grey, non-calcareous, slij^htly ferruginous 
 rather feebly plastic clay, through which is distributed a large 
 proportion of tine siliceoxis grit. It is somewhat difficult to fuse 
 and affords a fairly strong biick of a light reddish-brown 
 colour. 
 
 6.— Clay from a deposit on Dutch Valley road, Sussex, Kings co ,N.B. 
 
 A calcareous — the calcium carbonate amoi-nting to, approxi- 
 mately, 10'7 per rent, — somewhat ferruginous, rather feebly 
 plastic clay, through which is disseminfited a little gritty 
 matter. It is readily fusible at an elevated temperature. When 
 burnt it assumes a light reddish-brown colour. It affords a 
 very strong brick. 
 
 7. — Clay from a boring two miles east of The Brook village, Cla- 
 rence tp , Rus.sell CO., Ont. 
 
 A light brownish-grey, slightly calcareous, slightly ferrugi- 
 nous, rather strongly plastic clay, through which is distributed 
 a small quantity of gritty matter, and a few scales of yellow 
 nica. It is readily fusible at an elevated temperature. When 
 burnt it assumes a light reddish-bi-own colour. It affords a 
 strong brick. 
 
 8. — Clay from a deposit extending over lots 10 and 11, con. 3, 
 Sarawak tp., Grey co., Ont. 
 
 Abluish-grey somewhat highlycaicareou.s,8lightlyferrugtnous, 
 readily fusible, highly plastic clay, containing a very small 
 quantity of fine siliceous grit. When bunit it assumes a light 
 reddish-brown colour. It affords a strong brick, and is well 
 suited for the manufacture not only of ordinary building brick, 
 but also drain-tiles and all kinds of coarse earthenware. 
 
 9. — Clay from Red river, where it occurs on blocks 9, 13, U and 
 16, of river lot 13, Kildonan, about three miles northeast cf 
 Winnipeg. 
 
CHEMISTRY ANIl MINEKALOIJY 
 
 67 
 
 A light brownish grey, snmewliat highly calcareous, non- 
 niagnesian, nither strongly ferni;;inous, highly plastic clay, 
 through which is distributed ii very small quantity of fine 
 siliceous grit. It fuses readily at an elevated temperature. 
 When burnt it assumes a bri)„'ht reddish brown colour. It 
 affords a strong brick, and might advantageously lie employed 
 fur the manufacture of ordinary building brick, as well as 
 drain-tiles and other kinds of common earthenware. 
 
 10. — Clay from a dejjosit on, or near, I'lairie creek- a tributary of 
 Clearwater river, near Hinky Mountain House, Alta. 
 
 A bluish-grey, calcarco magnesian, somewhat ferruginous, 
 rather strongly pla.stic clay through which is di.sseminated a 
 small quantity of tine .siliceous grit. It is easily fusible at a 
 somewhat elevated temperature. Determinations of certain of 
 the constituents of this cltiy showed it to contain, approximate- 
 ly, e-leinm carlwnate '.Vl 09, magnwiura carbonate 12 0, feir--ns 
 oxide I -9.3, and ferric oxide 2 00 per cent. The siliceous gr-c 
 amounted to, approximately, 3 per cent. It affords a strong 
 brick, of a pleasing light rtddish-brown colour. 
 
 II. — Clay from a bed, five to seven feet in thickness, occurring, at a 
 depth of five feet from the surface, on the north-half of section 
 11, tp. 29, range X.\III, west of the fourth initial meridian, 
 Alta. 
 
 A dark grey, rather strongly calcareous; somewhat highly 
 magnesian, rather strongly ferruginous, readily fusible, plastic 
 clay, containing a very little fine siliceous grit diO'used through 
 its substance. It aflords a strong brick, of a reddish-brown 
 colour, and is well adapted for the manufacture both of com- 
 mon building brick, and coarse earthenware in general. 
 
 12. — Clay from a bed some ten feet in thickness, immediately undar- 
 lying that from which the preceding specimen was taken. 
 
 A light grey, rather strongly calcareous, somewhat highly 
 magnesian, slightly ferruginous, rather plastic clay, through 
 which is distributed a small quantity of fine siliceous grit. 
 When burnt it assumes a light reddish-l)rown colour. Is easily 
 fusible at a somewhat elevated temperature. Like the preced- 
 ing clay, it affords a strong brick. It might be used for the 
 manufacture of ordinary building brick, drain-tiles, and similar 
 ware. 
 
68 
 
 GEOLOOICAL SURVEY OP CANADA 
 
 P 
 
 13.— Clay from a deposit occurring on section 1 or 12 or Ixitli, of 
 tp. 24, range I, west of the fifth initial meridian, Alta. 
 
 A brownish-grey, somewhat strongly calcareous, slightly 
 luagnesian, and slightly ferruginous, rather readily fusihle, 
 strongly plastic clay, holding numerous rounded pebbles of 
 quartz, sandstone, and limestone, and also containing a 
 \ ery large quantity of fine siliceous grit. After separation of 
 the pebbles in question, the clay itself wa.s found to contain, 
 approximately, calcium carbonate 1 3 • +0, magnesian carlMinate 
 3-38, and intermixed fine siliceous sand 42 00 per cent. It 
 afforded a .-strong brick of a reddish-brown colour. 
 
 14.— Clay occurring on the homestead of Mr. A. M. Kay, section 34, 
 tp. 32, range I, west of the fifth initial meridian, Altii., about 
 one mile and a halt east of the town of Olds, Calgary div., Alta. 
 
 A greenish-grey, somewhat highly calcareous, slightly mag- 
 nesian, slightly ferruginous, rather feebly plastic clay, which 
 burns reddish-white, is somewhat difficultly fusible at an elev- 
 ated temperature, and affords a strong brick. It might be em- 
 ployed for the manufacture of ordinary building Lrick, drain 
 tiles, and similar ware. 
 
 15.— Clay from a deposit on the west-half of section 19, tp. 7, range 
 III, west of the fifth initial meridian, Alta. 
 
 A light greenish-grey, slightly calcareous, very slightly mag- 
 nesian, slightly ferruginous, feebly plastic, readily fusible clay, 
 containing a small quantity— approximately 1.3 per cent, of 
 fine grit composed, essentially, of quartz and feldspar. When 
 burnt it assumes a dull reddish-brown colour. It affords but a 
 weak brick. 
 IC— Clay from the same locality as the preceding specimen. 
 
 A bluish-grey, somewhat high'y calcareous, slightly magne- 
 sian, and slightly ferruginous, feebly plastic, readily fusible 
 clay, containing a somewhat large (luantity— approximately 27 
 per cent, of fine grit composed, cliielly, of quartz and feldspar. 
 It affords a fairly strong brick of a red.lish brown colour. 
 
 17.— Clay from tl.e .same locality as the two preceding specimens. 
 
 A light greenish-grey, slightly calcareous, non magnesian, 
 slightly ferruginous, readily fusible, rather strongly plastic 
 
CIIKMISTHY ASK MINKRAL0<:Y 
 
 69 
 
 clay, (•ontaining only a small (|imntity — approximately 5 jior 
 cent, of tine grit fomposed, mainly, of i|uarl;e and feldspar. It 
 yields a strong brick of a bright redilish brown colour, and 
 is quite suitable for the munufaeturo of common buililiug brick 
 and coarse earthi'uware. 
 
 lf<. -Clay from the same locality as the threi- prti'i'iiing specimens. 
 A light greenish grey to light grr;-, slightly eiileariH)us, very 
 slightly magnesiaii, slightly feriuginous, feebly plastie, easily 
 fusiV)le clay, containing a somewhat large (juaiitity approxi- 
 mat<'ly 30 per cent, of line siliceous grit composed, for the 
 most part, of ((Uartzand feldspar. It allbrds a stnmg brick of a 
 reddish brown colour. 
 
 19. — Claystone, from mountain three miles east of Enderby, Yale 
 district, B.C. 
 
 It ha.s a dark grev colour ; is n<m-ealcareniis : slightly fer- 
 ruginous ; has a small (|uantity of line siliceous grit and a ivw 
 minute scales of mica, ditrused through its substanci' ; disinte- 
 grates when ininiersi'd in water : in the innist condition is 
 feebly plastic ; when burnt assumes a reddish brown colour ; 
 and is easily fusible at a somewhat ele\ated temperature. It 
 aflfords a strong brick. 
 
 A similar material — claystone, has been met with alx)ut four 
 miles north of Clinton, Lillooot district, B.C., as mentioned in 
 the Annual RejM.rt, vol. xii, p. (it K., for 1899. 
 
 MI.S<KI,LANKOL'S KX AM I NATIONS. 
 
 1. — Arenaceous clay. From a deposit occurring some ten or twelve 
 miles west of Desbarats, .Mgoma dist., Ont. 
 
 A slightly calcareous, very slightly magnesian, and slightly 
 ferruginous, readily fusible, somewhat strongi"' plastic day, 
 through which is disseminated a very large i|Uiuility a] prox 
 imately i'y'.i i«!r cent, of exceedingly tine griiined siliceous sand - 
 When burnt it assumes a light reddisii brown colour. Not- 
 withslandin'.; thi' large prii|H»rti m of --iliceous sand, it atVords 
 (juite a strong brick. 
 
 Hog niangarese. From a deposit on the farm of Mr. F. McAulay 
 of Cardigan, St. George parish, P.E.I. 
 
70 GEOLOGICAL 8CKVKY OF CANADA 
 
 A partial analysin of thin, by Mr. Wait, showed it to contain 
 — manipinese dioxide 35U, ferric oxidn 34-91, insoluble sili- 
 ceous matter 3 60, water, hygroscopic and combined, 18-63, per 
 cent. 
 
 3. - Carlionaieous shale. From the shore of Tagish lake, aliout forty 
 miles southeast of Dugdale station on the line of the White 
 Pass and Yukon railway, Ykn. 
 
 A greyish black, lustrous, slickensided, carbonai-eous shale. 
 It contained 11-234 per cent of fixed carbon. 
 
 4._Ferruginou8 shale. From Oak mountain, Carleton co., N.B. 
 
 A specimen of a reddish brown, argillaceous shale, traversed 
 by an occasional thin seam of quartz, fre-^. this locality, was 
 found to contain— 16-50 per cent of ferric oxide, equivalent to 
 1 1 -55 per cent of metallic iron. 
 
 .5. —Graphitic shale. From an occurrence of this material on the 
 farms of .Mr. Donald Mclnnis and Mr. McSween, on Big brook, 
 near West Bay Road station, Inverness, co., N.S., about half 
 a mile from the railway. 
 
 Three samples of the material from this locality, where it is 
 wet with in the Lower Carboniferous, have been examined by 
 Mr. Wait and found to contain, respectively,— 26-59, 31-57, 
 and 35-53, per cent of graphitic carbon. 
 
 6.— Molybdenite. From one of the veins constituting what is known 
 as the Tamarac group on Gnawed mountain, Yale dist., B.C. 
 
 The material received for examination consisted of a white 
 subtranslucent quartz traverse.! by thin veininga of molyblemte 
 and holding a very small quantity of chalcopyrite. A fa.r 
 average sample of the particular, specimen sent was found by 
 Mr. Wait to contain, approximately, 7 per cent of molybdenite. 
 
 7 -Silt A very fine-grained, oompacted, yet readily friable, some- 
 what argillaceous, siliceous silt, has Wn found, fornung a l«d 
 immediately overlying a bed of arenaceous clay, at a pomtsomc 
 ten or twelve miles west of Desbarate, Algoma dist., Ont. 
 
CHEMISTRY AND MINF.RAI.OnV 
 
 71 
 
 A partial analysis, hy Mr. Wait, of a sample of this mattrial, 
 dried at lOO' C, showed it to Iw composed of, approxiiiwiti'ly, 
 — minute grains of silici>ous sand "iTfO ; calcium carlxinato l->'2 ; 
 magnosiuni caibtnate -l-O ; ferric oxide, trace ; clay S-H llM)-0. 
 When moistened with water it forms a somewhat plastic mass, 
 which, when dried and burnt assumes a re<idish-wliite colour, is 
 tender, and readily fusible at an elevated temperature. 
 
SKLECTKD LIST OF IJKroKTS 
 
 OF SJ'ECIAJ. ECONOMIC INTKKKST 
 
 PI ni.lxHKIi HV 
 
 TiiK (;e(»L()(;I(;al sihvkv ok tanada 
 
 MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETINS 
 
 ""IH I'latimim 
 
 8.VI. 
 
 Salt. 
 
 h77. 
 
 tirapliite. 
 
 >.M. Coal. 
 
 HCiO. 
 
 Zinc. 
 
 SN(I 
 
 I'rat 
 
 ^."■1, AsbcHtUH. 
 
 M>!l. 
 
 Mira. 
 
 SNl. 
 
 I'lio^ptintpfl, 
 
 ^.'>7. Infiiiinrinl Karth. 
 
 S72. 
 
 Miilyb<lf'niiiii ami 
 
 SS-.'. 
 
 (VipIXT 
 
 s.'tS MnnKHTK"^' 
 
 
 Tiingslen, 
 
 !tl3. 
 
 Mineral Pigment 
 
 71."i Altitudi's of ("anailu. by .1. Wliilr. 18!»!». (4I)<-.) 
 HHITISH <;<)I.UMH1A 
 
 -MCi, 
 
 .'72. 
 L-U. 
 ."i7.f. 
 .■.71, 
 7i:(. 
 !»:!'» 
 
 HIM. 
 
 Till' Kixkv Mountains (betwi-en latitudes W and 51° .■)(('), bv fl. M. Pawson. 
 
 LSSfl, (L'-M-,). 
 VanrouviT I.slaiiil, by (i. M. DawMin. 1886. (STir.), 
 The Koeky Mountain.t, Gcolofciinl Structure, V)y R (i. Mcl'nui) 
 CariliiHi inininK>li»trict. bv .\. Kownuin. 1887. (25c K 
 
 %f: I \i- _|.\. I... *i ta * Ik 
 
 iiiiell. 18JiO. (2Uc.). 
 
 - uiK diHtrwt. by .\. H< 
 .Mineral WealtVi. bv (!. .M Daww... 
 
 West Kootenay district, bv O. M. l>»u»on 18««-«i». (:(."..■ \. 
 Kamloops district, by O. M. Dawson. I8(t4. (35<' i 
 Kinlayand ( >nicnica "Rivers, bv K <i. .McConnell. 1894. (1.5c.) 
 .\tlin mining district, by J. (;. (Jwillini. 18i». (lOc) 
 liossland district, H.t' . bv R. \V. Urock. 
 (iraliani I.«land. H (' , by U. W Klls. 1<«).">. (lOe.) 
 
 YUKON AND MACKKNZIE. 
 
 -'•■'. Yukon district, by O. M. Dawson. 1887. (30c.) 
 
 -"••"i. Yukon and Mackenzie Hasins, bv R. (1. .MiConnell. 1880. (25c) 
 
 I.S7 Klondike gold fields (preliminarv>. bv R. (i. .McConnell. 1900. (10c.) 
 
 f>( Klondike gold fields, bv R. (i McConnell. 1901. (2.5e.) 
 
 ' ''). (ireat Bear Lake and ri>gion. Iiv .1. M. Hell. lUOO (lOc.) 
 
 '"'>> Windy .\rm. Tagi.sTi Lake, by R. O. McConnell. KMKi. (I(l<-) 
 
 AI.KKRTA. 
 
 1890-91. (2.^.) 
 
 ■-'17. Central portion, by . I R. Tvrrell. 188«. (2.jc J 
 
 i-'4 Peace and Athabeska Rivers district, bv R. G. .McConnell. 
 
 7i« Yellow Head Pass r.utc by .1. McEvoy'. 1898. (15c.) 
 
 SASK.VrCHKWAN. 
 
 ■-'IS. Cypress Hills and Wood Mountain, bv R. (i. Mr-Connell. 1885. (25e.) 
 
 ('III. Country between Athaba.ska I-ake and Cliurcliill River, by J. B. Tyrrell ami I) B. 
 
 Dowling. 1895. (15e ) 
 *>'!'' Souris River coal fields, by D. H. Dowling. 1(M)2. (lOc.) 
 
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 244 
 
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 849. Report im Casra.lp ( '.lal I 'in. bv I) li l^owlinx 
 
 053 Miiirral ll..!...iirr.s Hullilin. H:irylf«, by II S I'.mli'. 
 
 <J70. R.'port (in Niagara KalU. by l)r, .1 W. .S|ii'niiT. 
 
 9fl8. Report to ai-ronipuniiiinp of 'li<> M.Mwe Mountain are*, Alt* , by I) riiiriii.». 
 
 i*fll. U»t>rlnl or No. H<:t 
 
 <ifi2 No. fl72 
 
 IN PHKl'AUAIION. 
 
 Kouland district, H.C. (full report), by K W l«r.n-k. 
 
 Iteport on I'ritir.. Kilwanl county. Uroikvilli' .iml KinE.<ton map §heet, bv It \V I'lN, 
 Report on Cornwall »hc.>t, bv R W |;|I« 
 
 Keporti on Country bftw.'.'ii I.ak.' Sii|wri..r an.l .\lbanv river, by W. .1. WiN.i.i and 
 W. H Collinv 
 
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