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'■ ^/i >VH//v. /*>'■. \ -»>V" BoRtfiCX I X-- ^-/j/ ; ; //; ..^ ^-'i-r-fo'f tm • ^ CuthufimI (Uhl Tofku/nififiua/ FOUR BQURiNGT COAL CLAIMS • nixr tm»M%\M&^ 'mm^^ Benjamin Smith Lyman , oj'Xt'/.ii .UitJi lyt/i.Si.I'liiiiiiltl/i/iKc •■ FEB. 1865 lowRiE Mines "\\/ Pit. * /'' WlD.SPENCC/y'lI Coal 2% FT /Alfred dows.-. JtM^B OVIMf ^i'ct'xon _GLACE BAY^KE HUOtt ROSS'S CLAIM TH*'^*- Angus McDonald ILlQUOfiSEULER. EXPLANATION. THE NUMBERS DENOTE THeI 1^ HEIGHT IN FEET ABOVE HIGH Til ^ OF THE CONTOUR LINES THE ARE ATTACHED TO. soo toon woo 3000 4uou imm «'»"> n^Ction FROM THE Ferry at Glace Bay to Angus M «l)00 7OO0 HIlOO FROM THC Ferry at Glace Say to Angus M^Aulay's at Mire Bay •« Vi^ 0^^ «< CV-' ,»• ^\\ -T I4O0 FT. SAttB UiKC ^*'' ^ X" ^^ t<*- \ \ O^' .* .s* X'^ >«• ivirt. 7400 ft. — — V V: ^ Xt; .-Vv/ ATION. DENOTE THE BOVE HrCH TIDE 3UR LINES FACHEO TO. 'Winging Point m Or tu,niio rtCT AngusMcAulay IRE Bay .^..o^V^ ^S^ >♦ cow BAY <;«■■>* ,.»o5- f^" v/ '"--..>/'>/ ^ 3 TT. '8 \H. (.*^- BAY Feril Mjyci t. Co Lnhuy^ha-t :Piilv>i>stN Y m •i* .-/ - .'1 rt^ li C) U K 1 N () T COAL CLAIMS AiM) LANDS CAPJ'] BRIXTON. XKW YOUK : II I'-. N l{ Y 8 I' i: A 11 J P lU N T E R AND S T A T I O N E II , I'-jij IVail and SU 13t'a\cr iStrcets, 18G5. \§ 1 I I ♦ • •• «• • •• • • • • .• • • • • • • ••••••• • • • • • • . ..•. : .-. •••.:•••..•'■• •.•;'■•."•;.'.'• H J IJOUltlNOT COAL CLAIMS AND LANDS, OAPE BREl^OX Ihe foliowuig Koport of Benj, Smith Lyman. Esq, M.„,ng l„g,„cer, of PluIaJolpia.,, on the above claim, winch he has boon engaged lor eight months in thoronc^h- ly cxi-lormg, is subnutted together with his Geological and lopographical Map of the same district. '^'^^''^^^li Gil!: ^r ?r''":' C<>''f Claims, near Cm^ fc «;• .j«y.^ Capr Bnio,,, by Baij. Smith Ly. '"id Ic.pjgrnphimi Mail. j •-■ww„aai Tlie lour iv« f'.,„^ 7>,. TOhl IIIUKIICU cIC,.'', J,.ss tluiU llV(i M|ll;,ro mile-.- ill .,11 ,„nv. . 1 /' r' ' ^'"^V'''^''-^''^ '^^^ '""^*^^-^^^^ a^-i-es of land on he HorUiwo^ern shore and tor the r.M cxten.Is over thJ Bn v 'HHl tho hin n- joiuH tlu. So,-on,l on the north, and he Fir n .,.uns W J .vcl on the west The Third Chnm rea.he'to U^ 1 e t / f V'^'^'^^^"'"^ '"i.ice j>ay Jjrook on tiie north. Thatjuu-tionot'Oow Bay whi<.l, h covered bv the Fourth lain., IS for ihe nio>t part shallow and tillod with nn.d or sand Toi-s-phy. hnrs l.ut ;rrown,^ deep towanls the oast. The laud rises X Wb- h-oni IK. Bay to th,^ Uns tl.tiul; forinod hero extends wc'stward throu-h th. sec- ;;;.;■':;•;:,, h'1^;;- '^'^'z'"' "";'"■'' toBhud.Bro. - grecs, and at its western end causes the ordinary dip of the basin to be for a space gentler than otherwise would be the case. The snuill basin south of this saddle is called the Cow- Bay Basin, ami within it lie the best and most accessible coals of these claims, its wide end is towards the east and it tapers oil' gradually to the west: it his on the south side a gentle dij) of about one in six and a half (!»!") towarut to have increased in thickness, though, still, less in thickness than at Ghice Bay. The thick- ness at the trial pit was live feet and a half of good coal with six inchos of poor slaty coal })clow As these six inches would be at any rate mad(! nearly worthless in the operation of "holing" under the coal to remove it, the bed is here about e(pnil in value to y Mr. Wilson at the end of tlie Snntliorn TL'ad of TowBay; and hero it contains about six feet of eoal dividod in the niiddln ])y two feet and a half • of stone, and has a.bout ten feet above it anoth'^r double bed of four fecit of enal dividi-d ;ilso in ilie middle ])v two i'ovi of vStone. At Alex. MelJury's the ^tJcllHry Bed has nine inelics 'of <:ood eoal at the bottom ovrhiid by'two feet ei'j'ht inches of clay, on whicdi rests two feet (ixc inehe>; of u'ood eenl. Over this lies clav cio-hteen inches thi(dc, aiid e,'i that six imdies of soft dirty coal. There are, th< n, three feet and two inches of good coal divided into two bcnehes at nine inehcs from the bottom by a band of lire clay, v, hi<'h is no dmibt of very irr(>- gular thickness, like a similar liand in the middle of the same bed on the north side of the Northern Head of Cow ]>av, which disappears alnntst Cdmjdctely within tAvo-lliirds of " a mile across the li;iy of Schooner Pond. As this point, at Alex. ^Iclinry's, is also tlu^ one where this coal is thinner' than at all other points where it has been projierlv o]»ened this side of Little (jlace ]>ay Brook, it is not nnreasnnable to ex- pect an avcrai-'e thickness of it in these Claims of three feet. It.e quality at Alex. 31<'linr\"s is very excllent, so hard and frt!c from suljthnr. so well a(ba]);e(i to dome<(ie, steam ,ind even t'orcfo purposes, that it may ho considered workable in its condition there. The '•holini;'" could be done in the clav, sav- ing the coal itself iVoni injury, and adding to (lie heiu'ht of the to remove les tie. rooms; and it would proba)>ly be desir.dtle whole of the clay so ;is to turn the lower nine indies of coal to account, <>ivinir three i'vot iwo inche< oi' ei;al and nnikinrr the gangways and rooms live feet ten iuche-; high. It would not be necessary to remove the clay from the miiie, ])ut «mi1v to throw it to one side in the rooms themselves. 'I'liis coal un- derlies 1, (>,")() a.cres of the Second Claim, conlrtining r).L'l)i),(l(l(> tons, reek tons lie under the water of Cow Bay, ami lldO acres or l,l(iS,IH)() tons under the land : of tins last amount 1S() acres or S7^),nt)t> tons lie behjw the lev(d of high tide, and ()() acr*>^' or 'J!)."), ()(,)() tons above it, so as to l)e drainabl ■ by a drill from the shore. _,, . „ , , At Schooner J'ond and on the <>xtrenie end ei' the Northern Tliin Hcds of __ , „ ,^ -^ , . ., ,. Ill" 11 gchouner 1 '011(1. Hc.id of Cow Bay, th(M-e is a three toot liei] oj coal ahout a r 1 hundr( by a to hav on as 1 jectnrc before At J been b feet an ern cd thick ; two fe twenty ordina At 1 has be eighte ■»- At 1 the 3I( KOUlh I is the just al found the Lo ],!)S0: three i tons li above tainiui 020 ac and 5.-J amoun and IC At Tracej quality ness a' three I aging \ inches one in' and lei lies th three i I I I huntlred feet below the McPhail (or ^IcRury) Bed, accompanied by a one foot bed twelve feet higher up. These beds appear to have grown much thinner at Cow Bay and are not counted on as workable in tho.so claims. This three foot bed was con- jectured to be the same as the Spencer ]}<.'d, already mentioned, before any geological survey had ))een made at Cow Bay. At 150 feet below the McRury Bed lies a Coal bed that has t«o r,.,n ik-.i. been bored south of Alex. McKury's and fimnd to be there two feet and three inches thick ; the same bed was bored at the west- ern edge of the Claim No. II. and was there one foot nine inches thick ; so that its average thickness may, then, be taken to be two feet. Close under this bed is a valuable bed of fire clay, twenty-five feet thick, which will furnish good material for ordinary bricks, if for nothing else. At loo feet below the Two Foot Bed lies a Coal bed that FA-iitoon in.h has been bored also south of Alex. Mcllury's and found to be "'' eiffhteen inches thick. '■- At 100 feet below the Eighteen Inch Bed, or 350 feet below Tihv,. r,,(,t n-A the 3IcRury Bed, lies a Coal bed that was sliown by a boring ^j";., '■"'"-' "*••"'' south of Alex. 3IcRury's, to be two feet ten inches thick. It is the same as a bed once poorly ope'i!;d below high water nuirk, just above Long Beach, on the northern shore of Cow Bay, and found to 1)0 three feet and two inches thick. It may be called the Long Beach Bed, or the Three Foot Bed. It underlies 1,080 acres of the Second Claim, containing at a thickness of three feet, 9,800,000 tons; of this 1,700 acres or 8,500,000 tons lie below high tide level, and 280 acres or 1,800,000 tons a))ove it. In th,; Fourth Claim it underlies 1,150 acres, con- taining, at a thickness of three feet, 5,508,000 tons; of this, 620 acres or 2,090,000 tons lie under the waters of Cow Bay, and 5--)0 acres or 2,578,000 tons under the land ; of the latter amount, 520 acres or 2,528,000 tons lie behiw high tide level, and 10 acres or 50,000 tons above it. " At about 2,400 feet below the Long Beach Bed lies the Tmcy Br,i. Tracey Bed, worked at Min'; Bay, near False Bay Beach. The quality of this coal is good, a half of it very good. Its thick- ness at four j)laces where I measured it in the mine averaged three feet eight inches and a quarter, with a band of clay aver- aging five inches and a quarter in thickness at six or eight inches from the bottom, making the whole thickness four feet one inch and a half; at one point the clay disappears entirely and leaves three feet eleven inches of coal. This bed under- lies the whole of tlie four claims ; so that with a thickness of three feet eight inches, there would be 73,000,000 (seventy- 8 Chum 11. Claim IV. All til" Claims Shi|)mi.'nt. three inillioii) tuns witliiu tlio four claims. TI10 points whore it comes iictircst to tlio siirfaci* are at the v,-estern corner of the First (Mnini, and at llic southwestern corner of ll)e Fourth Claim, wiiere it is ahout (^lually feet. In the direction of tlie .Saddle and at its toil, thi-^ depth increases very li'radnally to alioiit 1,10(1 feet at the eastern boundary of Claim No. 111. Th(! Second Claim t'heretorc contains -f.')!) acres or 4,<»7(>,<>0<) tons of McAulav Coal ; l.Of)!) acres or :),'JOll, 01)0 tons o^' MeUury (V)al ; and 1,!>S(I acres or 1»,S!)0,000 ton.^; of the Three Fo(»t or Lonir'Beach'Coal. Tiiis all lies within th<' i.'J^O acres which the Loni:- Ueach IJcd covi'rs, and atnoui\ts to 1U,1(')0.000 ton.s. The Fourth Chsim contains in like manner -t.lO acres or '2,lS4,0()l»tous()f the .AlcUury Coal, ami 1 . 1 T)*) acres or .'),r)(>S, 000 Tims (if the Three Foot livd: in all, wiiliin the I,!.")!) acres, 7,7,VJ,000 tons. (M' these amounts. 'ilO aerc- or l,l(')S,0O() tons of the'.Mcilury. and oilO acres or •2,.")7S.OO0 tons of the Three Foot ]}e(l : in all. .VIO acres or :5.74().Odil tons (^f both are un- der the land, lil't acr< - or 1,010 000 tons of tlie Mcllury, and (>'iO acres (U- 'i.*.)'.!':),!!!!!! tons of the Three Foot l>i'd in all 1)20 acres, or 4,00(),OilO tens of boSh are under the waters of Cow iiav.' I am decidedly of tlie opinion tint the water will not prevent the workinir <'i' tliis coal under the JJay. All the claims contain, therefore, of the^' three upper Coals, within a space of o,loi» acres, •J(i.'.>l2,000 ton^ ; or under the land within 2,:)!0 acres, ±2,000,000 tons; and under the IJav. within 020 acres 1,000,000 tons. Ueckoning also, the Trac'ey FxmI, there are. then, within the twenty scpuire miles of all the claims, lOO millions of tons. Yet tlc^ McAulay IJed alon(\ within the Second Claim, would yield a hun<1red thou- sand tons a vear I'.u- forty years, if the j.illars were tli(n-ouiines Wharf and Ureakwaler 'it Cow Jiay is two mile< and a half, and an ea-y Hue of railroad could })e ccmstrnctcd to this ].oint. The distance to Mr. Bouriimt's seven acre lot at Fals(> I'.ay Lake, is f^mr miles and a quarter, and the topoirraphical map' shows that a lailroad could easily be constructed in tlsis direction. The distance to the npper end of Bi,^ Chice F.ay Lake is, in a straight line, only two 4 9 miles and llnHM'-i|ii;irtrrr-, Imt Ly the line any raiLjad would liavc to take. nliDul tour uiilfs and a hall", and it is a mile and a half fartlu ;• in {'no ni(iii{]i of tlu* lala-. Tho distanc-o to Syd- ney in a sivajo'lit lino is thirteen miles, and a railroad could be built there prefty strai^^iit without iieavy ji'rades. I believe that False ]>ay \ji\]<.r can be <'oiivei'l(Ml into a u'ood harbor at eonmarativclv snuill expense, by euttin;^ llirouu'h the beaeh only "ion iV'et wide between it and Mlii' J)ay, Mr. Bouriuot owns ItKI.'S acres of land lyin;^ almost wholly ^-«nii Ui\f. within these Cl.iiuis. ( )n!y lot contains seven acres and lies on the southwest shore of False J?ay Lake, close to the dee])est water of the Lake and well siluated for the shijinient of coal win ii the Lake is nu'd ' into a hiirlior. Another lot of 10(5 acres lies almost wholly within tln^ l''ourth ('hum eominf!; down to the short! ofCowJbiy. it is partly im]iroved, and ahnosi all the I'cst of it is j^'ood woodland Another lot of ^J'i") acres is situated nearly in the middle (d" the Si'cond Claim. It contains near iIk- western end of !\b)rrison's Lak'(^ r. dry l)arren of some size whicli will be a i>('od location for a vilhiii-e of miners' houses, i\e;ir lu the work's. The outh't of Morrison's Jiake traverses (liis lot and no tbiubt furnishes i^tnuc ;j.ood mill-sites ; the stream is snnili but very constant throu^ih the year. This lot as well as the one la.sr mentioned contains ,(>;ood localities for the sinkiuir (d' ]iiis on. the 31fl[ury and '.fhree h'oot ]Jeds. Another lot <>[' -l'-]'.^ acres lies in the southern part of the Third (Maim, bouni,iier end of ]>ig (^lacc Bay Lake. ]5FNJ. 8MTTTI LYMAN. PniLADKLrillA, 2n Fc/^., 1^^(15. Tlio entcrpriso of the Coal interosts of this conntr}^ ha- vinsr been so i^ciicrally turned to the Coal fields of Cape Bret )ii, the products of wliicli are now so larp;ely used by the Gas Companies of the United States, as well as for steam, manufacturing and domestic purposes, tlie above valuable Report will prove most interesting to all con- cerned. 10 One of tlio grcfit drawbacks to tlio value of the Coal fields of this rc,y, ('n)H' ]ircton. Sir:— I liiive the hoiK.i' to sid.tniit herewith, the result of a survey made in piirsuiinee of your instructions, viz : " to examine the lioaeh at False Jjny I or the purpose of" discovering the practi- cability of niiikinii' such iiiijirovi'uieuts there as are neces' ]i(ddest Avaters at each side. The S(niudiiigs on the plan exhibit a depth of about twenty feet of water in the two basins at llu> western end of F.dse l>ay. ys"\(\' very little trouble these basins could l»e deepened suthcicnl for two hundred acres, and are of thonselves suffi- cient for the ;;econimodalion of about two liundred vessels of the various sizes usually f(jund togetlun' in a sea-port. The other nuudi lari^'cr portinns v/nuld aftbrd accommodations to any extent but will nf)f be recjuired. 'Vhen on the ground, we had a gale, the severest exp' \- t- ced for son\e years; during this gale four large craft ancli-. red at the Cow Ray Colliori(!s, were driven ashore, I would here mention ti'.at the brig "Kate Cumniings," of Newfoundland, 12 vorkcil (tut of Miri) Bay in the jSL-vcrost i)!ivt itf U. rroiii this liisiimcv, It i,s to Ik- iiiI'citihI, tiiiit tlic loii:^ liLMtllaiids ot' Mln; ]J;iy .'illi id ;:rt';iter jirotcctioii tli.iu at ('(»\v Hwy al de]H)t on the eastern part of this island lor shijiping coal. The cost of euttin;;' the Heach is Siuinll compared to the nmonnt required to secure it Irom becoming relilled. Sluuild an excavator be ]Mdvided, the cost of excavating slnmld not exceed fifteen (lo) (-.■u!.-- [km- cubic yjiial, but to make the ne- cessary ]>rotecli(ui of durable nialerial, as would be necessary for a port of su(di imjiortance, I wtuild estimate for the mate- rials and labor complete, say , . . $10.(1(10 and for excavation, . . . , . , o.UOO $10,000 Viuirs Respectfully, ANGUS MAC DOI'GALL, Civil Engineer. ♦False Bay Beach, Oct. 31st, ISIU. In corroboration of Mr. MncDoiigall's rei)oi't, the sub- joined letter of A. C. Morton, Es(j., is submitted. iS'i;a\' York, ^^Farch loth, 18(J5. jNF. BouniNOT, Es(p Dear Sir : As the consultinii' Entfineer of the hiternatiinial Coal Toni- * Soj BayQel.r.'; Ailtiiirulty Chart of Capo Drulon.—.Shfd X. 18 I liiuiy, I liMvc \iviti(l ;iii(l oxiiiuiiuil ail tin; ].i)iiit,s (in llie luast of Cajx' IJrr'oii hctwi'i'ii Sydiiry jijid Lntii>l)!irp,', which hiivo ht'cii cithrr Iin|M-(»v((l '.p ih-ujioscmI \'i>v Iiarhors \<\ aititicia! \V(t|-ks ^vith a view In racilitalc tlu' :-liiiiiii(iil of cual iVi.m (ho iiiim's dl' (Iiat district-. It is Well kunwii that l.iilli Syiliic_\ aud liOiiislmr;;' are harlxn'S (d" j^rcat capacdty <'ijii;il il' iittt siiiiciii.r in niiny respects to any (»n the coast of Nova Scotia; but at no poinl on the coast ho- Iwecn tln'se places are there natni'al hai-hors ur ])laces where; protection to shippin;i' may ]»e ,;i; nred <'xccpt by artificial M'orks, varyiniT in extent and cost accordiit'i to tlic peculiar i'eatnrcs of the se\eral liMalilir-. Ainonu' the latter I rc^' ird the jdace kiMiwn as I alse IJ.iy IJ/aen, I'l-oiii its jiosition -Mid iciMU'ral ( haracieristic;-, as n.ddinii oni coiiiparati\ e!y snperioi- fat ilities fnr securing' harl'or aecomniodat imis ])V a'*ti!iei;d wnrk. It is sitna^cil alinnr ndilway hetweeii Sydney ami LonisI»ur|Lr. ]t will 1)1' (d)served \i\ rei'erencn tlu^ nnii> that Cow l>av and 3Iir('' Jiay are dee]) arms of the si'a, extendin;^; several miles into the inu'iior of the country, and are in {losifion neurlv par- allcd Avitli a narrow interveninu' strip of hi;:li lamls. The wafers of the npjxM- exti'cndry of Cdw IJay reaidi l''al-e IJay Bv'atdi and are separated ir(ini tlcise ofMir.'lJay at thai ]ilace hy a narrow sand har oi' from two id three liundrc il feot in Avidth and ahoiit three-fourths of a niilc in len/z'th. There are strong- indications that at snnie distant ])eriod there was here an ojiening' wdiere these waters united, and that the interNcninu" section wa^ an Island. Inside this bar is a laru'c basin cunlainin^.i' several hundred acres with sullicient depth of water in soim; portimis to iloat a larii'c (dass of vcssids. The shap(- and (vxtent of this ba.sin.tho depth of water and tjic position and (limcnsiuns appca.r to be ciu'rectly represented on your ma]i of that locality. T'hese sonndinirs and mcasnrennMits show th 't Imt a. cumpavatively small expenditure is reijuii-ed for openintf and securing ;i (dian- md throuu'h this bar for the ],'as>aLi'e of vessels, and the area inside of the bar may be enhiru'cd ami deepened so as to ae- connnodate a l:iri;'e numb'cr of vessi'is. T have no knov>ledu'e vi.' the character of the bed nf this basin or depth (.f water fnun survevs of my own, and therefore cannot speak defniitely of the extent ;;nii value of the accom- modations whi(di may here be (diiained or the cost of flu' sanu\ Tlse (dniracter of tie' countrv between this idace and yiMir nnne favors the construction of a railway fur the transportation of coal to this point for .shipment. 14 It may bo well to .state in this connection, tli;it iuran«;oinent{, arc in pro^-rcss fur the construction of the Sydney and Louis- l)ur<; railway. In the event of the construction of this railway it will ])aMs either over or near vonr coal are:i. l{e8]»eetfully yuur.s, A. C. MOIITON. Tlie following letter of Mr. A. McBeaii, u Contractor, who lias had long previous experience in similar matters, places the question beyond (lonl>t : 8vi».\KV, Caj." I{ret(ai, .'^iU Ian, isOj. Mailsiiall BouniNOT, E^q,, Sydney. Sir:— Aceordin,!:: tit retjiicst I li.-ivc cxainiii'Ml the jiliiu of {ti-ujto.sfd Harbor at False Bay IJcacli ; i!" cnrnct, as 1 Iiav(! no doubt it is, to make the wharfs and (li'(']i('n diannrl as \h'v plan. The AVhartiiif^ I wouhl rtconinieml, howcvrr, in the first place, to ])e well and sul»stiniti:illy cjoi^c PIIimI ; at the outer or seaward end to sink li'ood ;nid sullicicnt bhick.x, vadl ballasted, as a perpetual ]»rotectlon to ,>;aid Wlia.fin^'. For the whole amount, say Tilini:-, IJlockiu;/ and IJalhistin,:.;', as also dei'pcn- ing channel aeeordiug to plan, the subscriber will agree to do the same fc the sum of fifteen thousand (pue hundred and sixty dollars, (Slo.KJO.) I may here add, that should the writer ])v oilu-rwise em- ployed on the coast near said h:irbour, Avould and could aiibrd ^0 do your work at a less sum, but if not, it is ;!s low as it coidd possibly be done for without otlier work. Should this meet your views, will he glad to hear fmui you at your earliest convenience. Meantime, remain, Yonr obed't scrv t, A ?.!.ni':AN. Samples of Coal from an opening made on the McAidav Bed, upon these claims, were .sent to the .Alanhattan and Kgav York Gas Light Companies and tested by them. » V 15 Mr. Adam, tlio PrcHident (»f tho latter Company, ex- pressed a very liigh opinion <>t' tho Coal froni the result, and tlio following' letter I'min Josepli A. Sabbatoti, Es(i,, will also sliow its fine character as a Gas Coal — tho more surprising from its being taken at depth of only 25 feet from tho surface. iMANHAITAN (JaS LiGUT GoMl'ANY, Engineer's Office, 18th Street Stiitlun, North llivur. New Yokk, Mnn-h l«t, 1805. Doar 8ir:— The rcsuh of tho oxamiiuitiouof tlie Coal from the ^IcAiilay oiieniiiius to he inferior to that from tho Block Jfotisc Mine only in the quality of its coke. A.VALYSIS OF TJIE GAS. Oietiant iras, J . llydro ea'riK.n vapor, } '>---Mh^i- '-Cnt, Carbonic oxide, 11.00 per cent. ANALYSIS OF THE CuAL. Volatile matter, o5.i>ing purposes, and a Water Grant extending from tlie whole 17 chains front- age — valuable for wharves ^e. One of the most important things liowevei', in connec- tidU witli these proi)erties, is ihe feasibility with which False Bay Lake can be converled iul(^ a gi.oil and spaci- ous harl)or — almost adjoining the Coal Beds in some instances, and only ii miles from the McAuley opening, with a grade recpiiring little expense to construct a rail road. Without this harbor it is true, the existence of the rail road running through the property, tu Sydney Harbor would greatl^i; enhance its value, but the superior advan- "^tag'es'of opening False" BayyLake enhances it still more. • Mire Bay is open nearly all the year. Sometimes it may "* ocTcbrsed byvdrift ice for nearly two months — never '*■-, Jongcr, and^ often navigation is not im])eded for two Aveeks. ' It Ms singularly free from fog, })ossessing in the absence of fog a su])eriority even over Louisburg. False Bay Lake is somewhat neai'er Kew York than Sydney in actual distance, but more so in poin'; of time, especially in the autumn, as with northerly winds, so l)revalent at that season, it is im})Ossible for vessels to beat up from Cow Bay Head to Sydney — -and they are often obliged to harbor in Louisburg lor two or three Aveeks waiting for wind Vessels would go to this ])roposed harbor at Mire Bay for less freighl, and when the amount sir.ed by a Com- pany in carrying Coals only -i miles instead ol) say, 1(3, 17 is considorGcl, it is plain that tins property is better situ- ated than any other in Cape Breton lor all practical and paying purposes. Say on 12 miles iurther carried to Sydney at o cents ])er ton per mile S3<),0G0 would be saved on the transportation of 100.000 tons. It may not be amiss to state that all necessary steps for a charter to open False Bay Lake have been taken and riglit secured. ^ New York, 12th March, 18l)5. a^^^c/:/