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I* -v^"- .*-; ■'* ' I'^m "•':- ' . / ■ ^ HALIFAX: PRINiaib it WILLIAM MAOMAB, W P^iKCE STRBBT. >:■ ' 1878.-' ^\" ■ V\- . "1/ ■'4 •«w •■# >■ * ,'?> ,< I ^ ! ^- f -■.r-mtii^^^itams?:'^m^'f^^^ I .. 1 -^. ""M.lll p^^— — — — -^^^^^^^ llM k .,.,:«.. ,fJ KEPORT ON COAL AREA 1 . I AT BRIDGEPORT, IN THE COUNTY OF CAPE BRETON. (NO. nu 1\ MIXING OFFK'K.) /( BY W. A. HENDRY, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER CROWN LANDS. (LATE UOVEBSMKST INSI'ECTOli OF MiyES.) HALIFAX : PRINTED BY WILLIAM MACNAB, II TRINCE STREET. ]S72. ^ MBitaiMtariAftirili ■~g~ ,-ji i«V I \ MS ^c -H* — 1 \-^\'^- i L.t •^' >»- i^iAi ij]^:p()KT. "S I.hpartnieiit of Croicu Jjcou/s, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dec. !.', 187!.>. To RoiiEIIT L. Wr.ATIlEHIlF,, EsQ. SiH : — I beg to submit tin* Ibllowiug statement relative to . your Coal property at Bri(lgei)ort, in the Island of Cape Tlreton. The (,'ountrv Ivini? South and East of Svdnev Harbor and North of Cow Bay, in which the area in question is situated, is regard- ed as the richest Coal region in North America. After having for some vears studied the geologv of Nova Scotia, I spent three season^, Mhile connected with the (Government de- partment of Klines, examining this Coal basin in company with Professors Lyman and Lesley, two of the most eminent Coal geologists in America. These gentlemen, as well in pub- lished n^ports as in conversaKon with me, have pronounced this rcijion as excelling all others thev had examined for evenness and regularitv of the strata and the absence of faults and dislo cations. The Coal i.>5 of the finest character and its steam raising, gas making, manufacturing and domestic qualities have l)een established bvcarefid analvsis, and bv the i)ractical results of the numerous extensive collieries now in full operation. The dip of the strata is at an angle of from one in six to one in ten : and a Coal seam when once entered mav be worked to a arreat extent without anv material addition to the cost of raisinjjr : nor (so well i:s the geology of the district understood) need there !)c anv doubt a!)out the most favorable point to make an opening. An important consideration touching this district is its geogra- phical position. It fronts on the Atlantic ocean, and is Hanked "P^ > mmmmm \ /'.■ ' > «•• Mfe hi on die one side by Sydney Harbor, and on tlic other by I.oiiis- burg Harbor. Describing tlie former of these ports, with which it is con- nected bv two lines of Railway, Admiral BavHeld, whose in- valuable charts and surveys are well known, says it is ** one of the finest ports in the world, equally easy of access and egress, and capable of containing any number of the largest ships in perfect safety." The harbor of Louisburg, to which a railroad will soon be in course of construction — the Glasgow and (Jape Breton Coal and Railway Company having increased their capital from £100,000 Stg. to £'^00,000 Stg. to extend their road there- is accessible at all seasons, and is mentioned in very favorable terms, as well by Admiral Bayfield, as by Commodore ]\)well. This Coal field lies within sight of the track of the lines of Steamers which carry on the commerce botwten the country lying West of the Gidf of St. Lawrence and the Continent of Europe, and is within seventy-five miles of the course followed by the Steamers plying between Northern Europe and North America, and will probably supply Coal for all these lines, and eventually become one of the greatest coaling depots in the world. Your Coal area, which is known on the map in the Govern- ment Office of Mines as number 59, is situated in the most favorable position in this Basin for convenience and cheapness of mining and transportation. It contains six hundred and forty acre's. Professor Dawson, President of ISIcGill College at Montreal, in his celebrated work on Acadian Geology, page 416, describes ten distinct workable Coal Seams actually measured, underlying your property, making in all thirty-eight feet in vertical thick- ness — or upwards of thirty-five millions of tons of coal. In this Province it has not been customary to estimate the probable value of Coal property lower than l20c per ton on the total quan- tity known to be contained in the area, which is considerably lower than the rule applied in Pennsylvania, the chief Coal ( is- ♦ i rably trict of the United States. Applying tliis rule to the property under eonsidenition, the result gives seven millions oC dollars. Mr. Dawson, a cautious and relialde authority, argunientatively mentions in the work already cited, pages 413 and 418, the prohahility of other undeveloped Seams in the strata which un- derlie this area. Concerning five of these seams discussed in Dawson's work, I am able to speak from personal observation The two upper seams crop on your property, and do not underlie the whole of it, Fird —The " :N[cPhail " or " Uoss Bed " is a noble seam of Coal 5 J to feet iu thickness, solid from Hoor to roof, free from layers of slate or splint, produces a good gas coal, and is generally free from sulphur. It is considered superior for steam raising, for domestic and manufacturing purposes. It underlies about two hundred acres of your area, and if mined by the long wall system will yield iu the mine 1,774,000 cubic yards. Second. — The '* Long Beach " seam is 3i feet in thickness, is similar in quality to the McPhail bed, and is a bright compact coal, 'i'his also crops on your area and underlies three hundred and sixty acres of it, and Mill produce 1,874,000 cubic yards. Thlv'L — This seam is nearly 3 feet in thickness It is a very pure and com]xict coal, and underlies the whole of your area six hundred and forty acres, and will yield by the Long wall system of mining — at least 2,750,000 cubic yanl;;. Fourth. — The (iardner seam is considered very valuable as a steam coal. It underlies the whole area, and varies from 4 to 5 feet () inches in thickness, and will yield at least 0,000,000 cubic yards. Fifth. — The Tracey bed is 4 ft. 1^ in in thickness, and wil^ yield about 5,000,000 cubic yards. This will give a total in tons or cubic yards of upwards of 17,00 ',000 in your property. The coal of the ^IcPhail and Long Beach seams may be mined through a slope, at a small outlay ot capital. For opening and Oipiipping the former of tlie-^e, I have made a carefid estimate to 6 accompiuy this report, wliich, with slight additions and modifica- tions, mav' bo applied to your other bculs According lo this es- timate, }^.'').3,.')70. 00 will siifficeto put the mine in thorough working order. The coal of the Gardner seam just referred to, rests on a tliin bed of clay, ten inclies thick, which in mining, is of great advantage, as the holing can he (h^ne in the clay cheaper than in coal, and thus a considerable amount of coal is saved. The Hoor under the clav is smooth rock. A pit on your property 900 feet, would reach the dip of the TiOrway bed, which is G feet in thickness (through M'hich, in fact, all the before-mentioned scams could be worked) and at the foot a level could be driven about two miles in length, which wouhl most advantageously command this entire bed underlying your area. One feature of this property worthy of mention is its elevation above the sea, and I estimate that it contains at least two and a-half to three million tons of coal above the tide-level. It should be mentioned that this district is rich in kidney iron ore. I measured the bed alongside of and parallel with the Tracey seam and found it over six feet in tiiickness, and it will probably yield from twenty to twenty-five per cent, of bloom iron, and several other beds of workable thickness ofthe same ore are interstratified through these coal measures. The proposed transportation to this distri(;t of specular and magnetic iron ore — too rich and refractory to be worked alone — from other districts, accessible by water and destitute of fuel, renders the kidney ore on this property of increasing economic value. 'i he shipment of your coal will probably be chiefly at present at Sydney harbor, nine miles westerly from the centre of your area. The Railway owned and worked by the International Coal and Railway (Company, which intersects your area, is now bi active, operation, and the company have carried over it from their own mines this summer, 11.000 tons, and as I am informed, that company have entered into an agreement with the proprie- tors of the Gardner Mine, immediately adjoining yours on the i ^i ' n 'l i ii w^ i p i f^"" ittr' ^1 i WesI, to cany tluir coal, and dolivcr it on Ixtiid sliip at their own whart* in Sydnry Ilarhor at l^ tents per ton per mile The (!ape Breton and CJlasgow Coal and Railway (/onipany, whose valiiahle 'hmi,. adjoins yours on the South East, known a.s tlie Reserve an.M, have also a Railwav completed to Sydney Harhor, which passes within a few hundred yards of your pro- perty, to a laru^e and commodious wharf. The same company ■iitv eui^aged in preparations to extend their line of Railway to rc>*dshur<( harbor, where coal may he shipped at any season of the year, as nu-ntioned already. * " ' W. A HENDRY, Dy. Comm'r. of Crown Lands.* ■hUmh ^ . ) 'mm ,; ) 8 . I M^Thiru or Boss Seavfty Coal pick., sn V^ ,ii,es 450 00-* t Wire ropes and can> ifc 1 ■* 1 ^ Blacksmith's shop, 3 fl^s • • .»0 0O<^ Carpenter's «hoP— ' ; Y ^o. Store hoiise and oro v R"™ •••■;••,•" MlinV ■ 'feXing and grubbmg 800 Coal yard, '^^"^ ''"|; '"Xllne of ra.lroad , 1 ^\ie* " * . . 80^ ^" ?:£rn-p;nn«:et;:-»"iV^:i::^: ^oo !J"about .0 blocks ;:;;V;:... lOOOOO Manager -Home ^^^^^^^^ _ Tools for Bucksm . . .|53570 00 Total ^ . ^r\Yyc\\ will carry Coal . U>a, car, .m ,« ^^;^X^^k HS^S^S-U- on. "T^i^:^^;^|eJ|.Jii^;^rii^;^.;j'^:Sto pa..or ...,,»* ( 1^/ \ i )0 I |*va w § 1 I o CO * £ C« O S oC o C>5 ©? r'' -75 ritf ^ h aaariosaa .lon sanasvaK I 1 w p r oa 00 00 00 I 00 ) 00 ) 00 00 larry Coal :)duce one itself, and m * '4 ^ 'jlying the Weatherbe \r. Dawson in his "Acadian f. A. HENDRY, \Depufy Commissioner. J U liBriiBMi / EL. '*™'"**"- '""•• iii i " i 'i»i i r i i ia>i ni i ni »0 5 W oj M Ix. ^ 5 99 .?. « ^i - = 3 ^ a ■^ f. o § O C o cn o? 'r- o ►^ ;^ O o O p o C3 o o o 3 O o X /. O o o in o a o Q 8 « QO a; o o o CO C5 9 to /■ . . 2 o ' a H a I u 05 S P 01 f^f) O ^-H 0) rt s O -73 o c «M ««H o o as CO -£3 P. ^ c; 1— < 1-H •FN V i-H ^^ ■4J * d s CS «o so o 1— < CO so H O OS r ^ Section shewin, Area^No. 59 Mini n^ Geology", recently \ Crown Land Ox is\ Dec. . ^^ :i s 3 aaaiaoRaa xon Baanffvaw 11 ? aaniMOsaa .ion saansvaw O C o 3 re w p "^ b O Pi r Section shewing the Cool Seams underlying the Weatherbe ^ ea (No. 59 Mining Office) as given by Dr. Dawson in his "Acadian flogy", recently published. Crown Land Office, I W. A. HENDRY, Deputy Commissioner. X Dec. 2, 1872 .1