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93 



[Lesley. 



Section of Coal-measures on the Cape Breton Coast. 

 By J. P. Lesley. 



(a.) Soft shales with a hard ft. 

 belt at the bottom, 20.0 



Red and green alterna- 

 tions, 10.0 



Red, 10.0 



Red belt, 27 feet. 



Iron, 



Iron, 



Iron, 



(e.) 

 (d.) 



(d.) 



Coal, 



Coal, 



Coal, 



"Hub vein," 8 feet. 



Coal, 



Green, 



Red, 



Green, 



Red, 



Green, 

 r Fire-clay with nodules 

 j of iron, 

 (b.) I Fire-clay, compact, 

 sandy. 



Fire-clay, pure. 



Red shale. 



Fire-clay, 



Iron ore, continuous. 



Shales, 



A black streak. 



Shales, layers of small 

 nodules of iron, 



A black streak. 



Fire-clay, 



A black streak. 



Sandstone cliffs, 



Sandy top shales. 



Coal, good. 



Fire-clay running into 

 sandstone. 



Black slate, genuine. 



Fire-clay, 



Slate cliffs, 



Slate, 



Soft coal, 



Solid coal, 

 V Hard coal, 



Great sand rock, full of 

 plants, 



Cannel coal-bed. 



Fire clay, 



Cannel coal. 



Fire-clay, 



2.0 

 l.G 

 .6 

 l.G 

 1.6 



50 J- Mud rocks, Soi 



2.0 

 5.0 

 2.0 

 2 

 .6 

 12.0 



8.0 



2.0 



8.0 

 6.0 

 1.0 



- Sand rocks, 2S 



6.0 J 



(g. 

 (h. 



f 



2.0 

 8.0 

 40.0 

 1.6 

 1.6 

 4.0 

 1.0 



20.0 

 1.6 

 6.0 

 .0^ 

 2.6 



' Mud rocks, 



58.0 



Sand rocks, 20 



Mud rocks, 



10.0 



