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lowing section shows the mode of occurrence and association of 

 the coal in the bank, but does not extend upward to the base of 

 the drift deposits : — 



ft. in. 



Finely laminated grey shale ... 8 



Coal (shaly below) 1 6 



Grey, thin-bedded shale 12 



Ironstone 3 



Grey shale 1 9 



Coal 8 



Grey shale and nodular sandstone, carbona- 

 ceous below 7 



{Coal 1 4-v 



Shaly parting (often almost absent) 4 1- Coal, 



Coal 4 oJ ^' ^" 



Carbonaceous shale 2 



Grey shale 2 



Ironstone 4 



Greyish and brownish shale . 3 



Carbonaceous shale 3 



Coaly shale 8 



Grey shale 2 



Coal • 4 



Carbonaceous shale (to water) 1 4 



The dip at this place is about N. 83*^ W. (mag.), at an angle 

 of 5 to 8 de<2;rees. 



On the opposite side of the river, at the next bend, the coal 

 seam is again well shown. It is slightly undulating, and dips 

 gradually away below the water level at the northern end of the 

 bank. The parr of the section designated above as the Main 



Seam is here as follows : — 



ft. in. 



Coal 1 6 



Shaly parting (1 to 3 inches) 2 



Coal 3 3 



Total coal 4 9 



About four inches in thickness at the base of the seam is here 

 laminated in texture, but appears nevertheless to be of good 

 quality. The geneial dip is about N. 50^ W. (mag.), at an 

 angle of less than 5°. 



From this point for a distance of five miles down the valley, 

 the dark shales overlying the coal are alone seen. When it 



