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harbour 850 feet to 26 feet of water at low tide. It is a well- 

 built structure, 20 feet in height, with shutes at both sides and 

 end, empty trains being made up on a centre track. 



Buildings. 



Thirty double houses have been provided for miners and la- 

 bourers at the Acadia village, which is very tastefully laid out in 

 regular streets and avenues, the houses being very substantially 

 built, and of a much better class than it is usual to provide for 

 like purposes. 



The rest of the plant at both slopes, including the blacksmith 

 and machine shops, office building and overmen's houses, is very 

 complete. 



INTERCOLONIAL COAL MINING COMPANY OF MONTREAL. 



Two mining areas are owned by this company, the Bear Creek 

 area to the south of the Carmichael area of the Acadia Coal 

 Company, and the Sutherland area, which lies to the north of the 

 area of the General Mining Association. 



BEAR CREEK AREA. 



The Acadia seam was opened upon this area soon after its dis- 

 covery in 1865, at a point known as Campbell's pit, near the 

 north line of the area, and from this pit, as worked by the then 

 owners of the area, and subsequently by the agents of this com- 

 pany, a considerable amount of coal was taken for consumption 

 in the immediate neighbourhood. After a careful survey by Mr. 

 William Barnes of Halifax, a competent mining engineer (which 

 survey will again be alluded to) the company decided upon the 

 location of the present colliery. 



Drummond Colliery. 



The erection of buildings and machinery at this colliery and 

 the first work at the present slopes was commenced about Novem- 

 ber 1867, since which time works of considerable importance 

 have been erected, a railway has been built, and a large amount 

 of coal (about 70,000 tons) has been shipped. 



The section of the Acadia seam at this point is as follows, the 

 measurement being taken in the air shaft of the colliery : 



