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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL ]IISTORY SOCIETY. 



Third Report on the Geological Surrey of the Prorincc of Xeir 

 Brnnsxoick, by Abraham Gesner, F. G. S., Provincial Geo- 

 logist, etc., St. John, IS41 (i. to .vr., 1-SS = 103 ymges. 



Page. 



i. Letter, v. Introduction. 

 1 County of St. John. 

 G Mispec. 



lO Black River. 



1:i Emerson's Creek. 



IH Ten Mile Creek. 



].") Porphyry. 



10 Obsei-vations on the 

 State and Gray wacke 

 of the Coast. 



17 Elevated Coast, Raised 

 Be-Mches, etc 



21 Tertiary Formations. 



■i'-i Animal Remains. 



24 Hammond R., Westmor- 

 land Coal Field. 



Page. 



28 New Red Sandstone. 

 :il Smith's Creek. 



33 Mill Stream. 



34 General view of New- 



Red Sandstone of 

 Westmorland and 

 Kings Counties. 

 38 Mineral Contents, Lead, 

 Rock Salt, Iron, Gyp- 

 sum. 

 42 Valleys of Denudation. 

 45 Agricultural Character 

 of New Red Sand- 

 stone District. 

 I 46 Kingston. 

 I 50 Springfield. 



Page. 



51 Iron Ore. 



55 Wickham. 



5U AVashademoak. 



63 General Remark'^ ..n 



New Brunswick L'oal 



field. 

 63 Grand Lake. 

 70 Salmon River. 

 77 Alluvium of the St. John 



River. 

 SO Portion of a Jaw-bone. 

 81 Record of Borings at 



Salmon River. 

 , 84 Glossary of Geological 



terms. 



Fourth Report on the Geological Surrey of the Proriiice of Xcir 

 Bncnsicick, by Abraham Ge.sner, F.G.S., Pr(>rinci(d Geolo- 

 gist, etc. , St. John, lSJf2 (101 pp. ) 



Page. 



3 Letter. 



5 Introduction. 

 KS Graywacke and Slate, 



24 Coal Field South of the 



St. John River. 



25 Exploration of Scoodic 



and Cheputneticook 

 Rivers and Lakes. 



42 Red Paint. 



43 Limestone. 



44 Woodstock, 



Page. 



50 Northampton, South- 



ampton, t-tc. 



51 Mineral Springs. 

 54 Terraces. 



63 General Description of 

 Great Coal Field of 

 New Brunswick. 



70 Physical Features of the 

 Great Coal Field. 



Tl Peat. 



72 Rocks and Minerals of 

 the Coal Field. 



Page. 



78 Fossils of the Coal Field 

 80 Plants of the Coal Field 

 84 Topngrraphical Details. 



84 Tidnisii River. 



85 Cocagne. 

 87 Richibucto, 

 89 Coal. 



91 Bog Iron Ore. 



92 Kouchibouguac. 

 99 Nashwaak. 



Report on the Geological Survey of New Bruiisuick, u-H/i a toj'o- 

 grapJdccd account of the Public Lands (and the district 

 explored in 184^2), by Abraham Gesner, F. G. S., Provincial 

 Geologist, etc., St. John, I843 (SS pp). 



Page. 



3 Letter. 



5 Introduction. 

 12 Topographical Report. 

 35 Tobique River. 

 34 Exploi'ation of the 



Ri'stigouche River. 

 47 PuVilic Lands. 

 51 Geological Report. 

 .55 Recent Alluviums. 

 50 Ancient Alluvium. 

 h'.S Tertiary Deposits. 



Page. 



61 Red Sandstone, Gyp- 

 sum, etc 



63 Coal Formation. 



H3 Silurian System. 



67 River Saint John. 



69 Silurian Rocks of Bay 

 Chaleur. 



73 Cambrian Svstem. 



73 Gnuute. Syenite. 



74 Trap. .Serpentine. 



75 Economic Geology. 



Page. 



76 Various Alluviums. 



77 Marl, Clay, Sand. 



78 Salt, Gypsum, etc. 



79 Water Limestone, etc. 



80 Flagstones,Grin<;sti-)nes, 



Slate, etc. 



81 Coralline MarUles. Ser- 



lientiue, Grnniie. 



83 Coal, Iron, Lend. 



84 Manganese, Copper 

 86 Lime in Agriculture. 



N. B.— Of the 467 pages of texts of these reports, 85 are devoted to a description 

 of the coal fields and their products. 



