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22 Section 200 feet east of the last section : 



1. Gravel containing boulders 4 feet. 



2. Greenish, plaster sand 4 " 



3. Fine gravel 2 " 



23. Section on the road 100 yards southeast of Abbott's Ford, 

 British Columbia : 



1. Brownish red soil 3 feet, 



2. Sand containing cobblestones 12 " 



3. Cross-bedded coarse sand, containing gravel lenses 4 " 



4. Sand and gravel 5 " 



24. Section on the road one mile northwest of Sumas lake 

 (Eocene) : 



1. Not seen 300 feet. 



2. Blue shale 10 " 



3. Lignite 2 " 



4. Dark shale 18 " 



5. Lignite 6 inches. 



6. Dark blue shale 20 feet. 



7. Yellowish, rather massive sandstone 100 ' ' 



Parties have tried to mine coal here at several different times ; 

 but the seams are too thin and there is too much dirt in the coal to 

 make it pay. 



25. Section four miles south of Murphy's Landing, on the Fraser 



(Eocene) : 



1. Sandstone, shale, fire-clay, and very small seams of lignite 



(estimated) 500 feet. 



26. Section just west of the railway-tracks at Sumas City : 



1. Sand and gravel 42 feet. 



2. Sandy gravel 40 " 



3. Sand 20 " 



27. Section in a well in the southwest quarter of township 40, 

 range 4 east : 



1. Light, sandy yellow clay .^. 8 feet. 



2. Quicksand 4 " 



28. Section on the road two and one-half miles east of Everson : 



1. Soil 3 feet. 



2. Coarse gravel 10 " 



3. Fine gravel 12 " 



4. Plastering sand 2 " 



