94 G. M. DAWSON ON BORINGS IN 
The section is as follows :— 
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ME dE E a Or obonddeo noue deobooinono no hooote coco oodo cube 3 
51Sand, redtolblacke: 2:68 eeecrccecc-merecetee cr soanasdae 18 
Gh THE DER 0000000 0 Mobokccondedo osbnco pécouonbnnonnece 2n0e 10 
Sand dark 81Mm1lartoNO Dee eee c-e--c-cr--e-Er hr recrerCe 4 
8, Reddish clay, with small pebbles... 2.5 "MR eee ere. 15 
OMSand'darcandifiner----".-"c-rhrsr-cccete-c---r 2e Ce -Cece — 
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VI.—Borine AT BELLE PLAINE STATION. 
Belle Plaine Station is twenty-four miles west of Regina and forty-eight west of 
McLean, at an elevation of 1,877 feet. The boring was begun at a point three feet below 
the railway grade, and carried to a depth of 1,551 feet. Two specimens of the material 
from the lower part of the hole were sent to me by Mr. Swan, but not having had a suite 
of specimens from the various levels, I am able to give only the actual log, as follows :— 
Feer 
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2b MEM EE cancod too. geogddOSMO GR abnN OaBOOGOd OnE 11 94 
2NBlie ER SosmouanoBooDUOdCE Hooodacgep acca cogotn Oooo ee 80 i 
ch BahiGiiseeityocbo bounpo ndoooD Gado cdoD Ladd as o0o0n eee 150 
H: PBlack Shiallessis.cas oy ste eretere lee lar eu hes otsternveieeis te eros lon clel stoners nc 75 | 
GAGrev Sal EEE CT ECC Hot ge Ce Lee ce 125 !: 800 
FABrownilimestoncsc sec ie cinee cite ieee ce 6 | 
CHAR EE bcasonas pons odopncapsbunooodcOscoGunD dsacace ec 444 J 
OmReddishisand mocks ere sree caeeer ete eet tates eteirrs 20 ] 
NE SA El sogoccecoocobedeomacooctooddotooonooodsndiccéde 190 | 
lHardiwhitesanderock----"---- "cer ecrire 2 657 
12. Grey shale, with thin layers of sand rock.. ................ 200 
TBE Grey softs pales -2- eee ciete/ula ie sec LP ECC EEE 175 | 
IZ ISVs) arIGY coo qoodiacoonaonigobD0gbn dod bacG.agno00C0GbG0 on 70 J 
Torar eee 1,551 
In this boring, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are doubtless referable to the superficial deposits, but 
appear rather to represent the fine lake sediment before alluded to as covering the surface 
in this region than the boulder-clay, though part of layer 3 may be boulder-clay. Layers 
4 and 5, with little doubt, represent the Pierre shales, which might, on other grounds, be 
expected to underlie this part of the country. It appears to me, indeed, highly probable 
that all the beds down to and including No.8 are referable to the Pierre shales, and that 
No. 7, which Mr. Swan believed to be a boulder, may have been one of the large 
calcareous nodules frequently found in that formation. If this be so the Pierre would 
here have been passed through for a depth of 800 feet, which elsewhere in the Northwest 
is about its full thickness. 
Numbers 9 to 13, inclusive, with a total thickness of 657 feet, evidently on either 

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