!*onii'aiillirnrilp- 



Mill Creek. al»ut fonr uillej» nbove the mill, towosliip 5. rauK» I. west of llie fiflli initial 

 ■ moriaian. Distrii't uf AllwrLi. North-H'eal Ternlory. Seam eijrlit lo nine feet thick, willi 

 ' aholy imrtingH. Geo. Poa,— Crotaceous, orposaihly haramie. 



Sewind croaaliiB. Marlcii Creek. Crow Neat PftM, RocJty Monntains, BriiiBli Columbia. 

 There ara aaid lo be Tour senms of ttiia luateriiil at Uiis loi'slily. liaving a thickness of 

 ««(loctivfily three, four, live, ami six feel. Gea Pos,— Cretai-emia, Kw.ianiti series. 



Second croaaintr. Marien nre«k. Crow Nest Pose. Roeky Mountaîna, Briliah Columbia. 

 ' Fiom the "Peter" warn. Neam said to l)e fourleen feel lliick. (ieo. P<a. — Crelat'eous, 

 Koolanie aeries. 



South Fork of the Old Man River, four milea above llie aoulh branch. Racky Mountains, 

 nislriclor Atlxirla, Norlh-WeatTerrilory. Seam nine feet nme incheo thick. Geo. Pos. - 

 Oralareous. 



(.'.âseaile River, near Bow Kiver, aboiil a qnarter of a mile from the line of the Canadian 

 Parilii^ Railway, smith-eoat l'orner of aection S, township 2(t. ran^e II, west of the liflh 

 initiiil iiieridian.Llislrita of Alberta, North-Weat 'IWrilory. Up|«r thit'k aeam near Eln^hos' 

 mine. (17). 8eam tlirvn feel ten ineliea thîuk. Gea Poa.— CretAceoiia, Kootanie séries. 



Old Man Rivor. North Fork, one mile and a-lialf from the haae of the Rocky Monnlains, 

 township 10, range 3. wu.it of the lïnii initial meridian, Distrirt or Allierlu, Norlh-WeatTer- 

 rilory. Sejim live feel thii'k. Geo. Poa. — Crvlaceima, lower than Pierro shales, probiibly 

 KuiitnniD scriea. 



Casca<le Rivor, Bow River Pass, Rooky Mountains, section IB, townsliip 30, ranime 11, west 

 of llie llflh initial meriilian, District of Alherla, North*West Territory. Fair avara<;e of the 

 entire lui-e of soam — whii-h, al the [tointof collection, bail a lhii;knea^ of about I'nurfeet. Geo. 

 Pos. — (.'retni«oiis, Kootanie series. 



North-west braiK^h of the North Fork of the Old Man Kiver, Rocky Mountains, District of 

 .\llierta, Norlh-Wixi Territory. Keain eight fotit, or more, tliii'b. Geo. Po-.— Cri'lawous. 



From Marab'sMine, abnul one mile and a-lialf south of How River, at Gap aiding. Rocky 

 Mi>iintains, IfiHlnct of Allierla. Nortb-Weat Territory. Upper seam. Seam almut twelve 

 feel Ihii'k- i ieii, P.ii.— I retjuwDMit. 



DESCRITION. 



Stroctnte lino lamellar— made np of layers of a greyiali-hlarlt, snmewbnt dull, and jel-hla»"k coal 

 of briilianl lustre— oomp ml ; fracture uneven, that of the brighlor layers mnohoidal ; powder Ijlai'k, 

 with a faint brownish tinge; hard and lirni. In npiicamnce, it closely resembles some varieties of 

 coal nflbe Carboniferous sy^lem. 



Slniclnre rompacl— made up of more or leps spherical or lenticular shaped nodular grains of 

 pitch-black color and hrilliaoL lustre, thickly disseminated through a malrix of dull, greyisli-black- 

 rnnlv mat 1er : toubfb: sonorous; fraclnre somewbal irreunlar with a lendencv " ' ' """' 



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coaly mailer ; longn; sonnrous; iraclnre somewhat irregular with a tendency to large concboidal ; 

 powder brown isb-black. Resists ex|>osiire lo the air. llfi) 



Has n crumpled foliated strnrtnre; bIiowh slickensldea ; color grey ishddack to black ; lustre resinous 

 —that oftliealickensided surfaces ot-casionally inclining lo vitreous; firm; fracture irregular ; con- 

 tains, here ami there, a delicate lilm of pyrite ; irnwder hrownisli-black ; resists exposure to the air- 

 Structure very fine lamellar — rompacl^ color greyîsb-black ; lustresub-reainous to resinous ; frac- 

 ture uneven ; powder almost black ; hard and lirm ; resisbi exposure tn the nir. In apjiearaure, it is 

 not unlike some varieties of coal of the Carlwniferous system. 



Structure lamellar, made np of irregularly ttlteriiating l.iyers of a grey is h -black, somewhat bright, 

 nnd dense jel-black coal of brilliant luslre— compact ; in parts iridescent ; brittle ; frarlure, on tlie 

 whiile. uneven, that of the denser ami more lustrous layers, more or less conclioidal ; powder i 

 black ; hard and lirm ; resists exposure to the air ; whon suddenly heated il decrepitates, but 

 not ver>' considerab!)'. I 



Sinicturecompact— lines of beddingsomevvlint indistinct; contains a fewlbin layers of interslralilieil I'Til^!)!) 



bright black coal; shows traces of alickensides ; fracture uneven, thatof the bright layers conclioidal ; 

 lusirti sub-rcuioouB to resinous ; powder almost black ; hard anil firm ; resists ex|Nâurc tu the aïr. 



Structure very âne lamellar — compact ; it is here and there intersected by thin plates of calcite, Ihidei. 



as al'O by an occasional film of pyrite ; color grej^ish- black, almost black ; lustre resinous ; fracture 

 uneven ; powder dark brown, inclining to blackish-brow n ; hard and firm ; résista exposure to the 

 air In appearance, it resemtiles some varieties of the Carboniferous system. 



Structures very fine lamellar— compact ; shows alickensides, some specimens in an eminent ] "1272 

 «iegt^e ; contains inierstratifiod, more or less disconnected, lenticular layers of pitch-black, highly 

 lustrous coal in which no structure is visible, and an occasional patch of mineral charcoal; brittle ; 

 fracture, on the whole, uneven, that of the denser and more lustrous lasers, imperfectly concboidal ; 

 color greyish-black to black, varying with ihe layers — in parts iridescent; lustre re.^iinous to 

 vitreous ; powder pure black ; when heated decrepitates ; hard and firm. 



Compact;; shows slickensides ; color greyish-black ; lustre sub-reainons to resinous ; finii ; fracture ndet. 



uneven ; powder almost black : resists exposure to the air. In appearance, it resembles soiuo 

 varieties of coal of the Carboniferous system. 



Structure fine lamellar— compact ; shows slickensides ; color black ; lustre vitreous ; fracture un- !.< ndet- 



even ; powder almost black ; hard and firm ; resists exposure to the nir. In appearance, it closely 

 re«emli1e8 some varieties of c/ial of the Carbon iferous system- 

 Structure compact; highly contorted, shows alickensides in an eminent degree, mode up of Vndet. 

 allirnating layers of a greyisb-lilai'k, dull, and jet-black coal of brilliant lustre; brittle; fracture, ' 

 on the whole, uneven, that of the moro hislrous layers conclioidal ; powder black ; hard and lirm ; 

 resists exposure to the air. i 



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PROXIMATE ANALYSLS-PAST CCOKmo. 



Tfae nstî erolvt. 



durloK cukiDt 

 hurnt «ith a— 



HYQHOSCOPICITT. 



POTASH REACnON. (2] 



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PilIc yeliatT, 



^uiukïlosstlat 

 lecblc luiuiii^ 



pale ycllun. 

 jiuukelet^ Itamo n 

 lulile luiuiiiD»it3' 



Cobroribttaih. 





Nnn-coherent. 



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