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('o.), also— ronstitiTfiug large ycius, on .Tawis, McKfillar's and Pie Islands, Lake 

 Superior, lied crystals associated with ^iurple fluorit(^ are fonnd on Iron Island, Lake 

 Nipissing ; and isolated pale reddish-yellow crystals have been found by Prof. 

 Chapman (Can. Jouru., Nov., 1885) in veins, in the township of Neebing, near Fort 

 William, Thunder Bay, Lake Superior, and subsequently in other mineral veins iu 

 that region. 



41. Berthierite — Is mentioned (Dana, Minn., p. 86) as occurring near Frederictou, 

 province of New Brunswick. Prof. Bailey thinks the locality referred to would 

 most probably be the antimony mine in the parish of Prince AVilliam, about twenty- 

 five miles from Frederictou (York Co., N.B.) 



42. Beryl — Crystals of this mineral, having a diameter of three inches and more, and a 

 length of from twelve to fifteen inches, have been met with, by Abbé J. C. K. 

 Laflamme, in the township of Jonquière (Chicoutimi Co.), and it has also been found 

 in the township of Brassard (Berthier Co.), province of Quebec. 



43. BiOTiTE — A dark bottle-green mica from Moore's slide (Roche-Fendue channel) on the 



Ottawa Eiver, has been referred to this species. 



44. Bismuth. Native, — Was recognized by Prof. Chapman in some rolled pieces of quartz 

 from near Echo Lake, on the north-west shore of Lake Huron ; and agreeably with 

 the observations of Dr. Hunt, it also occurs, in traces, iu a veinstone in the township 

 of Tudor (Hastings Co.), province of Ontario. 



45. BiSMUTHiNiTE — Has been met with, in small lamellar and sub-fibrous masses, iu a 



quartz vein at Hill's mine, in the rear of Tudor township, Hastings county, province 

 of Ontario. 



46. BiSMUTiTE— Has been recognized, by Dr. Hunt, as occurring in a quartz vein at Hill's 



mine, in the rear of the township of Tudor, Hastings county, province of Ontario. 

 4*7. Bituminous Coal — Of the Carboniferous formation occurs in the provinces of New 

 Brunswick and Nova Scotia. In the former, though covering a large surface area, 

 more than two-thirds of the entire extent of the province, the Carboniferous or coal 

 bearing rocks have afforded as yet but little promise of large or valuable deposits, 

 and with the exception of the beds at Grand Lake in Queen's county, which are about 

 two feet in thickness, no stratiim of bituminous coal, sufficiently large or pure to be 

 profitably worked, has as yet been discovered. In the province of Nova Scotia there 

 are three important coal basins, viz., those of Cape Bretou, Pictou, and Cumberland 

 counties — the first mentioned occupying an area of at least 190 square miles, with a 

 thickness of not less than 7,000 feet of the Carboniferous strata ; the second occupies 

 an area of only some 22 square miles, but several of the coal seams are of extraordinary 

 thickness ; the area of the Cumberland field is likewise small, but includes several 

 good coal seams. Coal is not found iu the provinces of Quebec and Ontario ; the 

 black combustible coal-like matter referred to under " Authraxolite," is however met 

 with in small quantity at various localities in both these provinces. In the North- 

 west Territory in the Eocky Mountains, and iu the adjacent foot-hills, there are 

 extensive deposits of a bitumenous coal which, although of Cretaceous age, is iu all 

 respects — physical character and chemical composition — uudistinguishable from coal 

 of the Carboniferous, and the same may be said of the coal of the extensive and 

 important deposits, also of Cretaceous age, which exist iu various parts of British 

 Columbia. For reference to analyses, see under " Mineral coal." 



