UNDEVELOPED COAL FIELDS 
OF NOVA SCOTIA—GILPIN. 135 
The Journal News has recently published a summary of 
explorations carried on last year by the Cumberland Railway & 
Coal Company in the measures underlying the seams at present 
worked by them. 
It has always been known that there were 
underlying seams, but details as to their size were not available. 
The company has now shown that there are a number of work- 
able seams of good quality available at any time, as shown by 
the following section in descending order from West slope seam : 
‘SGT ge ORCS pone nae Re ee ne ae 
SSGLUE LE ae ee eae Minus Seid 
SS CEUTE So a ae Rn cet eet Wea tek. 
Scrnba: ; . ses ES ee ees 
Beate ca) oes ot Se Coron ERR SES oe: 
perata :.:.. Se ae GR RR a eae ee 
SSS ETT OM cee ne 
Strata Bere ia had cashiers ste, Pes 
SCNT ee ata eta ae UCP eras eae 
Siraha sss. sho. eee 2 tatty oct 
Sein sn AlN, 3 Aad SN: ae 
urate). 4! Beene SO Ok 
SiEE ONY See aera eee PW ee 
SSUTGET Cs By ae oe Paes te ee oa ey Ra 
5 DT a ee wets 
Si ee oe arene ee 
SEDI ea ee Bote sawae 
Strata .... opens i 
‘Sie 01 en at its Scanenerae 
ba Ayes <5) canis ohne tah arate cia aman 
SLEEP DO eae ae oe 
‘SUULCO NST Fen wie i tee eae ae ae 
Seam ... 
This is acase exactly in the line of this argument. 
5 g 
« 
Feet. 
Inches. 
4 
3 
6 
The value 
of the property of this company was before a defined item ; they 
had large tracts of coal opened by their slopes, ensuring, as far 
as the coal miner could judge, many years of work. The dis- 
