142. UNDEVELOPED COAL FIELDS OF NOVA SCOTIA—GILPIN. 
Owing to the want of demand for coal and to the heavy sur- 
face cover accompanied by the almost vertical position of the 
seams, little progress has been made in tracing the seams inland 
towards Hawkesbury. It is probable that they are sharply 
folded at no great distance from the shore, and their nearest 
outcrop at Little River represents their re-appearance on a 
parallel folding. 
At Little River the measures are steeply inclined and present 
the following section ascertained by the Eastern Development 
Company some years ago :— 
Feet. Inches. 
Clee ee aN a ak enn ees 33 0 
SS Ise es cesar mc AES Dis ena se 154 0 
One acte paca ae De EEA eR 4 0 
SI CENT ORE A re Me CNR a eR, eo =) 60 0 
Goalie ect cee Satticesanerne 3 0 
Strata chs ase Re ey anni arte e215) 0 
(OG) Nera Root Orb dal ek ee SS euaueeers o 0) 
The upper beds were opened and a few hundred tons extracted. 
The coal is compact and apparently of good quality. The upper 
part of the section appears to agree with that of Sea Coal Bay. 
The following analysis given by Sir William Dawson in a 
report made by him many years ago, will show that the large 
percentage of ash forms the principal drawback to the fuel :— 
Volatile Matter). .6.46 5 occ eye ees 30.25 
Fixed Carbon ......... rt 55.16) 
Nahai ctnd po Raine ee sake Tk ae 13.35 
100.00 
I am informed that the workings of the Eastern Development 
Company a few years ago showed a decided improvement in the 
quality of the coal away from the outcrop. Attempts made to 
follow these seams have not proved successful, probably because 
they are here as at Sea Coal Bay folded in sharp curves, and the 
surface is level and deeply covered with detritus. The construc- 
tion of a railway from Hawkesbury to St. Peter’s and Louisburg, 
recently subsidised by the Provincial Government, across this 
