144 UNDEVELOPED COAL FIELDS OF NOVA SCOTIA—GILPIN. 
As these strata have an inland range of only a few hundred 
yards and dip under the sea, their value is by no means com- 
mensurate with the richness of the section. It is important, 
however, to note that such favorable conditions existed on this 
side of the island for the accumulation of coal seams. 
The Port Hood district may next be referred to. Here open- 
ings have been made on an excellent seam, which, outcropping 
on the shore, dips under Port Hood Harbour. In the rear of this 
seam there is an area of about ten square miles which merits 
examination. Coal seams of small size are reported about a mile 
from the shore at Port Hood, and indications of coal for nearly 
two miles further east. 
The following section shows the relative positions of the 
seams as given by Mr. Brown :— 
Feet. luches. 
Coal aitubides Waher esac cc aries. eines 6 0 
Dita Gani op eecie a catelorcls OF en CNRS rs 360 0 
Feet. Inches. 
Coaliset \«,..8 1 0 
Coal Slate.. 0 9 Seam worked 6 0 
Coall eis oe 4 3 
Strata containing several thin seams..1500 0 
Should coal seams be found in the as yet unexplored district 
back from the shore tbey will presumably extend not only 
under the land area but also conjointly with the known seams 
under the harbor. 
The islands forming Port Hood Harbor are partly underlaid 
by coal measures. It has been assumed that a shaft sunk on 
them would open up a large coal field. While the measures are 
the same on the islands as on the mainland, the faults on them 
bringing up the limestone and gypsum would render the assump- 
tion of absolute continuity a matter of discussion. The question 
of their value to the coal miner could be settled only by boring. 
At Broad Cove work has been done to show that in the land 
area there are a number of valuable coal seams, which will also 
be available under the water. The area of this coal field appears 
