252 SOME ANALYSES OF NOVA SCOTIA COALS 
In the upper part of George’s River in Cape Breton County 
there is a large deposit of iron pyrites in rocks which are, I 
think, laid down as Laurentian by the Geological Survey. The 
deposit has as vet been examined only superficially, but so far 
appears somewhat low in sulphur. The following analysis of 
samples from the most promising exposure gives :— 
RAO 0) OND ce PMI os een er ena RRA RE A 25°00 
Copper, sa casio stern s earn ere ll) 
Gold As NEG PR ais Erne eee eee ee aa Trace 
Silver eeies behie® tema near ats Saar aiaiced 6 , . Trace. 
Silica el wee Ode ks Baa Rech Om kd 1 A 52:00 
ron seces ees ee nian U etshomenete ‘ecco 25°00 
For a number of years the presence of iron ore at Whycog- 
omah in Cape Breton has been well known. The ores which are 
mavnetites and red hematites are so very favourably situated, 
being close to the waters of the Bras d’Or Lake, that a good 
deal of work was done on them a number of years ago. A 
number of beds were opened and traced. They varied up to 
nine feet in thickness, and occurred in the Limestone division of 
the Laurentian, as described by Mr. Fletcher in his numerous 
reports on the Geology of Cape Breton, issued by the Survey. 
The analyses of the ores were contradictory in character, 
some being high in phosphorus, while others were very pure and 
ran high in iron. Last fall fresh discoveries were made in this 
district some distance from the old openings, of beds of magnetite 
some upwards of 100 feet in width. Indications are not want- 
ing that these ores extend over a large tract of country. 
The following analyses will serve to show the quality of 
the ores :— 
STO AR Be Go Goo aro 5 ona 3 ISAT EN: ~ 1441 
Abluimminies, Ae Be had cane ae teace is 4 siaseohe eae 7:33 
Manoanese (Oxide 67. eecm ss aoe eee ‘GL 
Ive: (Gee. c kote ove ator une «stella aye cane 
Sulphur i ase-e RNa eis 5s Sis sie ie ele a) serene "22 
Metallierirom s.scysoe ieee. VE cinitchceeetes 54°50 
Phosphorwsy)+.ciyies cketevaeeee ome . Trace. 
Magniesiayiiss ickeps i aaties oi otereieiee pee a's pe, eUaee 
