334 GEOLOGICAL NOTES -— HONEYMAN. 
ArtTIcLE II]—GeroLocicaL Notes. METALLIFEROUS SANDS. 
By THE REv. D. HonrEyman, D.C.L., F.S. A., F. B.S. C. 
(Read January 9, 1882 ) 
I wouLD direct attention to certain Metalliferous Sands, speci- 
mens of which have been added to the collections of the Proyin- 
cial Museum, and to their affinities. 
1.—AURIFEROUS. 
This is a specimen from Jegoggin Point. Vide Paper “ On the 
Geology of Digby and Yarmouth Counties.” Trans. 1880-81. 
In this Paper I directed attention to the Garnet sand of Lake 
George, and its origin. I also noticed Jegoggin Point as a locality 
where rocks are largely micaceous schists, replete with garnets. 
These were considered to be a continuation of the Lake George 
rocks, from which the garnet sands were derived. When I was 
examining Jegoggin Point, with Mr. 8. M. Ryerson, I observed 
great veins of quartz pervading the garnetiferous schists. Mr. 
R. informed me that gold had been found in them. I was 
therefore not at all surprised when I heard that Mr. Cowan 
had found gold in the sands of Lake George. The fact of 
the existence of a gold mine at Cranberry Point, adjoin- 
ing Jegoggin Point, and in the same singular belt of rocks, 
in a manner prepared me for the report. So when Mr. 
Cowan showed me his gold washings in the Museum, I was 
convinced of their genuineness by seeing the garnets associ- 
ated with the gold. He told me at the same time that his wash- 
ings were not from Lake George. As the other alternative, I 
suggested Jegoggin Point. He answered that that was the place. 
When I examined Jegoggin Point I did not take time to examine 
its sand, as it was down among the rocks; but I inferred that 
this, too, would be found to be garnetiferous, as well as the sand 
at Lake George. This inference is sufficiently obvious. The ex- 
istence of gold in the sand seems to confirm Mr. Ryerson’s state- 
ment that gold had been found in the quartz veins. Description 
of specimen: The most striking part of it are numerous scales 
of gold ; these are associated with beautiful crystals of garnet, 
having sharp angles; there are also grains of magnetite and 
