266 MINERALS FOR THE PARIS EXHIBITION.—GILPIN. 
In Cape Breton as yet there has been little iron ore 
development. Anextensive and valuable deposit at Gillis Lake, 
is known as the Moseley mine. 
The following set of analyses will tend to show its quality : 
IP 2. 3. 4, 
lrg, eee ca os 63.45 63.20 58.90 64.10 
IEA soe seins coe s 0.00 6.42 13.38 4.71 
Phosphorus ....  .0212 014 0257 nil. 
Sulphur... ..:.2. 20631 .0604 0041 0027 
The bed, which has been traced for several miles, averages 
about seven feet in thickness, and is associated with a crystalline 
limestone, presumably of laurentian age. It is within about 
four miles of deep water, and about eight miles from the 
Intercolonial Railway. | 
In the devonian strata in the neighborhood of St. Peter’s, 
Richmond County, there are a number of deposits of specular 
ore, Similar to those found in strata of the same age in Guysboro 
County. 
The following analysis from the Micmac mine, about six 
miles from St. Peter’s, will serve to show the class of this ore: 
Tron ie Sides crea dete a aes 68.13 Sulphur... ....-+..5 2 same 
SuCa 6's glek os b GG oaea'e S ice eetOa EOS POP US eos eee 05 
Prospecting work at Whycocomagh, Cape Breton, has shown 
the presence of a number of beds of magnetite and red hematite 
up to twelve feet in thickness. Judging from surface indications, 
there is an extensive iron field in this locality. Analyses show 
metallic iron, from 49.13 to 63.20; Silica, up to 21.90; Sulphur, 
trace to .55; Phosphorus, trace to .49. 
Very extensive deposits of a similar character occur at 
Nictaux, Annapolis Co., and are represented by a number of 
samples. A deposit of red hematite, at Torbrook, in this 
district, about six feet thick, was worked for some years, until 
the Londonderry Furnaces were closed. A description of the 
ores and analyses will be found in a paper on the Iron Ores of 
Nictaux read by me before this. Institute a few years ago. 
