270 MINERALS FOR THE PARIS EXHIBITION,—GILPIN, 
stones has secured a reputation for the district second only to 
that acquired by quarries more favorably situated in large 
industrial districts. Similar deposits are known at several 
places along the Joggins shore. 
Marbles are represented by a sample from Escasoni, Cape 
Breton County, contributed by Mr E. T. Bown. 
The following list shows the building stone quarries from 
which samples have been secured for the Exhibition :—A. Allen, 
W. W. Garmon, River John; T, C. Dobson, Wallace; MeLeod & 
Embree, Pugwash; Wallace Graystone Company, Wallace; A. 
McPherson, Eight Mile Brook; R. L. Hibbard, Joggins; J. H. 
Fraser, Limebrook. 
Barytes. 
This mineral is known at Five Islands, Stewiacke, River 
John, and at Lake Ainslie, in Cape Breton. At present a few 
hundred tons are annually mined at the last-named locality. 
The ore occurs in a vein about nine feet wide, and is extracted 
through a tunnel. It is of excellent color and quality, and low 
in carbonate of lime. Samples of this mineral are exhibited by 
Messrs. Henderson & Potts. 
Gypsum. 
‘This mineral is found in great abundance in Nova Scotia, 
It is presented as hard and soft gypsum in every variety of 
texture and purity. The annual production is about 150,000 
tons, principally from Hants County. Small amounts are 
quarried at other localities for local use, as an ingredient for 
fertilizers, etc. The exports from Hants County go to the 
United States, and a considerable shipment is made from 
Victoria County to Montreal and Philadelphia. Samples are 
exhibited from Windsor, Wentworth, St. Croix, Newport and 
other localities, in Hants County. Selenite is also shown from 
Enfield, in the same county, which has yielded a few hundred 
tons. 
