288 THE PICTOU COAL FIELD — POOLE. 



Ft. In. 



Strong good coal 3 1 



Soft " 7 



1 3 



Parting irregular 2 



Good coal /. 2 9 



Coarse coal 2 



Total 11 10 



When the Scott pit reached the seam in 1881 the section of it 



at that point was found to be : — 



Ft. In. 



Top coal = ? ? 



Coal 6 



Parting 6 



Coal 5 



Parting 3 



Coal 3J 



Parting 3^ 



Coal 1 lOJ 



Parting Ih 



Coal 5" 



Parting 5 



Coal . 10 



Coarse coal 2 



Coal 6 



Coarse coal 3 



Coal 7 



Coarse coal 3 



Coal 2 



Parting Ih 



Coal 1 



Total 7 4 



So far as workings have proved the ground northward 

 all the faults increase in strength as they go in that 

 direction, all are upthrows to the eastward accompanied 

 by an increasing dip of the measures. In part of the position 

 assigned to the West fault of the Survey (pages 62 and 102 of 

 the Report of 1869), a fault of the Black Diamond series is found, 

 but it disturbs the strata to no great extent and the crop of the 



