THE PICTOU COAL FIELD — POOLE. 



291 



SECTIONS OF THE ACxVDIA SEAM AT THE SEVERAL POINTS INDICATED. 





'^■n 









Roof coal . . . . 



Good coal . . . . 



Parting 



Good coal . . . 



Fireclay 



Good coal . . . . 



C Bottom coal 

 -j with 

 [ Stone 



Good coal . . . . 



Ft. in. 

 5 



2 3 



I 



4 



5 



3 2 

 3 9 



(8" to 22) 

 I 10 



Ft. in. 



.5 8 



3 

 3 3 



5 7 

 (10") 



Ft. in. 



1 2 

 J coarse 

 I 1 



7 

 f coarse 

 \ 4 1 



5 3 



(1 7) 



Drummond Section of Strata. 



Ft. In. 



Main Seam 17 



Measures 184 



Second (Scott pit) 12 



Measures 107 9 



m • 1 o ) Coarse coal 3 



TlnrdSeam.|(,^^^^^^^^ 3 ^ 



Measures 90 



Fourth Seam (Poor coal) 8 



The quality of the main coal has proved not to be uniform across 

 the Section. The south levels in the Drummond Mine found the 

 coal become inferior as they neared the south corner, and those 

 to the deep that are shown driven across into the Holmes area 

 were stopped before striking the expected McCulloch's brook 



