300 



THE PICTOU COAL t'lELD — POOLE. 



Dark blue clay . , 

 Bituminous coal 

 shale 

 coal 



shale 

 coal 



shale 



Deep 



seam. 



90 

 3 

 8 

 3 



3 

 2 

 8 



Strong (lark clay 11 



Strong clay grit 7 



Fireclay embedding — Patrick balls 10 



Bituminous shale 3 



Coal (Third seam) 1 



Strong dark clay 6 



Fireclay 69 



Strong fireclay : 3 



Dark fireclay 5 



Black bat 1 



In. 



6 

 

 6 

 9 

 

 6 

 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 

 



9 

 6 

 

 

 7 

 

 

 6 

 1 

 3 

 6 

 G 

 9 



Ft. In. 



measures, and it was supplemented by trial pits and bore-holes. 

 The tunnel was 930 feet in length, and probably was driven 

 from below the level of No. 3 pit at a depth of 175 feet from the 

 surface, but its true location is in doubt. 



The section made from it was as follows : — 



Ft. 



Unworked bottom coal of the Main seam 24 



Black shale 1 



Bituminous shale .... 14 



Black shale with Ironstone balls 4 



Blue clay 38 



Blue clay vegetated 9 



Dark blue clay 5 



Strong white clay grit 2 



165 9 



15 9 



39 7 



1 6 



In 1820 was published Haliburton's History of Nova Scotia, 

 in wliich reference was made to the extent of the coal field and 

 its o-eoloo-ical relations. It contains a section in minute detail 



NoTK. — The terms are those used on the orij^inal section. 



