TRANSACTIONS 



|loba ^cotiaii Jiisiitutc of Science. 



SESSION OF 1902-1903. 



Is THKKE Coal under Piunce Edward Island ? — By Hesry S. 

 Poole, D. Sc, F. G. S., F. R. S. C. 



(Read isth May, I'.'OJ.) 



The great activity of late in the coal trade of Nova Scotia 

 and a continuing demand have enhanced the value of coal pros- 

 pects, and have stimulated inquiry and search in every direction 

 in which ro^k stt-uctiire may suggest, not only to the geological 

 student and the miner, but to the promoter and speculator, a 

 possible deposit of coal. 



Among the regions in which it is supposed hidden extensions 

 of the productive measure may exist, the Gulf of St. Lawrence 

 is included. For a long time it has been looked on as overlying 

 the major portion of an original coal field of which remnants 

 are found fringing its waters to the south and east, containing, 

 perhaps, in isolated sections, workable seams of coal. 



Prince Edward Island l3dug in the southern part of the 

 Gulf, otfers a means of access to any underlying deposits,, 

 although the superficial strata of the Island, of later age than 

 the coal measures of Nova Scotia, show of themselves no indi- 

 cation of what is beneath, and are regarded as a cloak covering 

 hidden treasures. - 



PROC. & Tkaxs. X. S. IxsT. Sci., Vol. XI. Trans.-A. 



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