10 SECTIONS AND ANALYSES OF N. S. COALS. — GILPIN. 



Six Feet Seam, Vale Colliery, Thorburn : 



This seam does not maintain a regular thickness, varying 

 from 3 to 6 feet, within short distances. Thus in No. 

 1 balance, north side, it runs from 3^ to 5 feet clean 

 coal. In Nos. 2 and 3 balances, same district of the 

 mine, it runs from 4< to 6| feet of crood coal. In tha 

 sinking it shows from 6 to 7 feet of good coal. 



JNova Scotia Steel arid Coal Coynpany : 



G. Mackay Seam, Marsh Colliery : 



Coal (coarse) 



Coal 



Coal (coarse) 



Stone 



Coal 



Total 8 la 



Cumberland County. 

 Cumherland Railway and Coal Company, Springhdl : 

 No. 2 (or West) Slope : 



Feet. Inches. 



West Seam, — west side 8 



Aberdeen Seam (extension of 



West Seam) 8 



yy , o > ) (split extension ( 



Under Seam ( ^,f j^^j^^^i^ ) ^ ^ 



Over Seam, j [;o. East] Seam).. ( 4 a 



No. 3 (or North) Slope : 



North Seam, — west side 8 3 



North Seam, — ea^t side 4 0' 



