608 THE OIL-FIELDS OF EASTERN CANADA. ELL.S. 



ed, these C'arbo'niferous rocks oce-iipy the shore for some 

 distance and extend for several miles out to the end of the 

 point itself, though concealed in part by peat deposits, in which 

 distance they also appear to include portions of an underlying- 

 series of Devonian shales. On the eastern side of the bay, 

 where borings have also been made, the sales and sandstone are 

 again exposed, and include hands of bitumi'nous shale, which 

 exactly resemble certain bands in the Albert shale series of 

 I^ew Brunswick. The shales on both sides of the bay are much 

 disturbed, with numerous faults and dislocations, and in i^laces 

 contai'n remains of plants. It is in this series of rocks that the 

 oil-wells of Long point have been sunk, as well as those on the 

 east shore already referred to. 



\ATiile indications of petroleum are seen at several places 

 along the beach in the form of oozings or small springs, and 

 while it was found i'n small quantity in several of the bore- 

 holes, the amount thus obtained was in all cases unimportant 

 from the economic standpoint, and the geological conditions 

 were such as to warrant the conclusion that the expe'nditure of 

 further capital in the locality was not advisable. Similar con- 

 ditions apparently exist at Parson's pond to the north, where 

 the oil-bearing rocks are apparently of the same horizon, judg- 

 ing from the stateme'nts published on the work done in that 

 district, and are affected by a like series of folds and breaks as 

 at Port au Port. The results of the borings at this place are 

 apparently quite similar to those already described, the oil 

 occurring in small quantity, while the geological conditions 

 appear to l>e equally unfavourable as at Long point. The 

 geological horizon of these deposits, therefore, instead of 

 beloinging to the Cambrian is assignable to the Devonian or 

 lowest part of the Carboniferous, probably the former. 



Crossing the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Gaspe peninsula, 

 in the province of Quebec, we reach another oihfield which has 

 been known for half a ce'iitury, and in the exploitation of which 



