30 CARBONIFEROUS OF CAPE BRETON—GILPIN. 
known at the mines of the Inverness Coal and Railway Com- 
pany, where work has been carried on intermittently for a 
number of years. 
The following general section of the strata has been given 
by Mr. Brown :— 
Upper GROUP. 
ite in. 
Coal Jkiieucm Musmnen So ee Oe eee 3 0 
SEPA a heise dene alle oy Os hacer Se i RROD 0 
Coal 5 xcisietos a guts oon ech ee 5 0 
SLUAGA chats mimta ei cisats vo buA ena ohn he nee eee 100 0 
Oaths dsc a CARR eS sees sae tes aha, ae 7 0 
Srartias s xcacwersee cw icanwe Res 6 tu oe 240 0 
COB iden ora neice hate, 2 toledo fe aaa ee 3 6 
LOWER GROUP. 
Of07:) Ia ee ane nn Sar Mah MeN eR peyt  Fs 2 6 
RSG n eta. ta Nees cb AA scant ed pee te Rat 60 0 
Coalu(saidt@-We); ace, sever ste Meee eaters 3 6 
In common with all the other coal districts of Western Cape 
Breton there is no proper shipping place. The coal shipped from 
the Broad Cove mines had to be lightered to vessels lying in an 
open roadstead, an arrangement that could not be followed at 
the present prices of coal. It has been proposed to cut a ship 
channel across the bar forming MclIsaac’s Pond, which would 
give ample dock room. It is questionable how far such a channel 
would prove permanent, in view of the smail volume of fresh 
water discharged into the pond, and the continued drift of sand 
along the coast, as the forces laying down the sand bar would 
resume their work the moment its profile was altered. At 
Chimney Corner, a few miles to the north, at some considerable 
expense a breakwater could be built so as to afford shipping 
facilities, but the frequent employment of a dredge would be 
required, 
Continuing to the north we meet the commencement of the 
Chimney Corner coal field at Broad Cove Marsh. Here, as _ else- 
where in the district under consideration, the dividing line 
