CARBONIFEROUS OF CAPE BRETON—GILPIN, 31 
between productive and millstone grit measures is obscure. 
Taking them as grouped together by Mr. Fletcher they form 
the westward slope of the watershed between the Margaree 
River and the Gulf, until about half way between the Forks and 
the mouth of the river, when they come nearly to the river bank 
and form the south-western shore of the harbour. Out of this 
district, which is eleven miles long, and about two and a halt 
miles wide on an average, it may be assumed that a strip on the 
west side about a mile or a mile anda half wide may be assumed 
to be valuable to the coal miner. Attempts have been made to 
open a colliery at Chimney Corner, but a breakwater would have 
to be built before regular operations could be carried on. The 
following section shows the relative positions of the seams 
opened here; they dip under the sea, and are of excellent 
quality :— 
ft. in. 
SURE SeRTINRM a ets OAMloa nla. Lait, Wa aie tite wake i 6 
SURE HEN Og A OT 2 eceage Ee gsr ae a OnE eee SEO 300 0 
BO creases tema r il Oe hy sedi Alp CAR oe coat 3 0 
SCLC Es ROO a a a 88 0 
DEER NOISY oh die dis ei amech Mtae ad dahay noes 5 0 
“SST 15 aes PL ok oc Om ee 200 0 
OFT ORNS Maia eee Bea Pane ech ames 2 3 0 
To the north of Margaree Harbour Mr. Fletcher reports that 
for several miles a narrow fringe of rocks, representing probably 
the lower beds of the district just referred to, skirts the shore, 
Thence to the mouth of the Cheticamp River the Lower Car- 
boniferous come to the shore. The Island of Cheticamp is 
occupied by rocks of the Middle Carboniferous, presumably mill- 
stone grit, as I do not know of any reported outcrops of coal 
seams. 
These notes may serve to show roughly our reserves of coal 
in the County of Inverness, and although they are of consider- 
able value from their quality and extent, the present conditions 
of the coal trade do not warrant any ground for predicting their 
early development. Should the older measures in their vicinity 
yield workable deposits of copper ore and other minerals they 
