38 GEOLOGY OF HALIFAX AND COLCHESTER CO’S—HONEY MAN. 
CoLE HARBOUR. 
Then I traversed the region N. W. by Cole Harbour, the 
Lawrenectown and Dartmouth Road, and crossed over to 
entrance to the Preston Road, to the north of Dartmouth. All 
was rough and rocky. Quartzites only were observed until we 
reached the Dartmouth argillites. Quartzites solid. Stratified 
often in bold sections ; are broken up in wildest confusion. 
LAWRENCETOWN GOLD MINE. 
Again and again the same rough region was traversed by 
the road from Dartmouth to Lawrencetown. (The “ Lawrence- 
town” Gold Field occurs in this formation in the locality so 
named. This is one of the oldest of our gold fields and the least 
productive. A very fine specimen from it was a prominent 
object in the Government Collection at the Exposition de Paris, 
1867.) 
MONTAGUE GOLD MINES. 
Proceeding to the north of Dartmouth along the lakes we 
cross the argillites already mentioned and enter upon the 
quartzites. At a distance of about 6 miles we come to the road 
that leads to the Montague Gold Mines. On one occasion we 
examined these with the Institute, when Mr. Lawson was work- 
ing there successfully. Wide Appendix to Trans. 1870. 
Still later I made a more particular examination with 
“Wong Kien Shoo.” After examining excavations by prospect- 
ing, where much quartz had been broken up in search for gold, 
with apparently unsuccessful results, we came into the line of the 
old “Lawson Mines.” Here we fcund a number of parallel quartz 
veins little disturbed. These had been evidently examined 
without success. The course of these was nearly E. and W. 
We found considerable excitement by a recent successful search 
for gold. A fine collection of rich quartz specimens were on 
exhibition in a miner’s house and rich quartz at the Crushing 
Mill, erected on the old Mines. The vein from which these were 
extracted was examined and seen to advantage, as the excavation 
was only to a depth of 9 or 10 feet below the surface. A fine 
