GEOLOGY OF HALIFAX AND COLCHESTER CO'S—HONEYMAN. 39 
collection from this mine was exhibited at a Halifax Exhibition 
and elsewhere. The proprietors of this mine sold it for a hand- 
some sum. It was worked for some considerable time afterward 
with success, I understand that mines are still in operation in 
this gold field. [Still later there were other remarkable discoveries 
such as that of the Blue-nose Mine, afterwards called the Albion 
Mine. Vide Paper Trans. Feb. 1, 1856.] 
WAVERLEY GOLD MINEs (A.) 
Proceeding northward we come to the Waverley Gold 
Mines. I directed attention to these in the paper which I read 
to the Geological Society of London in 1862—Vide Quarterly 
Journal. This was selected as the subject of my paper, on 
account of the peculiar character of the quartz veins —so-called 
Barrel quartz—and its proximity to the fine sections of the 
auriferous formation on the Intercolonial and Windsor Railroads. 
Operations in this field were afterwards extended as far as the 
junction of these roads. Here were situate the German Mines. 
We leave these mines at present, to return when we shall have 
noticed the remaining gold mines contained within the bounds 
of our area of observation. 
OLD GuyYSBORO’ ROAD. 
As formerly when we examined the “Superficial Geology” 
—Paper Trans. 1881—-2—we traverse the Old Guysboro’ Road as 
far as Meagher’s Grant. On our way we noticed several out- 
crops of argillites. One of these is very ferruginous. It is near 
“ Goff’s Hotel”’ Vide “ Walling’s Map of Halifax County.” 
MEAGHER’S GRANT (A.) 
Turning toward Musquodoboit Harbour we observed outcrops 
of argillites and then came to strata of Lower Carboniferous 
Limestones at “Seaton’s Farm.” These extend about a mile 
and are succeeded (geologically preceded) by Lower Cambrian 
quartzites without any intermediate formations. These quartz- 
ites extend to “Gibraltar,” about a mile. Altogether unexpect- 
edly we came to and traversed a great band of granite. This 
