CARBONIFEROUS OF CAPE BRETON—GILPIN. 115 
PVEOUSUUNOM. rote eek svete ol iseeeianeece ald Mo he's 1.53 
Volatile: combustible matter 0.0... 2... 20.16 
PCC CAT OOM seis sen Ses ete ces aie es eh ate 47.49 
SITUS SSA Ae Re Oo gc aR ea EAE tre ML 30.82 
100.00 
At other points the coal is reported by Mr. Fletcher as yielding 
an inconsiderable amount of ash. Another outcrop of coal in 
this district is interesting, as it presents in the Lower Carboni- 
ferous conglomerate the evidences of an origin identical with 
that of the more important seams of the productive measures. 
It yielded : 
Wolatile combustible matter .........<.- 17.80 
Basa CAGE LOMA: Saat oon aed Ose nome Nato were 29.04 
EAGT C No SEE Se ie NEE A SOD RE tn LOS 8 53.16 
About eight miles from Baddeck, at Hunter’s Mountain, is an 
outcrop of coal similar in composition and mode of occurrence 
to that just mentioned. The coal is irregular, varying in thick- 
ness from a few inches to two feet. It is divided by numerous 
cleavage planes, sometimes coated with galena. 
At East Bay, in the marine limestones and marls, pockets 
occur holding cale and fluor spar and patches of bright cubical 
coal yielding on analysis : 
PaMoatiSommabter ws Fic ke sees. ww eek wa eto Orie 
JDP SEG MC ShH Hd OO) 1G, gk eek RP A i a a 46.64 
JA GIN SERS GRC GNA RA Mame oer . Aa) gee rane aR gAee AS Se 16.64 
100.00 
For comparison with the seams of coal of economic value the 
following analysis of coal from a fossil carbonized tree in mill- 
stone grit measures in the same district may prove interesting : 
ReaentilOnMmatbeti. sie se Gl nob eos eee ws 34.9 
LET SSVEy3 LEELA OTS) Oya Mar Td ce 59.9 
J SU ie a a2 PRES ORR A BEE ee NACE RCS gOS 5.2 
100.0 
Coke firm and vesicular. 
Some years ago a good deal of interest was aroused by a state- 
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