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are dipping at low angles so that the mineable areas are wide. The 

 exposures reach across the following Islands: — 



Banks Land 150 miles 



Melville Island 150 " 



Bathurst 50 " 



North Devon Island 50 " 



400 miles 



The coal is found within a belt 30 miles wide so that a possible area 



400 by 15 or 6,000 square miles would for each foot of coal have 3,840 



million tons. 



Mackenzie. 



At the mouth of Mackenzie and on the coast eastward lignite 



bearing rocks are reported. 



Lignite 



Near Fort Norman. .200 square miles, 4 feet, coal 500 mill. 



Peel River 200 square miles, one 30 ft. seam 500 mill. 



400 square miles 1,000 mill 



British Columbia. 

 Vancouver Island: 



Anthracite Bituminous Lignite 



Koskeemo 10 square miles at 4 feet 25 



Susquash 20 



Comox 75 



Nanaimo 350 5 " 1,225 



" " 4 " 125 



" " 4 " 25 



Cowitchin 50 



Kluane 10 



Graham Island: 



Cowgitz 60 square miles at 8 feet 300 



Massett 100 " .. .. ^ .. 250 



Mainland: 



Elk river area south 230 square miles at 100 feet 22,600 



Elk river area north 140 



Nicola River 12 



Princeton 30 



Similkameen 6 



Hat Creek 5 



Telkwa 10 



100 " 14.000 



4 " 30 



5 " 96 



7 " 26 



20 " 68 



5 " 30 



Skeena north 15 not explored 20 



Rocky Mountains: 



1123 sq. miles 20 38,642 414 



Alberta. 



Anthracite Bituminous Lignite 

 Coleman 45 square miles at 50 feet 2,000 



Blairmore 1 en 



Frank I ^^ 



Livingstone 60 



Moose Mountain. . 15 



Cascade 40 



Palliser 6 



Costigan 12 



Bighorn 60 



Nickanassin 20 



Jasper Park 38 



Foothill: 



Pine River 40 " " " 10 " 300 



30 " 1,500 



25 " 1,500 



15 " 250 



25 " 400 1,200 



6 " 20 



8 " 60 



35 " 1,400 



10 " 150 



20 " 600 



