GEOLOaY AND ECONOMIC MINERALS OF NORTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK. ( 



abroad that coal was found thore. This did not prove to be the 

 case, however, the rocks of this age in Gaspe belonging to the 

 lower part of the series, Avhich he named the Bonaventure for- 

 mation from their great development at Bonaventure Island. 



In 1849 Prof. J. W. F. Johnston was employed by the Gov- 

 ernment of New Brunswick to investigate and report on the 

 agricultural capabilities of the province. Accompanying his re- 

 port, issued in 1850, was a letter from Prof. James Robb of Kings 

 College (now the University of New Brunswick), on the geolo- 

 gical structure of the province, accompanied by a geological map. 

 This map, the first published showing the geology of New Brun- 

 swick, was largely based or Dr. Gesner's, but contained a num- 

 ber of corrections. The geology of the northern counties was, 

 however, delineated only in its broadest features, as Dr. Robb. 

 so far as known, made no exploration in this })artofthe province. 



The next publication which has any reference to the geology 

 of the northern counties is Prof L. W. Bailey's Notes on the Geo- 

 logy and Bot%ny of New Brunswick, published in 1865. 

 In this brochure the author gives the results of his observations 

 during a canoe trip across the country, going up the Tobique 

 and down theNepisiguit River at Bathurst. About this time 

 also his Report on the Mineral Resources of Neiv 5nm.s'»'ir/i- appeared. 

 In it he give-! a detailed account of the mineral re sources, with 

 notes on mining development, localities, etc. 



In 1864 the survey ot the province by Prof. PI. Y. Hind was 

 undertaken, and a report of this work was published by the 

 Provincial Government in 1865.* Prof. Hind in this re[)orl out- 

 line^ the ])hysiographic features of the Baie des Chaleurs dis- 

 trict and defines th? great Carboniferous basin. The character 

 of the rock-formations, and the fossils found in the region, were 

 also de-^cribed and a catalogue of the plants of Middle Carboni- 

 ferous age, embracing such as were met with at Salmon Beach, 

 Gloucester County, is given. The limits of the geological foi- 

 mations were more clearly and accurately defined. Sections of 

 the beds on the Nepisiguit River and at Cape Bon Ami were 



* A preliminary" Report of the Geology of Now Branswick, by 

 Honry Yoxile Hind, M. A., 18ft5.' 



