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in unlimited quantities, especially in the counties of Gloucester, 

 Northumberland and Kent. No attempt has yet been mad'^ to 

 utilize it, but it must sonie day become a valuable asset among 

 the natural resources of the country. Shell-marl has been found 

 at Charlo and Belledune and is occasionally used as a fertilizer, 

 though in limited quantities. 



Argentiferous galena, migneLite and bog iron, also manga- 

 nese associated with copper and iron pyrites, occur in various 

 parts of the region, but, so far, they have not been discovered in 

 sufficient quantities to be profitably wrought. At Milistream, 

 Nigadoo and Elmtree rivers, the argentiferous galena yielded 

 traces of gold and appreciable quantities of silver. 



PART II. 



THE OCCURRENCE OF GOLD IN NEW 



BRUNSWICK. 



(Communicated by permission of the Director of the Geological 

 Survey of Canada.) 



1. 



HISTORICAL NOTES. 



Alluvial gold was discovered in 1864 by Prof. Henry Y. 

 Hind in some of the river valleys of the interior of New Bruns- 

 wick, especially the Nepisiguit, XJpsalquitch, Little South-Vv'est 

 Miramichi Long Lake, Campbell River, etc. In referring to 

 this ill the report of his explorations to the Government, Prof. 

 Hind states that "'in this province there is a large area occupied 

 by auriferous drift, but in consequence of its shallowness it ap- 

 pears probable that it will not be found as rich as in Canada 

 [Quebec], in those localities Avhich are supposed to lie nearest 

 the source of the gold'"; and further, "the origin of the drift 

 establishes the fact that 2;f)ld-bearing rocks exist within the lim- 



