GEOLOGICAL INTEREST NEAR MEDICINE HAT. 



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General prairie level 



Boulder clay, &c. 



Base of boulder clay. 



Light sandy shales and clays 



Dark clay shales 



Impure coal, S inches 

 " 6 " 



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Small ironstone bands. 



Hard sandy clay 



Coal, 8 inches 



Brown ironstone band. 

 Coal, 4 feet 8 inches . 

 Underclay, 3 feet 6 inches . 



Sand clay and clay shale . 



Oyster bed 



Shell bed 



Coal, 6 inches 



Coal, 5 feet 3 inches 



Clay, 3 feet , 



Coal, 2 feet 6 inches 



Sandy clay . . 

 Coal, 6 inches 



Sandy clay 



Ironstone band . . 

 Dark sandy clay 

 Light sandy clay 



[of visit. 

 70 Seam '.vorked at time 



—60 

 —50 

 —40 

 —30 

 —20 

 —10 



Low water level. 



Section of deposits near Medicine Hat, showing the seam of coal 

 worked by the Saskatchewan Coal Mining Co. 



