156 Mineralogy and Geology of apart of Nova Scotia. 
did not perforate. We saw masses of this rock lying in the 
vicinity of the shaft, which we were told were obtained in 
his last diggings. If another stratum of coal lies beneath 
this layer of shale, it is doubtless more compact, from the 
pressure of the overlying rocks during its formation. We 
must remain undecided as to the fact until the mighty strokes 
of the steam engine break away the obstacles to its exami- 
nation, when treasures may be brought to light rewarding 
the labors of the miner, and contributing new facts to the 
imperfect science of geolo 
We observed several fine specimens of ck beakers perie 
stony casts of culmiferous plants, in posse of Mr, Bla 
chard of Truro, which he informed us sg ised at the 
New Glasgow Mines in raising the coal. They resemble 
those found at Cumberland, and mark this deposit as coeval 
with that forma 
bout twelve miles fowthoast from the coal mines of New 
Glasgow, and eighteen miles from the town of Pictou, the 
sandstone, with its accompanying shale, approximates to the 
transition clay slate of the South Mountain range. The im- 
mediate junction of these rocks was not discovered on ac- 
count of the deep, unbroken soil which overlaid and conceal- 
ed from view their respective strata. It appears evident that 
the ics unite near this Binet from the fact that their a 
te north, clearly indicates the sounes rock to be of gr greater 
i tig s over the clay slate, and we regret 
exceedingly that we were unable to discover a single spot 
from which the soil and eae gravel had been ER er so as to 
by traversing the forests, may perhaps find an gine 
somewhere along the line of their union, which will repay 
Res Lat Fone research, by illustrating their relations and com- 
