﻿Ill] 
  The 
  Five 
  Islands 
  : 
  Petite 
  Anse 
  243 
  

  

  July, 
  1895. 
  Operations 
  were 
  continued 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  level 
  till 
  

   1896 
  when 
  the 
  mines 
  reverted 
  to 
  the 
  Avery 
  family 
  by 
  default 
  

   of 
  contract. 
  

  

  Appreciating 
  that 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  mine 
  is 
  limited, 
  in 
  

   1898 
  a 
  new 
  company 
  was 
  formed 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Avery 
  

   Rock 
  Salt 
  Mining 
  company, 
  to 
  carry 
  on 
  operations 
  in 
  the 
  old 
  

   mine 
  and 
  to 
  sink 
  a 
  new 
  shaft. 
  Borings 
  were 
  made 
  and 
  a 
  site 
  was 
  

   selected 
  southwest 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  mine 
  and 
  beyond 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  

   old 
  workings. 
  After 
  considerable 
  trouble 
  with 
  water 
  bearing 
  

   sands 
  and 
  gravels, 
  salt 
  was 
  entered 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  54 
  feet. 
  The 
  

   shaft 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  writer's 
  visit 
  had 
  reached 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  125 
  

   feet 
  and 
  some 
  trouble 
  was 
  still 
  being 
  experienced 
  from 
  water 
  

   coming 
  in 
  between 
  the 
  salt 
  and 
  the 
  timbers 
  of 
  the 
  shaft. 
  

  

  GE01.0GY 
  

  

  Surface 
  Geology. 
  — 
  While 
  showing 
  commonly 
  a 
  brownish 
  

   lowyel 
  loamy 
  soil, 
  this 
  island 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  others 
  in 
  the 
  

   numerous 
  surface 
  exposures 
  of 
  gravel. 
  The 
  gravel 
  and 
  sand 
  out- 
  

   crops 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  confined 
  entirely 
  to 
  the 
  southern 
  extremity. 
  

   Sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  are 
  particularly 
  abundant 
  to 
  the 
  southeast 
  on 
  

   Cherry 
  hill 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  shaft. 
  Some 
  gravel 
  is 
  exposed 
  in 
  the 
  

   sandpit 
  on 
  the 
  railroad 
  track 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  sandpit 
  between 
  the 
  house 
  

   and 
  the 
  store. 
  The 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  pits 
  is 
  used 
  

   quite 
  extensively 
  along 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  Southern 
  Pacific. 
  While 
  

   the 
  bank 
  sand 
  is 
  of 
  fairly 
  good 
  quality 
  the 
  best 
  is 
  obtained 
  near 
  

   the 
  mouths 
  of 
  the 
  ravines 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  has 
  washed 
  out 
  the 
  

   little 
  clay 
  it 
  contains. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  there 
  are 
  numerous 
  

   outcrops 
  of 
  a 
  variegated 
  chocolate, 
  yellow 
  or 
  green 
  jointed 
  clay. 
  

   The 
  notable 
  ones 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  northwest 
  slope 
  of 
  Prospect 
  hill, 
  

   on 
  the 
  western 
  slope 
  of 
  Smith's 
  hill, 
  in 
  the 
  cut 
  north 
  of 
  Avery's 
  

   station 
  and 
  on 
  both 
  the 
  eastern 
  and 
  western 
  slopes 
  of 
  Residence 
  

   hill. 
  On 
  the 
  eastern 
  slope 
  of 
  Residence 
  hill, 
  Hilgard 
  reports 
  

   finding 
  besides 
  imperfect 
  vegetable 
  remains, 
  shells 
  of 
  Paludina, 
  

   several 
  species 
  of 
  l-nio 
  and 
  a 
  Cyclas. 
  The 
  writer 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  

   find 
  any 
  specimens 
  which 
  could 
  be 
  identified. 
  The 
  false 
  bed- 
  

   ding 
  and 
  cross-bedding 
  of 
  these 
  strata 
  render 
  dip 
  determinations 
  

   practically 
  impossible. 
  

  

  