lo2 .AriXEKAL liESOUliCES. 



out on till' liglit bank of tliu ^liddlt- Baiaclidis Biuuk, on the- 

 south 8i(lc of St. Geoigt'V Bay. lu liis ivpuit ^Ir. Jukt-s savs : — 

 '' There is no (loul)t of tlieiv liriiig mon- ln'ils in tlii^. vicinity, 

 and of the inobability of all the icntic (if this Inw district being 

 occupied liy a jn-oductivi- cr>al-tii-id.'" FiMin lair data Mr. Jidces 

 calculated the extent of this small |i(irtiou of the inal-basin of 

 Xewfoumlland at about :2.j miles wide liy 10 miles in len_L;lli. 



Mr. Murray, formerly Director of the Geolo<^ical Survey, alter 

 a careful exploration of this region, mapped it out, and calculated 

 that the ]ilau of one seam tliere drawn as three feet in tliickness, 

 and occu])ying an area of 38 s(|uare miles, rontaius .")4,720,O0O 

 chaldrons of coal, a vei-y considerable iinitinn of whieli he lie- 

 lieved may be found witliin workalde depths. 



MK. HOWI.KY'S COAT. SKAMS. 



In 1873, another seaui of coal was disco\ered by Mr. J. V. 

 Howley, F. (jT. S., at present Directoi' of the (_n-ological Survey, 

 on Robinson's Brook, al>oru nine miles from its moutli, its thick- 

 ne.s.s being four feet. It is a very liituniinous caking coal, emitting 

 much gas rmder combustion, ami 1 aiming freely. A second seam 

 occurs in the .same section, one foot five inches in thickness. The 

 three seams give a tliickness of eight feet of coal. None of these 

 seams has yet been woi-ked ; but the advent of the railway will 

 pioneer the way for their develoiiiueut. In 1S91 the im])ortation 

 of coal, maiidv from ("a]ie Ih-eton, amouideil to 97,327 tons, 

 A^alue $'243,310. A\'ere the coal mines in St. (leorge's Bay 

 Avorked, there is no reason ^^hy the whole of this large con- 

 sumption shciuld not Ix' supidied froui these local depo.sits. Its 

 transportation by the i-ailway or l)v sea Avould Ije easy, and the 

 price to consumers woulil no doubt be lowered. The money now 

 sent out of tlie country would lie emjdoyed in 2>;wing the wages 

 of miners, and carrying on the mining ojierations : and thus a 

 great im2)ulse would be given to' trade in all its branches. The 

 coal requiied for working the mines and operating the railway 

 could be su2iplied fnim this soiu'ce at a reduced cost. 



