270 MINERALS FOR THE PARIS EXHIBITION. GILPIN. 



stones has secured a reputation for the district second only to 

 that acquired by quarries more favorably situated in large 

 industrial districts. Similar deposits are known at several 

 places along the Joggins shore. 



Marbles are represented by a sample from Escasoni, Cape 

 Breton County, contributed by Mr E. T. Bown. 



The following list shows the building store quarries from 

 which samples have been secured for the Exhibition : A. Allen, 

 W. W. Gannon, River John ; T. C. Dobson, Wallace ; McLeod & 

 Embree, Pugwash ; Wallace Graystone Company, Wallace; A. 

 McPherson, Eight Mile Brook; R. L. Hibbard, Joggins; J. H. 

 Fraser, Limebrook. 



Barytes. 



This mineral is known at Five Islands, Stewiacke, River 

 John, and at Lake Ainslie, in Cape Breton. At present a few 

 hundred tons are annually mined at the last-named locality. 

 The ore occurs in a vein about nine feet wide, and is extracted 

 through a tunnel. It is of excellent color and quality, and low 

 in carbonate of lime Samples of this mineral are exhibited by 

 Messrs. Henderson & Potts. 



Gypsum. 



This mineral is found in great abundance in Nova Scotia. 

 It is presented as hard and soft gypsum in every variety of 

 texture and purity. The annual production is about 150,000 

 tons, principally from Hants County. Small amounts are 

 quarried at other localities for local use, as an ingredient for 

 fertilizers, etc. The exports from Hants County go to the 

 United States, and a considerable shipment is made from 

 Victoria County to Montreal and Philadelphia. Samples are 

 exhibited from Windsor, Wentworth, St. Croix, Newport and 

 other localities, in Hants County. Selenite is also shown from 

 Enfield, in the same county, which has yielded a few hundred 

 tons. 



