144 UNDEVELOPED COAL FIELDS OF NOVA SCOTIA GILPIN. 



As these strata have an inland range of only a few hundred 

 yards and dip under the sea, their value is by no means com- 

 mensurate with the richness of the section. It is important, 

 however, to note that such favorable conditions existed on this 

 side of the island for the accumulation of coal seams. 



The Port Hood district may next be referred to. Here open- 

 ings have been made on an excellent seam, which, outcropping 

 on the shore, dips under Port Hood Harbour. In the rear of this 

 seam there is an area of about ten square miles which merits 

 examination. Coal seams of small size are reported about a mile 

 from the shore at Port Hood, and indications of coal for nearly 

 two miles further east. 



The following section shows the relative positions of the 



seams as given by Mr. Brown : 



Feet. Inches. 



Coal at tide water 6 



Strata 360 



Feet. Inches. 



Coal 1 



Coal Slate.. 9 Seam worked 6 



Coal 4 3 



Strata containing several thin seams..lo()0 



Should coal seams be found in the as yet unexplored district 

 back from the shore they will presumably extend not only 

 under the land area but also conjointly with the known seams 

 under the harbor. 



The islands forming Port Hood Harbor are partly underlaid 

 by coal measures. It has been assumed that a shaft sunk on 

 them would open up a large coal field. While the measures are 

 the same on the islands as on the mainland, the faults on them 

 bringing up the limestone and gypsum would render the assump- 

 tion of absolute continuity a matter of discussion. The question 

 of their value to the coal miner could be settled only by boring. 



At Broad Cove work has been done to show that in the land 

 area there are a number of valuable coal seams, which will also 

 be available under the water. The area of this coal field appears 



