DISTRICT OF CAPE BRETON COUNTY. 



415 



Shales and arenaceous shales 

 f Dark shale .... 



Toil n'roii 7 J ^'"^^ slate "Canncl"' 



"" P I Hard sandy shale 



(^ Coaly matter 



Hard sandy shales and fire-clay 

 (A slight break in the section occurs hei'C in Little 



Glace Bay). 

 Soft measures 



coai-g.wp8 {S"":"': : ; 



Coal-group 9... 



Coal-group 10.. 

 Coal-group 11.. 

 Coal-group 12.. 



Coal-group 13., 



ft. in. 



11 8| 



6 



6 



8 



Oi 



11 



10 

 4 

 3 



Sandstones and shales 93 6 



f Black bituminous shale . . . . .05 



Cannel Coal 1 



Black bituminous shale 6 



[Underclay 10 



Sandstone and fire-clay . . . . . .19 



Coal, " Harbour Vein." 5 



Shales foliated 8 



Iron ore 3 



Coal 8 



f Shale and sandstone 14 6 



tCoal 2 



Sandstones, shales, and fire-clay , . , . 112 



(Coal 0^ 



t Black shale 6 



Sandstones, shales, and fire-clay with nodules of 



Ironstone ........ 104 



( Coal " Brutether's Vein " * 2 



\ Underclay .20 



Shales, sandstones, and fire-clays, the latter with 



nodules of ironstone 49 6 



In all, 907 feet. 



The above section is thus continued in descending order by the 



following, kindly furnished by H. Poole, Esq., from the Engine Pit at 



the Caledonia Mine : — 



Gray sandstone underlaid by seven inches of gray ft- in- 

 shale with fossil plants . . . . .94 



^ , , , f Coal 12 



Coal-group 14 | Black shale with fossils 7 



Gray sandstones with Stigmaria, underlaid by dark 



gray shale ten inches . . . . .19 



{ Coal with partings of shale and fire- clay " Back Pit 



Coal-group 15 -< Seam." 4 9 



( Hard gray sandstone ...... 1 



Gray sandstoric with beds of fire-clay — Stigmaria 04 7 

 Coal two to nine inches . . . . .05 



Dark gray sandstone — Stigmaria . . .16 



Sandstone and shale — Stigmaria, Ncuropteris, Cor- 



daites 27 8 



Coal-group IG., 



* According to Mr Poole, tlie perpendicular distance between Coal-groups 12 and 

 13 is 135 feet, and there arc two coals, each one foot thick, in the interval. 



