50 



CAKIBOU SHOOTING IN NEWFOUNDLAND. 



in the carboniferous districts than in any part of the 

 continent of North America of the same extent." In 

 St. George's Bay and Codroy the bodies of gypsum 

 are immense. Marbles also of every shade of color 

 are found in large quantities on both the eastern and 

 western shores ; granite of the first quality, building- 

 stones, whetstones, stones suitable for grindstones, 

 limestone, and the finest roofing slate it has been the 

 writer's pleasure to look upon. 



IRON PYRITES MINE ON PILLEY's ISLAND. 



Our notes of the mineral resources of Newfoundland 

 would be very deficient were not special reference 



SECTION OF THE SETTLEMENT AT PILLEY's ISLAND PYRITES MINE. 



