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upon as the capping of the series. There is an exposure of 
the lower coal measures in Nova Scotia (nearly 8,000 feet). 
These beds were deposited in “the ancient Paleozoic sea,” 
They only contain sea plants, Fucoids. Any mining engineer 
can recognize the absurdity of expecting success in the direc- 
tion indicated. The writer pointed out to the Section several 
years ago, in a paper published in “the Journal of our Pro- 
ceedings,” the result of boring for coal below the Silurian 
Graptolites of Ireland. Yet in this city we find a correspond- 
ent urging “the government or Geological Survey ” to do pre- 
cisely the same thing. We may feel assured that neither are 
so insane as to act on such a suggestion. 
The coal-bearing rocks at Crow’s Nest, Green Hills (the 
property of the Pacific Railway) are of “Cretaceous Age.” 
In the summary report of the Geologica: Survey Department 
for 1901, Professor McEvoy stated there are no less than 22 
seams of coal, with the enormous aggregate thickness of 216 
feet, of which at least 100 feet may be considered as workable 
coal. ‘The director (Dr. Bell) states it is of excellent quality. 
Professor Leach, of “the survey,’ mentions it is being con- 
verted into coke. 850 tons a day are produced from the ovens. 
I was unfortunately absent at Winona when Dr. Parks, 
Toronto University, cailed. He stated he discovered some 
new forms of Cladopore of the Chert from Hamilton. 
