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These Pictou ores seem all to be confined to the Clinton . Vide 

 Transactions of Institute. 



MIDDLE AND UPPER SILURIAN. 



Brown Hematite, Londonderry Mines, N. S. 



Red Hematite, " " 



Specular Ore, " " 



Yellow Ochre, " " 



Ankerite, " " 



Exhibitors — Steel Company of Canada. 



The Strata containing these ores belong to the " Upper Arisaig 

 Series," but do not seem to contain fossils. They may therefore 

 be either Middle or Upper Silurian. 



Limonite, Brookfield, N. S. Exhibitors — Advisory Board of 

 Nova Scotia. 



Devonian ? 



Iron Ores, Cleveland Mountain, Annapolis, N". S. Exhibitors 

 — Stearns and Page. 



5. Carboniferous. 



Gold in carb. conglomerate on slate, from Gay's River. Ex- 

 hibitor — H. S. Poole. 



Building Stones. Exhibitors — Advisory Board. 



Grindstones and Whetstones. Exhibitors — Seaman & Co. 



Gypsums. Exhibitors — Advisory Board. 



Limestone. 



Blocks of Coal. Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. 



Pyrolusite. Manganese Ore, Tennycape, N. S. 



Spathic Iron Ore, Sutherland's River, N. S. 



The Manganese ore is from Lower Carboniferous Limestone. It 

 occurs in large pockets, masses and nodules in the Limestone. 



Triassic ? 



Magnetic Iron Ore. Exhibitor — D. Chipman. 



This occurs in the Triassic trap at Five Islands, Blcr^on. 

 North Mountain, Digby. 



It contains Amethystine veins, Jasper, &c. In the minera- 

 logical collection exhibited by H. S. Poole, Esq., were specimens 



