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prove its extension east and west, but the fact of its presence in this 

 part of the coal field, helps to support the views previously advanced. 

 Until the extent to which the crop of the Main seam is thrown 

 to the eastward by the McLeod fault is ascertained, there are not 

 sufficient grounds to determine if it reaches the South fault before 

 being met by the Mill road fault. Should investigations prove this 

 to be the case, the force of the argument is not lost, as the 1200 

 feet of measures underlying the Main seam are not all intersected 

 by this fault, as its course cuts the measures at a slight angle. 



If we consider the McLeod fault as one not of importance, we 

 would find the Main seam crossing to the South fault nearly on the 

 line of the McLeod seam ; and then the 3 feet seam above the 

 Fulling Mill would naturally fall into its relation to the Mountain 

 group on one hand, and the seams found ovei'lying the Main seam 

 on the other side. 



The extension of the Widow McLean or Main seams behind or 

 underlying the McBean seam, is the only thing needed to demon- 

 strate the fact that from one end to the other of the Coal field 

 along its southern border, is an almost continuous outcrop of a 

 group of large seams. The inferences to be drawn from this need 

 not be extended beyond a thought of the amount of ground that 

 must be underlaid by the seams of the Lower or Albion group. 



A careful study of the various faults and dislocations of the 

 southern part of this Coal field reveals in a most striking manner 

 the care and wisdom of the Great Architect of the Universe. Did 

 the strata follow the laws regulating their position in Cape Breton 

 and other Coal fields , we would have had the Albion group, con- 

 taining two of the largest and finest coal seams in the world, buried 

 hundreds of feet below the surface, and accessible only over a 

 limited area. On the contrary, an examination of the map accom- 

 panying my paper, shews the crops of this lower group extending 

 in an irregular form from end to end of the Coal field, affording not 

 only unusual facilities for opening, but also a satisfactory proof of 

 its presence immediately south of the conglomerates. 



Returning to the interval between the southern and McLeod 

 faults on the west side of the river, we find a district one and a half 



