272 C. H. Hitchcock on the Albert Coal of New Brunswick, 
elsewhere. The mineral is never, however, in true beds like 
coxl, but is always confined to veins and fissures which cut the 
strata.” “The matter is of a shining black color, very brittle, 
breaking into irregular fragments with a conchoidal fracture, 
(Geol. Canada.) The Quebec coal is like the Albert in the small 
amount of the ashes, but contains more carbon. , 
4. These carbonaceous veins are analogous to veins of petr leat, 
The borings for petroleum in Ohio and Western Virginia are m'™ 
successful along lines of fracture, particularly an anticlinal axis. 
of Prof. Andrews in this Journal, ([2] xxxii, 85,) respect 
location of petroleum, are very just, and show that it often 0c)” 
along auticlinal faults. The immense yield of many ties” 
certainly suggests the presence of more than the ‘‘ horse-cavl 
filled with the liquid.’ adian 
. The carbonaceous veins, such as the Albert coal, epee 
asphalt and liquid petroleum, while possessing many chart 
istics of metallic ke will be found to differ from them 1n S°°™ 
* A-valuable paper, by T. S. Hunt, in this phoraerige [2] Sis. 180, 106 oral 
s gan mentions the occurrence troleu 
tailes along a fold in the stratification in Gaspé in 1844. J. P. Lesley w. Va 
2 vertical vein of asphaltic coal, precisely like the Albert, in Ritchie 
