396 O. C. Marsh on the Gold of Nova Scotia. 
this locality. The strata, which are here very much ge 
: i xplora- 
tions, but the nature of the surrounding country prevented any 
rfect fossils, of many new species, ers Saint John, New 
runswick, in clay slate which closely resembles this in struc 
ture, would seem to indicate that some organic remains may 
have been preserved in this formation, : hich 
The sole at Tangier occurs mainly in the quartz veins, W I 
are in most cases less than a foot in width, but in one pati, * 
noticed it in the argillite near its junction with the quartz. |” 
is disseminated through the matrix in the usual manner | 
quently in isolated particles and masses, and where the quate 
white furnishes specimens of great beauty. One of the lar 
obtained was prized at three hundred dollars, which was ut 
. ° found in the 
