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laiomtrres Leaving Police Flat the railway crosses rocks 



of Dakota age, showing several well-marked 

 folds until Passburg station is reached, where 

 the Kootenay beds again appear on the Passburg 

 or western limb of a sharp syncline. On the 

 south side of the river, the Leitch Collieries have 

 opened a small mine on a 5 ft. (1-5 m.) seam. 



From Passburg to Bellevue siding the railway 

 follows the strike of the rocks, the noticeable 

 steep wall-like ledge on the right-hand side 

 being a massive sandstone immediately over- 

 lying the coal measures. 



Bellevue siding — At Bellevue the West 

 Canadian Collieries Ltd. are operating an im- 

 portant mine. Four seams intersected by a 

 cross-cut tunnel are 9 ft. (2-7 m.) , 1 7 ft. (5-2 m.) 

 4f ft. (1-4 m.), and 15 ft. (4-5 m.), respectively, 

 in width, in a total thickness of 450 feet (137 m.) 

 of measures. Two other seams, one 4 ft. (i •2m) 

 the other 3 |ft. (i -06 m.) in thickness are known 

 to occur below these. The coal is worked by 

 pillar and stall system, the rooms being driven 

 directly up the pitch. In driving a crosscut 

 from No i seam to intersect the lower seams 

 from a point some two miles (3-2 km.) from the 

 entry, a notable double fold was met with, 

 No. 2 seam having been cut in three places 

 while No. i and 3 seams were entirely missed; 

 the accompanying sketch will make this clear. 



About one half mile (-8 km.) to the east of 

 Bellevue the Maple Leaf mine is situated. The 

 folding mentioned above is well seen here, the 

 coal seams being repeated four times in a dis- 

 ance of about one half mile (•8km.). The 

 Maple Leaf mine is one of the few places in this 

 district where fossils have been found in the 

 Kootenay rocks, some good specimens of fossil 

 plants having been collected here. 



Leaving Bellevue, the railway continues up 

 the Crowsnest river to Hillcrest station, the 

 intervening country being underlaid by Dakota 



