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^lometres ( 1 82 -8 km.) abovc the railway for a distance 

 of 4931 feet (1,508 m.) which has cut ten coal 

 seams of the following dimensions: — 



No. I seam, i8 feet (5-4 m.). 



No. 2 " 12 feet (3-6 m.). 



No. 3 " 22 feet (6-7 m.). 



No. 4 " 4 feet (i -2 m.). 



[ 5 feet coal, (1-5 m.). 



No. 5 " -j 10 inch parting, (25-4 cm.). 

 [13 feet coal, (3-9 m.). 



No. 6 " 8 feet 8 ins. (2-6 m.). 



No. 7 "4 feet (i -2 m.). 



No. 8 " 5 feet (1-5 m.). 



No. 9 " 8 feet (2-4 m.). 



No. 10 " large seam. 



Of these seams Nos. 2, 9 and 10 are at present 

 being worked and it is probable that Nos. 9 

 and 10 correspond to seams Nos. 2 and i, 

 respectively, of the Coal Creek colliery- The 

 lowest seams, first cut in the tunnel, have 

 easterly dips of 65° degrees, the dip flattening 

 from there on to a minimum of about 25 degrees. 

 In addition to the tunnel seams, the company is 

 operating a mine on the outcrop of the coal 

 where No. 2 seam is being worked by means of 

 a slope; this point being several hundred feet 

 higher than the tunnel entry. 



From the tunnel the coal is lowered to the 

 tipple level by a seam- actuated, double-track 

 incline, and thence hauled to the tipple by air 

 locomotives. The tipple, of steel construction, 

 is equipped with screens and picking belts, and 

 has storage bins with a capacity of 2,600 tons 

 of coal and 2,400 tons of slack. The slack coal 

 is treated in a Robinson washer of 400 tons 

 daily capacity, the washed product being 

 utilized in the manufacture of coke in a battery 

 of 240 beehive ovens. 



From Hosmer to Fernie the railway continues 



along the east bank of Elk river, and occasional 



exposures of the Fernie shales may be seen. 



245-5 m. Fernie — Altitude 3,302 ft. (1,006-4 n^O- 



395-1 km. Fernie, a town of about 5,000 population, is the 



British Columbia headquarters of the Crowsnest 



