in. 





o 



( 9-7 m.) 



4 



( 4-6 m.) 



o 



(27-1 m.) 



4 



( 1-6 m.) 



o 



(32 m.) 



o 



( -9 m.) 



o 



(33-2 m.) 



5 



( -76111.) 



129 



Ft. 



Soft yellowish sandstone in thin beds 32 



Coal, laminated, rather soft, 15 



Sandstone, rather soft, with some shale 89 



Coal 5 



Sandstone, with shale at the base 141 



Coal, about 3 



Sandstone, in thin beds 136 



Coal, about 2 



It is not definitely known how many workable seams of 

 coal are contained within this basin, but there are four 

 outcropping and being worked in the neighbourhood of 

 Coal gully, and two or three others in adjacent ground to 

 the east, each of which however may be correlated with 

 one or another of the four known seams. In the mines of the 

 Nicola Valley Coal & Coke Company these four seams 

 have thicknesses of 6, (i-8 m.), 10 (3-04 m.), 5 (1-5 m.) 

 and 12 feet (3-6 m.) respectively. 



An analysis of a sample of coal taken by R. W Ells 

 [2] of the Geological Survey and analysed in the laboratory 

 of the Survey is given below, and probably represents 

 the general character of the coals of this field : 



Water 3 • 04 per cent. 



Volatile combustible matter 37" 18 " 



Fixed carbon 52-05 " 



Ash (reddish white) 7*73 " 



100-00 



Coke, per cent, 59-78. Firm, compact and coherent. 



An estimate made by D. B. Dowling of the Geological 

 Survey placed the total quantity of coal in this field at 

 about 200 million tons. 



INDUSTRIAL NOTES. 



Four companies are actively engaged in mining operations 

 in this field, namely, the Nicola Coal & Coke Company, 

 the Inland Coal & Coke Company, the Diamond Vale 

 Coal & Iron Mines, and the Pacific Coast Collieries. The 

 Inland Coal & Coke Company is producing about 100 tons 

 of coal per day, while the Nicola Valley Coal & Coke Com- 

 pany produces annually about 200,000 tons. Room and 

 pillar is the method of mining employed, and no coal cutting 

 machines are used. The mines give employment to about 

 400 men. 



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