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Following the road out from Hardman's mine the south- 

 eastern part of the dome is traversed in a northerly direc- 

 tion to the anticline. First the Dunbrack, Schaffer Barrel 

 and Ned McDonnell leads are successively crossed where 

 they originate between the strata as these strata begin 

 to curve to the northeast and to dip at lower angles towards 

 the anticline, accompanied with a development of corruga- 

 tions on the footwall. Then, from the Sterling Barrel 

 lead to the anticline the strata curve more rapidly and the 

 interbedded veins become more numerous and are greatly 

 thickened by large barren 'bull' veins. The original 

 structure of the strata and interbedded veins is, however, 

 much disturbed by the faults radiating from the centre of 

 the dome towards the southeast. 



ANNOTATED GUIDE. 



ENFIELD TO TRURO. 



(G. A. Young.) 



Miles and 

 Kilometres. 



o m. Enfield — Alt. 63 ft. (19-2 m.). Beyond 



o km. Enfield the railway alternately approaches to 



and recedes from the Shubenacadie river. To 

 the southeast, beyond the river rises a somewhat 

 broken hilly country underlain by the rocks of 

 the Goldbearing series. The Carboniferous 

 area stretching to the north is lower and only 

 gently undulating. Rock exposures are com- 

 paratively rare over the Carboniferous area 

 but the presence, in many localities, of beds of 

 gypsum and limestone indicates that the strata 

 belong to the Windsor series. The beds are 

 faulted and dip in various directions but usually 

 at comparatively low angles. 



12-4 m. Shubenacadie Station — Alt. 66 ft. (20 • 1 m.) . 



19 -9 km. The boundary between the area underlain by 

 the Carboniferous strata and that occupied by 

 the rocks of the Goldbearing series lies about 

 4 miles (6-4 km.) to the east. There the basal 

 members of the Carboniferous are conglomerates 

 and sandstones which in places contained suffi- 

 cient alluvial gold to warrant mining. The 



