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Kilometres source of the gold was, undoubtedly, the 

 quartz veins of the underlying Goldbearing 

 series. 



Just beyond Shubenacadie station the railway 

 crosses to the east side of Shubenacadie river 

 and for upwards of a mile runs in view of the 

 winding river. Beyond this point the railway 

 gradually passes away from the river. 



16-9 m. Stewiacke Station — Alt. 86 ft. (26-2 m.). 



27-2 km. Beyond this station the railway approaches the 

 banks of Stewiacke river, a westerly flowing 

 tributary of Shubenacadie river. About 1^ 

 miles (2-4 km.) beyond, the railway crosses 

 the Stewiacke river and there leaves the valley 

 of this river. The Stewiacke river drains a wide 

 expanse of gently undulating country stretching 

 far to the eastward and underlain by Carbon- 

 iferous measures belonging to the Windsor 

 series. 



26 m. Brookfield Station — Alt. 102 ft. (31 -im.). 



41 -8 km. Brookfield is situated near the northern bound- 

 ary of the broad area of Carboniferous strata 

 (Windsor series) crossed by the railway after 

 leaving the region underlain by the Goldbearing 

 series. In the districts about Brookfield, the 

 Windsor beds dip in various directions at all 

 angles. 



Three quarters of a mile (1-2 km.) beyond 

 Brookfield, the railway enters a district under- 

 lain by the Union series of Devonian or possibly 

 Carboniferous age. The country is low and 

 gently undulatory in character. Two and one 

 quarter miles (3-6 km.) farther, the railway 

 crosses a low summit (altitude, 181 feet or (155-2 

 m.) and commences the descent of the slopes 

 leading to the Bay of Minas. 



The strata belonging to the Union series dip 

 in various directions at angles ranging from 

 vertical to nearly horizontal. As in the case 

 of the Windsor beds to the south, there is a 

 general tendency for the strikes of the strata 

 to pursue an easterly course. Presumably both 

 groups of strata are closely folded along east- 

 west axes and probably they are much faulted. 



