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crops there is a concealed interval beneath which lies 

 the lower portion of the New Glasgow Conglomerate, and 

 the narrow strip of underlying Millstone Grit. The first 

 exposures beyond, about opposite the New Glasgow rail- 

 way station, belong to the Coal Measures. The strata 

 there dip to the east at an angle of 45° and consist of a 

 partly reddish, partly greyish grit containing angular 

 fragments of quartz. The grit overlies a very fine-grained, 

 pale-coloured sandstone. A few yards farther upstream 

 the strata dip to the south at an angle of 55° and consist 

 of fine-grained, pale grey sandstone streaked with thin beds 

 or lenses of nearly black sandstone. Possibly the strata 

 of these two exposures are separated by a fault. 



A short distance to the south, at the mouth of a small 

 brook, occur dark, nearly black, thinly bedded shales with 

 interbeds of fine sandstone. The strata dip to the north- 

 east at an angle of 60°. They are underlain by beds of 

 rather hard, light grey, fine-grained sandstone which in 

 the bank, in a space of 10 feet (3 m.) are seen to be folded 

 along the strike through an angle of 60°. Plant remains 

 occur in these beds. 



About 40 yards (35 m.) to the south, the strata dip to 

 the northeast at an angle of 30°. They consist of dark 

 shales with thick beds of fine-grained, light grey sandstones 

 in some of which plant and fish remains are abundant. 

 Beyond this the shales become slaty, and at one place, for 

 a space of a few feet, are nearly horizontal. Beyond this 

 they resume their normal dip to the northeast. 



Farther south, near the mouth of a small brook, similar 

 strata outcrop, dipping to the east at angles of about 40°. 

 Farther south at Calder brook and beyond are outcrops 

 of the dark shales and light coloured sandstones dipping 

 towards the east. In general the measures as displayed 

 along this portion of the river, dip to the east but they are 

 crumpled and doubtless are traversed by minor faults. 

 That these beds belong to the Coal Measures does not 

 appear to have ever been doubted by any geologist who 

 has studied the district. 



As already stated the New Glasgow Conglomerate and 

 the underlying Millstone Grit as displayed to the east of 

 New Glasgow dip and strike as though they were portions 

 of one conformable series. To the west of East river it 

 has been stated however, by various authorities that the 

 New Glasgow Conglomerate unconformably overlies the 



