325 



K« ^metres ^" ^^^ '^^^^ ^^^^ Centering aboutSpringhill, contain 

 8 coal seams ranging in thickness from 2 feet to 

 13 feet (0-3 m. to 3-9 m.)- 



143-5 m. Springhill Junction — Alt. 199 ft. (60 -6 m.). 



230-9 km. A short distance to the east of Springhill 

 Junction, the railway enters an area of Permo- 

 Carboniferous measures lying in a broad 

 synclinal basin that stretches westward for 

 about 20 miles (32 km.) to the Bay of Fundy 

 where the measures form the upper portion 

 of the famous Joggins sections. In the 

 neighborhood of Springhill Junction, the Permo- 

 Carboniferous strata appear to conformably 

 overlie Millstone Grit strata, whereas along the 

 northern margin of the basin, they appear to 

 conformably overlie the Productive Coal Mea- 

 sures. 



For a distance of about 8 miles (12 -8 km.) 

 from Springhill Junction, the railway traverses 

 the Permo-Carboniferous area. Beyond this it 

 crosses the northern boundary of the Permo- 

 Carboniferous and enters the band-like area of 

 Productive Coal Measures which with a width 

 of about 1 1 miles extends easterly to the Joggins 

 coast. Maccan Junction lies about in the 

 centre of this band-like area. 



152-6 m. Maccan Junction — Alt. 31 ft. (9-4 m.). 



245-6 km. 



ANNOTATED GUIDE. 



MACCAN JUNCTION TO JOGGINS. 



(G. A. Young.) 



o m. Maccan Junction — Alt. 31 ft. (9-4 m.). 



o km. From Maccan Junction to Joggins, the Maritime 



Coal, Railway and Power Company railway 

 passes over an area underlain by the Productive 

 Coal Measures. These beds form a band 

 about 2 miles (3-2 km.) wide in which the strata 

 dip southwards, at angles of 15° to 40°, beneath 

 overlying Permo-Carboniferous measures. 



