351 



Eiomftres ^^^ summit (altitude i8o feet or 54-8 m.) and 

 commences to descend to the valley of Petit- 

 codiac river. 



48-6 m. Painsec Junction — Alt. 149 ft. (45-4 m.). 



78-2 km. The gently rolling country to the west of 

 Painsec Junction is underlain by nearly hori- 

 zontal red shales and sandstones, interbedded 

 with grey sandstones, all of Millstone Grit 

 age. From several points along the railway 

 a comparatively high ridge is visible to the north. 

 This ridge is formed in part of sedimentary 

 strata and possibly in part of igneous rocks. 

 It is probable that the Albert series is repre- 

 sented in this ridge but it is not improbable 

 that the strata are chiefly of pre-Carboniferous 

 age. 



56 m. Moncton — Alt. 50 ft. (15-2 m.). Moncton 



90-1 km. is situated on the north side of Petitcodiac 

 river where this river after flowing for a number 

 of miles in an easterly direction, abruptly 

 turns and pursues a southerly course as far as 

 its mouth where it empties into the Bay of 

 Fundy. 



MONCTON— ALBERT MINES.* 



( G. A. Young.) 



INTRODUCTION. 



Moncton is situated near the southern margin of the 

 great Carboniferous area of New Brunswick which in the 

 eastern part of the province, stretches from Chaleur bay 

 on the north to the head of the Bay of Fundy on the south, 

 a distance of about 150 miles (240 km.). The Carboniferous 

 area of New Brunswick extends over approximately 10,000 

 square miles (26,000 sq. km.) and over by far the greater 

 part of this large area the strata are nearly flat-lying and, 

 customarily, are considered to be of Millstone Grit age. 

 Along the southern margin of the area older divisions of 

 the Carboniferous are exposed and, in places, are folded 

 and faulted. 



*See Map — Moncton — Albert Mines. 



