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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OP CANADA. 



interest of those who have invested money in it, but on account of the 

 importance which would attach to the discovery of really workable 

 deposits of anthracite coal on the Pacific seaboard. 



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South 

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Fig. 4. Plan op Cowgitz Coal Mine and vicinity, Skidegate,. 

 Showing the Openings Made on the Coal and the Probable Course of the Seam. 



(The area shaded in broken lines is that occupied by Subdivision- D. The area without shading 



is that of C, overlain by B., represented by dotted shading.) 



The Plan based chiefly on measurements made by Mr. Richardson in 1872. 



Examination Mr. Kichardson at the time of his visit in 1872 enjoyed facilities for 



son. r ' 1C ar ~ the examination of the immediate vicinity of the mine not existing at 



present, for during the years intervening a thick growth of bushes 



and weeds has covered everything, and the various tunnels and open- 



