SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK. 1.) D 



Argentiferous Galena. 



Several localities are mentioned in the report of 1870-71 as affording 

 galena in small quantity. Of these, the only one that has heen exam- 

 ined for silver is that on Hammond Kiver, at Wanamake's, which has 

 been found to yield a fair proportion. 



A new locality, which was opened in 1878, is on the west side of 

 Musquash Harbor, in Lauientian syenites. Here veins, of eight inches 

 to one foot, of white quartz carry yellow sulphuret of copper and 

 galena. The latter has been assayed by Dr. Harrington, and found to 

 yield a little over $14 to the ton. (See report of 1877-78, p. 529.) The 

 extreme hardness of the country rock and the smallness of the vein 

 are against the profitable working of this location. 



Bituminous Coal. 



No new developments have been made in this department since the 

 report of 1872-73. The amount annually raised varies but little, and 

 no attempts have yet been made to carry on the mining in any more- 

 systematic manner. # 



Anthracite. 



Within the last four years considerable money has been spent in 

 developing the seam of anthracite which occurs in the Devonian rocks 

 of Belas Basin, Lepreau. Four shafts had been sunk wp to 1878, the 

 greatest depth then reached being 140 feet, but the character of the 

 coal did not seem to improve sufficiently to warrant the investment of 

 any further capital. A similar deposit occurs at Clinch's post office, 

 Musquash, in rocks of the same age and character, but this is of no 

 value. The large percentage of ash — 36 per cent. — is strongly against 

 the reported good quality of the mineral as a combustible, while its 

 irregular distribution and impure character are also strong obstacles 

 to its successful development. A large part of what has been called 

 coal is nothing but carbonaceous shale, and this constitutes the bulk of 

 the seam, the thickness of the harder or anthracite band being only a 

 few inches. 



Albertite. 



With the exception of the deposit of this mineral at the Albert 

 Mines, no body of albertite has as yet been found in quantit}- sufficient 

 for working. Since the report of 1876-77 on this deposit, exjdorations 

 have been carried on at several places. Borings were made at Elgin 

 corner and Mapleton with the diamond drill in the Albert shale, but 



