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i Grand Rapids sandstone outerops at various points through a distance of 15
u . miles on both sides of the Athabaska, above and below Grand Rapids. The seam
ql is 3 to 15 feet thick, but carries numerous clay partings. There are thin bands of

I fairly clean lignite from 1 to 23 feet thick.

The Bull Head Mountain formation of the Peace River district is coal-
bearing. A great many seams are exposed in the canyon a few miles above

t Hudson Hope, and in the small streams of the vicinity, but only a few exceed 3
feet in thickness.”

i The formation has been tilted by the uplift forming the mountain around

: the end of which the river swings at this point, so that to the south and southwest

of the mountain the strata dip southwesterly at angles of 10 to 25 degrees. In

spite of this uplift the strata are remarkably free from disturbance, with the
re exception of a fault on Gething creek and a few minor folds.

Pi In Peace River canyon a great number of small seams occur, but only three
. were seen to be over 2 feet thick. Of these P1? measures 2 feet 11 inches,

possesses a strong roof and floor, and is of superior quality.

On Gething creek, twelve seams were observed, of which only five are over 2
feet thick and only one, G12, over 3 feet. :

Section of G12.

Sandstone roof $ Feet Inches
; Shale 2222. wie 0 7
Coal (dull)... 1 4
e Coal (bright) .. 1 4
cies Parting (shale).. 0 1
4 Coal (bright).. 1 0
; Sandstone floor,
< A seam, which is probably G12, is seen from a point opposite the islands
iB in the cliff on the south side of Peace River canyon for a distance of nearly
) 5 2 miles. The analyses from G12 show it to be of superior quality.

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Seotion of M1 and M2 on Moose Bar Creek.

Sandstone roof Feet Inches
Shale.. Pee ee ee ee eRe.
Coal Cau hoe ees CREST ott SESE aot 2 Marae
Shales: | Aras oe
Coal (dull)... ..
Sandstone..
Coal.. :
Sandstone..
Coals
Shalep core
Coal (bright)..
Sandstone... .. ..
Coal (bright)..
Shale.. Sar ag
Coal (bright)..

Hard shale floor.

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On Johnson creek twenty seams are exposed, but only four exceed 2 feet in
thickness and three exceed 3 feet.

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1 Els, S. C., Mines Branch, Dept. of Mines, Can., Sum. Rept., 1914, p. 65.
2 Galloway, C. F. J., Ann. Rept., Minister of Mines, B.C., 1912, pp. 118-136.
&Mr. Galloway’s numbering of the seams is retained. :