At a distance of 500 yards from No. 1 we find :—

(2). A seam containing 3 ft. of clean coal without any dirt
partings. ‘There are indications of another close to it, but it might
be the same, having slipped down. a little in the face of the cliff.

(3). Two hundred yards above ig another with 5 ft. 9 in. of
elean coal with one shale parting about 2 inches thick, discovered
two days before work stopped.

I estimate that the eight seams of coal examined by me on this
property contain 1,133,400,000 tons.

Before the gross possible contents of these seams can be ac-
curately estimated a large amount of work must be done. At the
same time it must be remembered that in order to allosy. for the
extra amount of coal existing on a given area where the seams are
inclined as they are here at an angle of 25 degrees and 30 degrees, a
further 15 per cent must be allowed. Also there are two other
seams up Beirnes Creek, one containing 6 ft. and the other nearly
20 ft. of coal as far as may be judged, which almost certainly
underlie this property.

Samples taken by me from the property have yielded the fol-
lowing returns :— |

Volatile Fixed

SEAM Ash Sulphur Matter Carbon Water
Anitltraciitec it. co howe O74 -12 6.78 73.36
Anthnta cites tal. sa... G15 5S} 6.98 86.74
ROSS ao aie ee ees 8.96 Ue 9.33 80.94.
Benoit ees: mee 15.0 - 8 GiOne, 74.6 3.0
SiCOthaG eo ee 10.0 50m 4.6 81.10 320)

The cost of equipment for this property for an output of 2,000
tons a day would be about $1,000,000 including 200 houses for the
men, if it were to be developed by shaft sinking on Beirnes Creek
or Anthracite Creek. If, however, it were developed by tunnelling
into the mountain and working on the north east area, only about
£300,000 would be required.

The length of railway may not exceed 150 miles uniess it is
decided to carry it to some point further out on the seaboard than
those at present in view. |

There would be a market even now for domestic supplies
along the Pacific Coast for 500,000 tons, as the rainy season
in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, causes as great