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on the north bank this seam is 2 feet 9 inches thick, and has small scattered
concretions. ‘To the south 0-29 mile, on the south shore at the mouth of
Aylard creek, it is 2 feet 10 inches thick. To the southeast 2-52 miles, on
Moosebar creck, below the third or high falls, the seam correlated with the
Milligan is 2 feet 5 inches thick. In the west the large concretions are
objectionable. ... but in the Earle Narrows-Mogul Creek part of the area
the concretions, where present, are much smaller... .

‘Samples were taken in two localities:

. Volatile | Fixed Caking | Colour
= Moisture | Ash matter | carbon | property ash
North bank at Earle narrows 2-0 3-5 21-8 72:7 |Non- Brown
agglom-
erate
Moosebar creek 2-3 3-5 21-2 73-0 |Non- Brown
agglom-
erate

[These samples are on the border between low volatile bituminous and med-
ium volatile bituminous coal.]

Grant Seam

“The Grant seam is about 1,215 feet below the Moosebar contact.
It is [exposed for a distance of about 680 feet] just above river level in a low
cliff on the north bank at the west end of Grant flat.”” Its occurrence there
was first recorded by McLearn (1918), and by 1922 an adit 360 feet long
had been driven on this seam. Later, considerable development work was
done at this locality and some coal was shipped down Peace River by scow.
There are no records of activity at this mine in recent years.

North of the canyon the Grant seam outcrops above river level and
extends ‘‘up the west slope of Grant mountain and thence northwesterly
to the upper part of the canyon far beyond Milligan point... To the
southeast of the exposure at the west end of Grant flat the outcrop is
estimated to cross the river and extend to the lower part of Johnson creek,
where unfortunately there are no exposures. In the creeks from Moosebar
creek west this seam is below creek level and, up the creeks, lies at
increasing depths. In most of the area the dip of this seam is estimated to
be from 7 to 15 degrees, but on the west slope of Grant mountain and
on Johnson creek dips up to 45 degrees may be anticipated.

“In the 680-foot exposure in the river bank at Grant Flat, the seam,
where measured, varies in thickness from 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 9 inches. In
the tunnel at Grant Flat! the thickness, where measured, varied from 5 feet
3 inches to 5 feet 9 inches. This seam consists of three benches of coal:
the lowest varies from 9 to 11 inches in thickness, the middle from 1 foot
9 inches to 1 foot 11 inches, and the uppermost from 2 feet 8 inches to 3 feet
2 inches. The lowest bench is made up of a bright friable jet which with
little handling is reduced to small fragments; the coal of this bench is
mined separately and sold locally as a blacksmith coal. The upper two
benches consist of grey, greasy, dull or matte coal with bands of jet.”

Analyses are as follows:

1This working is known as the Grant Flat mine, and has also been referred to as the Aylard mine
(See Figure 15).