Has ers

Without going into details as to geology, transportation facil-
ities, etc., a general synopsis of the merits of your property may be
given, as follows :—

47 Sections, 30,080 acres, situate in 56° 45’ north latitude and
128° 15’ west longitude, in the western part of the Groundhog
Mountain coalfield, a considerable portion of which is favorably
located as containing coal seams of superior quality, and of work-
able dimensions. 3

Number of workable seams wncovered—Six, with an aggregate
thickness of 28 feet.

Quality of the Coal: ‘‘ Anthracite’. Very bright and hard
and of excellent steaming quality, comparing favourably with the
Pennsylvania product. As the coal breaks in large lumps, it will
stand transportation over long distances. .

Quantity of Coal: Sufficient development work has not beeu
done to produce definite evidence as to what may be calculated as
the workable coal resources of the whole property but, in my judg-
ment, they should be very large; inasmuch as the property is not
thoroughly explored, new discoveries of commercial coal seams are _
likely to be made. In any event, it is evident that there is more ,
than sufficient coal here to warrant the building of a railway for
its development.

No extraordinary or unusual engineering difficulties will be
encountered in the opening up of this property, which should be
capable of producing a large daily tonnage of a superior quality
fuel, and I would consider the development of this group of coal
claims an inviting business proposition, which should be attractive
to investors.

Yours truly,

GUSTAV GROSSMANN.
and in another report Mr. Grossmann says :—

“There is no coal mined in the Dominion of Canada which is
of the same or similar quality as this either in physical or chemical
properties, and so far, no such coal has been discovered in commer-
cial quantities in the Dominion. Practically speaking, there is no
Anthracite west of Pennsylvania in the United States. Judging by
the amount of Pennsylvania Anthracite that is used in the United
States and Canada, it may readily be seen what a gap in the coal
supply in the west will be filled by the opening of this field.