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APPENDIX 485
showing upon it in colours the northern and eastern extent of
possible potato, barley and wheat growth, the pastoral, prairie,
and wood region, and the Barren Grounds, the second showing
in colours the mineral deposits in the Mackenzie Basin; the
third shows the southern limit of the feeding- ground of the
musk ox and of the reindeer, the northern range of the
wolverine, otter, beaver, black benr and Virginia deer, the former
range of bison and wood buffalo, and the present range of the
moose, the Greenland seal and of the larger whales; and tbe
fourth shows in colours the extent of the river, lake and sea
coast navigation and the coal and lignite deposits.
Your Committee believe that these are necessary for the
proper information of your Honourable House and the full
explanation of the evidence submitted herewith, and should this
suggestion be adopted, they will feel that with this report and
the evidence herewith they will have done all that it was possible
to do since the date of their appointment and the receipt of
their instructions, to inform your Honourable House and the
people of this country upon tbe resources of Canada's Great
Reserve.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN SCHULTZ.
Chairman.
BITUMINOUS SAND- BOCK AND MINERAL TAR OR
MALTHA.
From " Chemical Contributions to the Geology of Canada. From
the Laboratory of the Geological Survey. By G. Christian
Hoffman. F. Inst. Chem., Chemist and Mineralogist to the
Survey. 18S3."
From the Athabasca or Elk River, North- West Territory.—
With reference to the geological position and general mode of
occurrence of. the above, Dr. R. Bell informs me:
" That the deposit is of cretaceous age, but rests directly
upon limestone of the Devonian system. The bedding of the
latter undulates gently, while the asphaltic. sand lies in thick
horizontal layers upon its surface, and in some cases fills fissures
in the upper part of the limestone. The asphaltic matter has
no doubt resulted from petroleum rising up out of tbe underlying
Devonian rocks, in which evidence of its existence can be
detected. In descending the Athabasca River it was first
observed a few miles above tbe junction of the Clearwater
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| OCR | APPENDIX 485 showing upon it in colours the northern and eastern extent of possible potato, barley and wheat growth, the pastoral, prairie, and wood region, and the Barren Grounds, the second showing in colours the mineral deposits in the Mackenzie Basin; the third shows the southern limit of the feeding- ground of the musk ox and of the reindeer, the northern range of the wolverine, otter, beaver, black benr and Virginia deer, the former range of bison and wood buffalo, and the present range of the moose, the Greenland seal and of the larger whales; and tbe fourth shows in colours the extent of the river, lake and sea coast navigation and the coal and lignite deposits. Your Committee believe that these are necessary for the proper information of your Honourable House and the full explanation of the evidence submitted herewith, and should this suggestion be adopted, they will feel that with this report and the evidence herewith they will have done all that it was possible to do since the date of their appointment and the receipt of their instructions, to inform your Honourable House and the people of this country upon tbe resources of Canada's Great Reserve. All of which is respectfully submitted. JOHN SCHULTZ. Chairman. BITUMINOUS SAND- BOCK AND MINERAL TAR OR MALTHA. From " Chemical Contributions to the Geology of Canada. From the Laboratory of the Geological Survey. By G. Christian Hoffman. F. Inst. Chem., Chemist and Mineralogist to the Survey. 18S3." From the Athabasca or Elk River, North- West Territory.— With reference to the geological position and general mode of occurrence of. the above, Dr. R. Bell informs me: " That the deposit is of cretaceous age, but rests directly upon limestone of the Devonian system. The bedding of the latter undulates gently, while the asphaltic. sand lies in thick horizontal layers upon its surface, and in some cases fills fissures in the upper part of the limestone. The asphaltic matter has no doubt resulted from petroleum rising up out of tbe underlying Devonian rocks, in which evidence of its existence can be detected. In descending the Athabasca River it was first observed a few miles above tbe junction of the Clearwater |
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