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The Louis Frost Notes 1685 to 1962 ACADIA COAL COMPANY LIMITED Foster Pit (Abandoned) The Foster Pit was sunk in the Foord Seam to the West of the Dalhousie workings in 1866. The coal in this area was inferior in quality and the operations were very small. The mine was lost through a fire in 1869. There was no coal of economic value left in the area, the coal having deteriorated rapidly toward the West and Northwest of this field. Sections taken through the coal in the Foster Pit showed the Foord Seam to vary considerably in height as shown. Borehole at 61 deg. West, 11 deg. South, and Rutherford 1870, P. 123:- Coarse Coal 2'3" 4'0" Good Coal 2'3" - Block Shale - 1'0" Sandy Fireclay 1'1" - Good Coal 8'9" l0'0" Fireclay 2'9" 3'0" Good Coal l9'9" 23'0" 36'l0" 4l'0"

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Last Modified: 98-03-21

Authored by: Louis Frost

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