Field Notebook: Newfoundland, Nova Scotia 1910
Page 106
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"visually" These sedimentaries are traced to a high mass of in- trusive marked on the map as [illegible] feet and 1270 ft. h't., it is of the same character as the high hill on the western side of the [clinite] arm. Between them lies the crumpled greenish slates and therefore these intrusives are younger than these sedimentaries and while at the time of their introduction deep seated. Across of the places where large forests came into the bay we see high accumulations of mira fars. These rise to 75 (and from to 100) feet indicating this must of a higher level formerly of the sea. Farther inland towards the high flat topped mountain [illegible] there appears to be another flat surface. If this is an elevatory level it indicates a former water level at least 300 ft and it may even be higher than this. Frank Jee spent the afternoon climbing the flat-topped mountain west of Bonne Bay. His notes are as follows:- "Crest of Derrid Point the mountain is shown on Norley's map as 2336 feet h't. and consists of chloritized dolomite. This dolomite has been subjected to much pressure and hardly a foot bricks square exists that does not show schist- sides with a few slabs developed in some places one inch thick. The metamorphism has developed round nodules of a light brown highly cleatable mineral that is also developed in veins up to three fourths inch thick. "The top of the mountain is extremely level gently rising inland where it met on the angular gravel and