Three  miles  of  railway  have  been  built  to  convey  the  Sydney  coal  to  the
loading  ground  at  Worth  Sydney,  on  which  three  locomotives  are  em-
ployed.  The  coal  is  delivered  on  board  the  vessels  by  allowing  it  to  fall  di-
rectly from  the  railway  cars  into  their  holds.  The  coarse  coal  only  is  ship-
ped at  Sydney,  and  the  price  per  chaldron,  put  on  hoard,  is  three  dollars
sixty  cents,  with  the  same  deduction  to  large  purchasers  as  at  Pictou.
The  Sydney  coal,  as  a  domestic  fuel,  is  asserted  to  be  equal  to  the  best
Newcastle:  and  it  is  elassod  among  the  soft,  close  burning, bituminous
kinds.  It  is  highly  hi tumi nous,  ignites  readily,  gives  a  strong  lasting
heat,  and  leaves  but  little  ash.
The  Bridgeport  mines  are  fifteen  miles  from  Sydney:  they  are  situate
on  the  northern  shore  of  Indian  bay,  one  mile  and  three  quarters  from  the
harbor,  where  vessels  load,  which  is  perfectly  secure  lor  shipping  in  the
most  boisterous  weather.  The  southern  head  of  Indian  bay,  which  is
called  Cape  Table,  bears,  by  compass,  from  Flint  island  N  W.  by  W.,
distance  eight  miles  and  a  half;  the  northern  head  of  the  hay  boars  from
the  light  house  on  Flat  point,  at  the  entrance  of  Sydney  harbor,  SE  ,
distance  four  miles.  Vessels  may  run  safely  into  four  fathoms  water
between  the  northern  and  southern  heads.
The  coal  from  these  mines  is  of  excel  lent  quality,  of  the  same  descrip-
tion as  the  Sydney,  and  not  at  nil  inferior  to  it.  A  railroad  has  been  built
from  the  pits  to  the  shipping  place- at  Bridgeport  basin.  Theeoal  seam  at
these  mines  is  nine  feet  thick,  and  contains  two  thin  partings  of  shale.
