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Show Rich Peat ioga In Canaaa. The Canadian department of mine has published a volume on "The Manufacture Manu-facture and Use la Europe of Peat and Lignite." The investigation was undertaken because of the Inrge ureas of peat boga in Canada, the estimated esti-mated amount being 37,000 sntmre 'miles. "Or thiar "25;000 square -Hull are located in Alberta, Saskatchewan and territories. The average depth of the deposits is from flv? to ten feet The Mooep ilver basin of Ontario has 10,000 square miles ol such deposits, de-posits, whllo the other nrens are neat-terod neat-terod through different provinces, of which many average eight to ten foot Jeep. |