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vein of similar ore 18 inches to the east. The 4-inch seam is typical of the
better parts of the main vein south of the raise.

The upper adit, at elevation 4,800 feet, was not examined as the
entrance was ice filled.

There is a vein in a 20-foot trench at elevation 5,030 feet, about 1,000
feet south of the portal of the main adit. This may be the Silver Cup
vein, but there is a possibility that it is a distinct vein as it is 200 feet
south of the ends of the adit workings. The vein strikes north 30 degrees
east and dips 70 degrees east. It ranges from 3 to 8 inches in width and
consists of quartz and carbonate gangue with considerable jamesonite
and sphalerite. An 8-inch channel sample taken across the vein assayed:
gold, 0-015 ounce a ton; silver, 35-40 ounces a ton; lead, 13-51 per cent;
zinc, 1-27 per cent; antimony, 2-80 per cent. Further search should be
made to the south for a continuation of this vein.

At elevation 4,130 feet, or 850 feet down the talus slide from the main
adit, there is a 46-foot adit on the Duchess claim. It is driven south in
flat-lying argillites, which are cut by a 3-foot dyke of granodiorite 20 feet
from the portal. The small calcite stringer investigated is unmineralized.

At elevation 3,750 feet, an exploratory adit 45 feet long follows a
12-inch quartz vein for about 20 feet to where the vein is cut off by a
fault. The quartz gangue carries up to 30 per cent of galena, sphalerite,
and pyrite. A representative sample taken across the vein a few feet
from the portal assayed: gold, 0-025 ounce a ton; silver, 9-17 ounces a
ton; lead, 1-80 per cent; zinc, 6-50 per cent.

Pole Star Claim (7)

The Pole Star claim is between the Silver Cup mine and the peak
of the mountain on the south side of Silver Cup Basin. The claim was
staked by Joe Miller in 1909, and for a number of years small veins were
prospected by open-cuts and by stripping on the gently rising ground
between elevations of 5,100 and 5,400 feet above Silver Cup Basin.

The main vein is exposed for about 100 feet along the face of the
bluff at the top of the basin. It ranges from 6 to 24 inches in width,
strikes north 30 degrees west, and dips 15 degrees southwest. The vein
is well mineralized with galena and sphalerite and contains a little tetra-
hedrite and arsenopyrite. It is prospected by a 15-foot adit and a trench
60 feet long and 8 feet’ deep. About 10 tons of ore from these operations
has been stockpiled. The enclosing sediments, interbedded greywacke,
sandstones, and argillites, strike south 30 degrees west and dip 15
degrees east.

Sunrise Group (8)

References: Geol. Surv., Canada, Sum. Repts.: 1909, p. 66; 1910, p. 97; Mem. 110,
1919, p. 34. Ann. Repts., Minister of Mines, B.C.: 1909, p. 84; 1911, pp. 79
and 104; 1914, p. 204; 1915, p. 76; 1918, p. 117; 1919, p. 102; 1920, p. 86; 1922,
p. 98; 1923, p. 106; 1924, p. 94; 1926, p. 126; 1927, p. 131.

The Sunrise group, of five mining claims, is on the north slope of
Nine Mile Mountain, 8 miles northeast of New Hazelton station. The
claims are bounded on the east by the Lead King and Slocan groups. The