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“Some little distance below this last was the main tunnel. This:
tunnel started on a stringer of quartz 9 inches wide which gradually widened
to nearly 3 feet and this quartz was followed in for 100 feet, at which point
it cut off. The tunnel was continued for 500 feet farther into the mountain,
without again striking the vein. This last-mentioned tunnel is connected

directly with the stamp mill by a horse tramway, 1,000 feet long.

“About 600 to 800 feet along Willow river and 2 miles west of the
mouth of Mosquito creek, Allan McKinnon was working on two quartz
locations, the Mystery and Little Chief. Many years ago a tunnel had
been driven here into the hill for 60 feet, at which point it crosscuts a quartz
ledge about 12 feet wide. This vein was of dull-looking white quartz, not
showing any visible sulphides, but, as sampled by Mr. McKinnon, assaying
$3 per ton in gold. The claim on which this old tunnel was run had been
abandoned for some years.

‘‘About 50 feet vertically above the old tunnel and to one side of it,
Mr. McKinnon has sunk a shaft 50 feet deep on and dipping with a view of
quartz. The shaft, for the first 35 feet, is at an angle of 75 degrees, the last
15 feet being almost vertical. The vein followed is about 12 feet wide,
of white quartz, and where crosscut shows that whereas the portion nearest
the hanging-wall contains very low values, in that portion near the foot-
wall they are very fair. There is undoubtedly a body of quartz here of
considerable extent, and the returns so far obtained by Mr. McKinnon
encourage him to expect that he may strike on a chute carrying gold values.’’!

Steadman Ledge

“The Steadman ledge, on the right of Williams creek, just above
Richfield courthouse, was one of the well-known quartz ledges of the
district, but little or no work has been done on it for many years; and
though it has been staked, it is not even located as a mineral claim now.
There is here a well-defined quartz vein about 6 feet wide, having a strike
south 70 degrees east and dipping nearly vertically, apparently following
the strike, but not the dip, of the enclosing schist. The walls are well
marked by a good clay gouge, one wall showing from 2 to 3 inches of solid
iron sulphides, and through the length of the vein there is a 6-inch streak of
red spar. This ledge was also exposed by the placer mining done in the
creek.

“Mr. John Pomeroy, who went with the writer to the ledge, reports
that a shaft was sunk from 40 to 50 feet deep, but had now caved in, and
that at the depth mentioned the iron sulphides were nearly as wide as the
shaft and very soft. The ore was crushed in a small 5-stamp mill and a
small gold brick was obtained, but the property never paid. A sample
of these iron sulphides was taken from an open-cut on the surface and
assayed, giving results of $20 in gold on average samples, so that it would
appear that there is here a strong, true vein, but having low values.’’2

1Ann. Rept., Minister of Mines, B.C., 1902, pp. 111-112.
2Ann. Rept., Minister of Mines, B.C., 1902, p. 110.

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