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however, that in general the rusty vein walls are broken down and dissi-
pated at the surface and that the samples for assay would, therefore,
include very little of the richer parts of the veins.

Twenty or thirty gold-bearing veins were discovered near Quartz City
in 1935 and these discoveries do not by any means exhaust the possibili-
ties there. The area is recommended for further prospecting.

Quartz veins occur in many localities in the Eagle-McDame area, but
nothing is known of their value except at Quartz City. The areas under-
lain by voleanic rocks of the McLeod series almost invariably show some
signs of the mineralization. In Hotailuh mountains the rocks adjacent
to Hotailuh batholith are, in many places, sparingly mineralized with
pyrite and chalcopyrite. The mineralized and sheared zone of volcanic
rocks on the northern front of Hotailuh mountains has been mentioned in
the description of the McLeod series. If the region were more accessible
and the cost of transportation a little lower, one would not hesitate to
recommend it as a promising area for prospecting.