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row dyke and offsets a vein 6 feet. The vein matter is rusty and decom-
posed and primary minerals are rare. The veins are reported to contain
good values in gold and silver. A crosscut adit 380 feet long and 150 feet
below the outcrop of veins on the flat area has been driven eastward to
cut the veins, but did not encounter any ore.

Palmey Group (Locality 57)
References: Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, British Columbia, 1930 and 1931.

The Palmey group is west of Bear river and adjoins and lies south of
the Dalhousie group. At an elevation of 4,000 feet and occurring in tuffs,
a silicified zone up to 14 feet wide contains pyrite, galena, and sphalerite.
Samples assay well in lead and zinc and low in gold and silver.

Patricia Group (Locality 107)

References: Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, British Columbia, 1921, 1922, and
1925; Geol. Surv., Canada, Memoir 159.

The Patricia group of mineral claims is on the south fork of Marmot
river about half-way between the forks and the glacier on the south fork.
The showings are near the edge of the Coast Range batholith, some in
the batholith, some in associated granodiorite dykes, and some in adjacent
argillite. Two open-cuts at an elevation of 3,000 feet expose narrow, quartz
gash veins mineralized with pyrite and chalcopyrite. The veins lie on
both sides of a large dyke of granodiorite. An adit 1,600 feet above sea-
level has been driven north-northeast for 112 feet. It follows a vertical
quartz-sulphide vein 1 foot or less in width that pinches out about 75 feet
from the portal. A branch vein joining the vertical vein a few feet below
the floor of the adit is also exposed for a short distance. The veins are
well mineralized with pyrite, galena, and sphalerite, and are reported to
contain good values in gold.

Phoenix Silver Mines, Limited (Locality 75)

References: Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, British Columbia, 1912, 1913,
1914, 1924, and 1925; Geol. Surv., Canada, Memoir 159.

The holdings of Phoenix Silver Mines, Limited, are in the Portland
Canal fissure zone immediately south of Glacier creek. Numerous quartz-
sulphide veins were known in the Portland Canal fissure zone both north
and south of Glacier creek, and in 1912 Portland Canal Tunnels, Limited,
commenced driving a crosscut adit with the expectation of intersecting
veins known on other properties north and south of their own holdings.
The adit was started about 250 feet above sea-level and was made large
enough (7 feet by 7 feet) to provide space for drainage and for haulage
of all ore discovered. Work in the adit ceased in 1914 after a mile of
crosscutting and drifting had been done. The adit is known as the
Portland Canal tunnel. The property was acquired by the Phoenix Silver
Mines, Limited, in 1924, and this company has since done some develop-
ment work on surface exposures of veins.

The veins crosscut and drifted on by the Portland Canal Tunnels,
Limited, are quartz-sulphide veins of varying width, but in general 2 to