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which shows considerable limonite. Three narrow B veins at intervals of
10 to 14 feet strike northeastward, two of them cross and offset the A vein,
the third touches the A vein but may not cross it.

Working No. 11. A curving open-cut 150 feet long. The cut follows
a curving, northerly course for 105 feet to where it bends to the northeast;
at this bend there is a shaft 60 feet deep. From the south side of the shaft
a B vein, 8 to 12 inches wide, carrying arsenopyrite, strikes south and is
visible for a length of 30 feet to where it is intercepted by the west wall
of the cut. To the east, 15 feet, along the east side of the cut, there is
visible a B vein, 12 inches wide, striking south, dipping east at an angle
of 80 degrees. This vein carries galena, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, and
pyrite. It is exposed for a length of 45 feet. At the south end of its
exposure it cuts quartzite striking south of east. The following description
is from the Annual Report, Minister of Mines, B.C., 1914, page 66. “The
old Forrest claim which is now covered by the Proserpine ground, has an
old shaft 60 feet deep sunk on a 4-foot quartz vein. At 40 feet the vein
faulted up the hill, but was not followed. Mr. Baker pumped the shaft
out and drifted a short distance on the fault and picked up the vein again.
As usual, this shaft was full of water, but the vein is said to be 4 feet wide.
Some of the quartz taken from beyond the break was lying on the dump,
and of this a sample was taken which gave the following results: Gold,
0-2 ounce; silver, nil. A number of open-cuts show the vein on the surface
to be split up, with lenses of slate mixed up with it in an irregular way.”

Working No. 12. A long open-cut running about northeast. Quartz-
ite striking south of east is exposed. A shaft (Forrest shaft) has been
sunk in the bottom of the cut. Ten to 12 feet northeast of the shaft, two
parallel B veins, 4 feet apart, are exposed for a length of 30 feet to the north-
east end of the cut. The veins strike northeastward. The northwest
vein is 15 inches wide, the southeast vein is 12 inches wide, and both carry
galena, arsenopyrite, and pyrite. The following description is from the
Annual Report, Minister of Mines, B.C., 1914, page 66. “Another vein,
striking northwest, occurs on the Proserpine, and is exposed by an open-
cut 100 feet long. This vein is also split into stringers, several of which
are 1 foot in width; the total width, of quartz and schist, being about
10 feet. Mr. Baker has done some work on this vein, including a shaft
14 feet deep which was unfortunately full of water. Mr. Baker says the
bottom of the shaft shows from 8 to 4 feet of quartz. The values are very
spotted, but from numerous assays Mr. Baker says that the arsenopyrite
mineral carried about 12 ounces of gold to the ton; the free quartz carries
nothing; the iron pyrites nothing; and the galena 100 ounces of silver to
the ton. The galena is of such infrequent occurrence that no importance
can be attached toit. It would appear then, at least in this vein, that the
occurrence of arsenical iron was necessary in order to ensure pay-ore. The
writer did not sample any of the workings as there seemed to be little to
gain by it. Mr. Baker has an assay outfit in Barkerville with which he
has tested numerous samples, and he is, therefore, in a position to give
reliable information in regard to values. Mr. Baker considers that his
property carries sufficient value to make it a low-grade milling-ore, but
unfortunately he has not sufficient capital to carry out the necessary
development. The only way to determine anything definite about this