Whitesail Lake Map-Area

The zone is exposed for 200 feet and contains quartz stringers mineralized
with chalcopyrite, pyrite, and hematite. An assay of a grab sample of the
mineralized material yielded a trace of gold and 7.9 per cent copper.

Tesla Mountain Occurrence (25)
Reference: B.C. Minister of Mines, Ann. Rept. 1926, pp. 149-150.

The occurrence of copper-bearing minerals on Tesla Mountain has
been known for many years but because of their isolated location little work,
other than prospecting, has been done on them. In 1926, Douglas Lay of
the British Columbia Department of Mines made a special trip to visit claims
staked there the previous year. He reported on three showings on the
mountain all between 5,200 feet and 5,700 feet, and remarked that the
actual showings of mineral were somewhat disappointing and that where
the veins were wide the values were low, and where the values were high
the veins were narrow.

No further interest was shown in these occurrences until 1952 when
George Young, who held original claims on the mountain, and Andy Ostrem
restaked some of the old claims as well as some new ground. There is no
record of further activity on the claims.

A sample taken by Douglas Lay in 1926 across a 12-inch vein on
G. A. Young’s showing assayed 0.133 ounce gold a ton and 4.2 per cent
copper.

Members of the writer’s party made several traverses on Tesla Mountain
in 1948 but none of the showings was seen.

Red Bird Mountain Occurrence (22)
References: B.C. Minister of Mines, Ann. Repts.: 1929, p. 185; 1945, p. 73.

Red Bird Mountain is on the south side of Eutsuk Lake between Mount
Haven and Key Mountain. An occurrence of copper on this mountain was
reported by B. R. Harrison and J. Worth in 1929 but no work of conse-
quence has been done. The writer did not see the showings.

Surel Pass Occurrence (19)

On the west side of the creek flowing into the head of Surel Lake from
Surel Pass, a quartz vein 1 foot to 2 feet wide has been exposed for 25 feet
in diorite near its contact with the Hazelton group. The vein strikes north
80 degrees west and dips 42 degrees southwest. It is mineralized mainly by
chalcopyrite and pyrite.

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