27 MORNING STAR AND EVENING STAR CLAIMS There are many open-cuts and long trenches on the Morning Star and Evening Star claims, situated on the southeast slope of Barkerville moun- tain, southeast of the Martha claim. The claims are underlain mainly by the Rainbow member but take in also the lower part of the Baker member, part of the B.C. member, and the upper part of the Lowhee member. The rocks of the Rainbow member are mainly argillaceous quartzites. There is a band of caleareous rock and limestone 100 feet wide on the Evening Star claim near the top of the Rainbow member, and on the same claim another 100-foot band of caleareous rock near the base of the Baker member. Open-cuts on the Morning Star above the B.C. ditch expose several closely spaced bed veins, each 2 to 3 feet wide striking south 25 degrees east, three 24-foot veins striking north 80 degrees east to south 75 degrees east, three veins 2 to 4 feet wide striking north 50 degrees east, and several veins 1 foot wide or narrower striking north 20 to 30 degrees east. Some of the veins are well mineralized with pyrite and galena. The trenches on the Morning Star expose one vein zone consisting of about 10 closely spaced bed veins each about a foot wide, and doubtfully traced for 300 feet. This vein zone is in the upper part of the Lowhee member. Another trench exposes a southeasterly striking vein in a fault fracture. The vein has been traced for 400 feet and varies in width from a few inches to 4 feet. There are also several transverse veinlets. On the Evening Star claim there are several narrow quartz veins, some of which strike east and one of which strikes south 20 degrees east. The southeasterly striking vein occupies a fracture, has been traced for 400 feet, and is in general less than 2 feet wide. UPPER STOUTS GULCH Upper Stouts gulch is underlain by grey quartzite and argillaceous quartzite of the Lowhee member. One narrow band of coarser clastic rock traced for 1,000 feet is exposed on the Mucho Oro claim and farther north- west, and may be tuffaceous in origin. There are at least three groups of quartz veins on Stouts gulch above the Mucho Oro claim and other scattered veins. Six or more quartz veins 2 to 8 inches wide, 2 feet apart, and all striking about north 10 degrees east and dipping 70 degrees west, occur a short distance southwest of the head of the gulch. Another group of parallel veins occurs 600 feet south- east. There are fifteen or more veins in this group all striking north 30 degrees east and dipping steeply northwest. Most of these veins are very pyritic and some have as much as 50 per cent pyrite by volume. Another group of fifteen veins occurs 900 feet southeast from the head of the gulch. Most of these strike north 20 degrees east and some strike north 60 degrees east and all dip steeply northwest. Those striking north 60 degrees east are 1 foot wide and the others are narrower. Several of the veins are well mineralized with pyrite. At this place grey quartzites have been replaced by pyrite in a band a foot wide. A sample of the replacement sulphide was assayed but returned only a few cents in gold. There are several quartz veins striking about north 30 degrees east from 1,300 to 1,600 feet southeast of the head of the gulch.