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yield a profit to "gophering", or in some cases to more extensive
operations on the part of individuals or very small companies,
or in conjunction with other operations.

The important minerals in the deposits include one or more
of the following: gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc. Some
deposits on Rocher Déboulé mountain carry important quantities of
cobalt, arsenic, molybdenum, and tungsten, which are mainly most
likely to have value only as by-products. Bismuth-bearing rock
occurs in small pockets in Glacier gulch on Hudson Bay mountain.

In the main the deposits carrying important amounts of gold or
silver are the most important at a time when base metal prices are
at or below the average of the last twenty years. In nearly all of
the ores the silver and gold are bound up with pyrite or copper,
lead, or zine sulphides in such a way that they cannot be separated
by simple methods. Because of the high cost of transportation from
mine to railway ond then to the smelter, the base metal content
during times of low prices is to a large extent a detriment. When
metal prices are high the zinc, lead, and copper in some deposits
become important and in some cases deposits with important quantities
of these and only little gold or silver may be worke* profitably.

Good to high-grade gold deposits and silver deposits are
common in many parts of the district, average values being up to
at over 1 ounce a ton for gold and 50 to 200 ounces for silver.
Districts in which gold values indicate possibilities of profitable
mining include Rocher Déboulé, Hudson bay, and Dome mountains. High
gold assays have been secured from some prospects in the Ninenile-
Fourmile area, in the Driftwood area, on Grouse mountain, at Owen
lake, and elsewhere. High silver assays have been secured in most
sections, with exceptions mainly in the southern parts of the two belts.
The best indications for profitable silver mining appear “BO) [@) alia)
the following sections: Ninemile-Fourmile, Hudson bay, Driftwood,
Hunter basin, and Owen lake. Lead, zinc, and copper are found in

all well-prospected and developed sections except Dome mountain

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