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so that only very incomplete data can be obtained regarding the nature of
the occurrence. The most southerly exposure occurs in a trench and
consists of a band about 16 inches wide with 3 to 4 feet of garnet-epidote
rock on each side and some altered diorite a little farther to the east. The
next exposure is in a shallow stripping 180 feet to the north on the side of a
low bluff where a mass of magnetite 3 feet wide and extending 8 feet uphill
is seen. After an interval of 10 feet of drift-covered ground there is
another shallow stripping exposing magnetite 10 feet long by 10 feet wide.
At this locality the magnetite is medium-grained, markedly sheeted, and
free from silicates and sulphides. There are two other small strippings, 12
feet and 24 feet to the north of the last mentioned, and they also expose
about 16 and 32 square feet respectively of magnetite, partly mixed
with silicates, but relatively free from sulphides.

ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS

There is not sufficient exploration on the David deposit to permit of
any estimate of the tonnage or of possible value. Magnetite is exposed
in five isolated patches in an horizontal north and south distance of 235 feet,
but there is no indication that it is continuous between these patches.
Magnetite has here the tendency to stand in relief and produce small bumps
penetrating the drift, thus leading to discovery; but between these bumps
is lower ground indicating that it is underlain by rock rather than magne-
tite.

The main point of possible economic significance for this deposit is its
location very close to a line joining the Conqueror and Little Bobs-Baden
Powell workings.

Bibliography

See page 158 for further details

16. Lindeman, E., p. 11.
20. Lindeman, E., and Bolton, L. L., p. 6.
21. Brewer, W. M., p. 16.

(46 c) Elijah Deposit
LOCATION

The showings on the Elijah mineral claim are about 1,500 feet due
north of those on the David, or 1,700 feet east of those on the Conqueror.
There is no trail to them, but they are only a short distance away from the
main Bugaboo Creek trail. :

The surrounding country is similar to that at the Conqueror and David
deposits. It is on the slope to Bugaboo creek, and bluffs of diorite and
limestone interrupt the otherwise even hill slopes.

HISTORY AND OWNERSHIP

The Elijah and Benjamin Fraction were located in 1903 by J. W.
McGregor and John Bently and Crown-granted in 1906. They now belong
to the Bently Iron Mining Company, 1130 Summit ave., Victoria, B.C.!

Personal communication from J. W. McGregor.