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pockets. They are intersected by a cross vein 6 inches wide which con-
tains small stringers of pyrrhotite up to 1 inch in width. A representative
sample collected from the mineralized parts of these veins assayed: gold,
none; silver, a trace.

Canadian Swede Group (37)
References: Ann. Repts., Minister of Mines, B.C.: 1928, p. 149; 1930, p. 188.

The Canadian Swede group, owned by August Johnson of Dorreen, is
about 2 miles west of Ritchie station. It is reached by way of a truck road
that leads west as far as Johnson’s mar! deposit.

At elevation 650 feet an open-cut and a 90-foot adit were driven along
a quartz vein in gently dipping argillites. The vein occurs along a fault
fissure of small displacement, and is not strong or continuous. It ranges
in width from 6 inches of quartz to 4 feet of sheared argillite veined with
quartz stringers. The quartz carries about 1 per cent of sulphide. A
channel sample taken across 9 inches of vein quartz 10 feet from the face
of the adit assayed: gold, a trace; silver, a trace.

About 500 feet farther northwest a 12-inch quartz vein runs diagonally
across a small creek bed at elevation 750 feet. The country rock is argillite
and coarse-grained sandstone dipping gently. The vein strikes north and
dips vertically. A channel sample taken across the vein assayed: gold, a
trace; silver, a trace. Ten feet lower a quartz vein lies along the bedding
of the gently dipping argillite. It evidently connects with the upper vein.
The vein ranges from 18 to 24 inches in width and the quartz carries about
1 per cent of fine pyrite. A 20-inch channel sample taken across it assayed:
gold, none; silver, a trace.

Windfall Group (39)
(See Figure 8)
Reference: Ann. Rept., Minister of Mines, B.C., 1931, p. 71.

This property, owned by E. S. Tordiffe, M. F. Burke, and F. McLean
of Cedarvale, is on the north bank of Porcupine creek which enters Skeena
river one mile north of Ritchie station. An excellent trail 2 miles in length
leads from the railway along the north side of the creek to the property.

At elevation 1,000 feet, about 100 feet above Porcupine creek, a
quartz lens occurs in argillaceous sediments at the top of a small, sharp,
anticlinal fold. The vein has been stripped for about 20 feet along its
strike. In a test pit on the south limb of the fold the vein ranges from
3 to 5 feet in width, strikes easterly, and dips 45 degrees south. The vein
flattens a few feet to the north and is cut off 15 feet north of the test pit
by a small fault that strikes easterly parallel to the axis of the fold and
dips 45 degrees north. The vein quartz is well mineralized with sphalerite,
galena, and chalcopyrite, containing up to 10 per cent of these sulphides.
A representative sample of the ore assayed: gold, a trace; silver, 4-03
ounces a ton; lead, 4:92 per cent; zinc, 11-60 per cent; copper, 0-66
per cent.

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