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northeast and dip from 15 to 60 degrees. Quartz veins occur along some
of the fault fissures and sheared zones and contain variable amounts of
jamesonite, sphalerite, galena, and pyrite. Jamesonite is the most abundant
mineral present. Assays show that the jamesonite and galena are silver
bearing. Some of the veins contain much siderite gangue, and those veins
in and close to a body of quartzite and greywacke consist almost entirely
of siderite holding jamesonite and sphalerite.

The main crosscut adit, at elevation 1,200 feet, is driven 147 feet north.
For most of this distance fault fissures of small displacement containing
several quartz vein lenses from 1 to 3 inches in width are followed. At 65
feet from the portal a drift runs 88 feet northeast along a quartz vein that
dips from 15 to 30 degrees southeast. This vein ranges from 6 to 9 inches in
width, consists principally of quartz gangue with a little siderite, and carries
about 10 per cent of jamesonite and 5 per cent of pyrite. A 6-inch channel
sample taken across the vein at the face of the drift assayed: gold, 0-015
ounce a ton; silver, 1-46 ounces a ton; lead, 5-36 per cent; antimony, 2-41
per cent. A 9-inch channel sample taken across this vein 60 feet southwest
from the face of the drift assayed: gold, 0-01 ounce a ton; silver, 0°34 ounce
a ton; lead, 0-51 per cent; antimony, 0-32 per cent. Forty feet from the
portal of the main adit a branch crosscut and drift runs 70 feet northeast
and follows another vein for about 35 feet. This vein strikes north 80
degrees east and dips 25 degrees south. It ranges from 4 to 9 inches in
width and consists of quartz gangue carrying considerable jamesonite and
pyrite with a little galena and sphalerite. At the face of the drift, the vein
is cut off by a strong post mineral fault striking north 70 degrees east and
dipping 60 degrees southeast.

About 30 feet above the main adit a 15-foot shaft is sunk on a vein
that strikes north and dips 70 degrees east. In a cut 25 feet north of the
shaft this vein is much richer at its intersection with a 3-inch cross
vein that strikes north 55 degrees east and dips 55 degrees southeast. The
ore gangue is largely siderite with a little quartz and the siderite is impreg-
nated with finely crystalline jamesonite and with irregular masses of solid
sphalerite. There is somewhat over 5 tons of ore piled near the shaft, a
representative sample of which assayed: gold, a trace; silver, 78-69 ounces a
ton; lead, 7-97 per cent; zinc, 12-95 per cent; antimony, 3-53 per cent;
bismuth, nil; tin, 0-07 per cent; arsenic, a trace.

No. 2 adit, at elevation 1,275 feet, is 52 feet in length. It follows north
along a quartz vein that strikes north 20 degrees east and dips from 30 to
50 degrees southeast. The vein ranges from 4 to 10 inches in width and is
well mineralized with jamesonite and sphalerite, with a little galena and
pyrite. Near the portal the jamesonite is spotted with a characteristic
yellow oxidation product. At the portal a parallel fault fracture, which lies
4 feet above the vein, contains no vein matter. A 10-inch channel sample
taken across the vein in the adit 11 feet from the portal assayed: gold,
0:01 ounce a ton; silver, 8-68 ounces a ton; lead, 1-22 per cent; zinc,
2-29 per cent; antimony, 0-47 per cent; bismuth, nil. Four feet from the
face of the adit, a 4-inch channel sample taken across the vein assayed:
gold, a trace; silver, 0-22 ounce a ton; lead, 0-36 per cent; antimony,
0-13 per cent; arsenic, 0-25 per cent,