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In view of the high gold assays on two properties in
Driftwood area and to the south in the Dome mountain area it

seems possible that other gold deposits may be discovered.

Viking Group. During 1934 considerable interest was aroused by
mineral discoveries on Viking hill, which lies north of
Driftwood creek at the western limit of the rugged mountainous
area. The rocks observed on the hill include a series of sand-
stones and conglomerate, largely quartz, a series of argillites
and quartzites, and a mass of diorite. On the Viking group nearly
flat-lying conglomerate and sandstone are extensively, though in
the main sparsely, impregnated with, and cut by, stringers of
pyrite carrying low values in gold and silver. Mineralization
outside the stringers is by replacement and appears to have been
best developed in the conglomerate. Pits on the hillside in an
area about 700 feet long show a fairly widespread mineralized
zone. The mineralizing solutions may be related to the diorite

and this suggests that the hill is a favourable prospecting area.

Dome Mountain Area!

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— Amn. Repts. Minister of Mines, B.C.: 1924, p. 96; 1932, p. 112;
1922, p. 100, detailed map; 1918, p. 122.

Dome Mountain area includes the high area 20 miles east
of Telkwa lying between Guess and Deception lakes on the south
and Carr creek and Fulton river on the north. Dome mountain, pe
5,500 feet high, occurs in the southeastern part and another

similar peak, somewhat higher, to the northwest.

On the northeastern slope of Dome mountain in an area
4 miles long by 13 miles wide there are numerous, rich gold
deposits that have been developed to a considerable extent.
From Telkwa the area is reached by 23 miles of road suitable

for winter use and possibly for wagons in the dry season. The