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The rocks on the property are argillaceous sediments cut by the belt
of dykes. The mineral deposits are veins and replacements. A silicified
area several hundred feet across is mineralized with pyrite, pyrrhotite,
chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite. Several adits show mineralized rock
similar to that on the surface. Southwest of the silicified area several
narrow quartz veins have been followed by adits. The veins are
mineralized with pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and tetrahedrite. One vein is
mineralized chiefly with arsenopyrite. The most promising vein strikes
north, is 4 feet wide, and has been traced for several hundred feet. It has
been explored by two adits. The mineralization on the group is of the
silver-lead type with local good values in gold.

Payroll Group (Locality 44)
References; Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, British Columbia, 1918 and 1919.

The Payroll group of claims is on Big Missouri ridge and adjoins and
lies north of the holdings of the Indian Mines Corporation, Limited. A
northerly striking and easterly dipping quartz vein has been traced for
1,000 feet. In places quartz and brecciated argillite make up a width of
12 feet, but in general the vein is narrower. The vein is mineralized with
pyrite, galena, and sphalerite.

Pioneer Group (Locality 1)
References: Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, British Columbia, 1927 and 1930.

The Pioneer group of claims is on the west side of Tide Lake flats
about 10 miles north of the Big Missouri group. The ground is underlain
by light-coloured altered rocks that probably are calcareous tuffs and
tuffaceous sediments. The rocks strike north to northeast and have steep
dips mainly to the west. They are rather strongly sheared in a northerly
direction across a width of 2,000 feet or more. The rocks contain dis-
seminated pyrite and locally hold seams of quartz with galena, sphalerite,
tetrahedrite, silver minerals, and native gold.

Premier Border Mining Company, Limited (Locality 47)

References: Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, British Columbia, 1919, 1927,
1928, 1929, and 1930.

The holdings of the Premier Border Mining Company consist of the
Northern Light group of claims lying east of Cascade creek and west of
the holdings of the B.C. Silver Corporation.

Several silicified zones in porphyry outcrop and one or more hold low
values in gold and silver. The latest exploratory work is an adit at an
elevation of 1,100 feet and 1,650 feet long in a southeasterly direction.
The adit ends about 200 feet away from B.C. Silver Corporation ground.
The adit to a point 800 feet from the portal penetrates porphyry similar
to that at the Premier mine, beyond this point it lies in greenstones or
tuffs. A few, narrow, silicified bands in the porphyry may carry low
values. A narrow galena-bearing vein outcrops near the portal.