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Observer Group (Locality 100)
Reference: Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, British Columbia, 1929.

The Observer group of eight mineral claims is west of Washout creek
and east of the Red Bluff group.

The country rock is apparently an intrusive felsite containing locally
augite phenocrysts and altered so that it is very like the rocks of the Copper
Belt. The rock contains disseminated pyrite and chalcopyrite and also
quartz veins holding galena and sphalerite. Very little development work
has yet been done.

Ouray Group (Locality 137)

References: Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, British Columbia, 1916, 1918,
and 1926.

The Ouray group of two mineral claims is west of Kitsault river and
about a mile north of Evindsen creek. Access to the group is furnished by
the Copper Cliff trail. The deposit consists of a quartz-calcite vein min-
eralized with pyrite, chalcopyrite, and galena.

Queen and Queen Fraction (Locality 131)
Reference: Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, British Columbia, 1928.

The Queen and Queen Fraction claims are north of Trout creek near
the Chance group. The mineral deposits consist of quartz stringers and
narrow zones of silicified rock mineralized with galena.

Racehorse Greup (Locality 133)

References: Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, British Columbia, 1908, 1916,
and 1921.

The Racehorse group of five mineral claims is north of Evindsen creek
and adjoins and lies north of the Combination claim.

The mineral deposit is a quartz vein 10 feet wide striking northwest
and has been traced by open-cuts for more than 1,000 feet. For the most
part it is only sparingly mineralized with pyrite and chalcopyrite, but
locally sulphides are abundant.

Red Bluff Group (Locality 161)

References: Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, British Columbia, 1916, 1922,
and 1929; Geol. Surv., Canada, Memoir 32.

The Red Bluff group of mineral claims is east of Red Bluff creek and
about 5 miles northeast of Alice Arm. The country rock is felsite, contain-
ing locally phenocrysts of augite that has been sheared and so altered that
in places its original characters are obliterated. The felsite has been
impregnated with pyrite and lesser amounts of chalcopyrite. In no place
is the copper content known to amount to 2 per cent.