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COMSTOCK GROUP

The Comstock or Big Twelve group adjoins the Tyee group on the
north, and is about 12 miles northwest of the Barkerville road at the foot
of Jack of Clubs lake. Access is provided by the Sugar Creek trail and a
short trail from Little Mustang creek. The owners are Messrs. Sparling,
Riley, and others of Barkerville.

The country rocks are sheared quartzites and conglomerates, probably
of the Cariboo series, striking west-southwest to west-northwest and dip-
ping about 40 degrees north. Three groups of veins are exposed in open-
cuts, shafts, and tunnels.

A vein 18 inches wide is exposed in open-cuts and strikes east and
dips 70 degrees south. This vein cuts across the strata making a small
angle with their strike and a large angle with their dip. It has been
traced for 100 feet. The western open-cuts disclose four narrow veins,
indicating that the 18-inch vein either splits to the west or that other
parallel veins begin there. About 100 feet north an incline shaft 10 feet
or more deep exposes a 4-foot quartz vein striking northwest, dipping 45
degrees northeast, and lying parallel to the strata. About 100 feet farther
north a 50-foot adit driven southeast cuts a body of quartz 8 feet or more
wide. This vein appears to strike west-northwest parallel with the strike
of the rock. An open-cut 200 feet northwest exposes vein quartz that may
belong to this vein. The veins are sparsely mineralized with pyrite and
galena and contain some sericite. Low values in gold are reported.

FOSTER LEDGE GOLD MINES, LIMITED

The property of the Foster Ledge Gold Mines, Limited, consists of
the old Foster group and other claims on Chisholm creek about 2 miles
north of Stanley.

The country rock consists of sericite and argillaceous schists of the
Cariboo series, striking north and dipping 30 degrees east. Several nar-
row quartz veins striking north or slightly east of north and dipping 70
degrees west are exposed on the banks of Chisholm creek. The veins
have been traced for about 100 feet and contain pyrite, galena, sphalerite,
and free gold. At this locality an old shaft on Chisholm creek is reported
to be 56 feet deep and to have been sunk on two 5-foot veins 4 feet apart.
It is reported that samples from the shaft have assayed $700 a ton in gold.
About 400 feet south of the shaft, and about 100 feet lower, an adit has
been driven 315 feet north. It cuts several narrow quartz veins. Another
vein a foot wide, striking northeast and dipping 75 degrees northwest, is
exposed 1,800 feet southeast of the shaft. A crosscut adit has been started
eastward from Chisholm creek to cut this vein at a depth of 200 feet. It
is 200 feet long and will reach the projected position of the vein in another
300 feet. Open-cuts 2,400 feet southwest of the shaft expose one or more
quartz veins 2 feet wide striking north 25 degrees east and well mineralized
with galena.

NORTH STAR GROUP

The North Star group of claims is on Cooper creek, a short stream
entering Sugar creek from the southwest. Cooper creek is 10 to 11 miles