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borders the stream on the right side for nearly a mile, down to the drift-
covered flats through which the stream flows in its lower part. Opposite
the lower part of the high bank, thinly drift-covered rock benches occur
and a broad, gravelly flat extends north to the head of Canadian creek.
In the lower part the drift deposits are over 100 feet thick in places and
very largely obscure the topography of the bedrock. A deep bedrock

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Figure 11. Grouse creek, Cariboo district.

channel extending from the head of Quartz gulch through the Waverly
hydraulic pits, nearly at right angles to the general course of Grouse creek,
was almost entirely concealed by drift deposits before mining operations
were undertaken, and was discovered by sinking shafts. The channel is
comparatively narrow and steep-sided and averages about 75 feet in
depth. In the lower part the bedrock channel is narrower and deeper
than in the upper part and has been only partly uncovered by hydraulick-
ing. ‘The ground along Grouse creek from the head of the pits up to the