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these are sme apadl 7 P ‘
mall, and larger mineralized zones are generally

noe grade. There is in places fair persistency to the deposits.
Development work has in the main been disappointing. However,

it is possible that with favourable silver prices some small~scale
operations might be carried on profitably.

Lang (1929) gives some useful data about the nature of
the mineralization, which are believed by the writer to be
largely applicable to the Bulkley and Babine belts as a whole,
and though not necessarily typical offer excellent clues as to
what may be expected elsewhere. The intrusive bodies are
considered to be very young and the mineralization to be associ-
ated with them. Evidence is considered conelusive that the
deposits were formed relatively near the surface under low
temperature and pressure conditions. The various minerals were
deposited at different times. There is no evidence of zonary
arrangement. Pyrite is the only mineral showing any tendency
to penetrate the wall-rock and this pyrive carries little in
the way of values.

Besides the properties included under the Owen Lake
Mining and Development Company Lang described the Snowstorm,

IXL, Dick, and Grubsteke. Detailed descriptions are also given

by Lay ae
peieeeetee  Re

1 aun. Repts. Minister of Mines, B.C.: 1929, p. 173 IS285 Ae.
1925, 1924, 1923, 1916.

z B.C. Dept. of Mines, Bulls. Nos. 1 and 2, 1929.

Coal

a a

s Much of the general information about coal has been secured
from D.B. Dowling's report, "Coal fields of British Columbia",
Mem. 69, p- 57 (1915).

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Goal occurs at many localities in the Babine and
Bulkley belts, but mainly in small basins ranging in size from

a few acres to 40 square miles and possibly more. It is known