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content of gold. The vein is in black argillites of the B.C. member and
although it is nearly parallel with the strata is not a bed vein but has
come in along a fault. In view of this the vein will probably have
a greater length, depth, and a more uniform width than the large lenticular
bed veins of the district.
MYRTLE CLAIM

The Myrtle claim is on Barkerville mountain northeast of the Lowhee

Creek-Stouts Gulch divide. The claim spans the Rainbow member and

Open-cuts in argillite in the western corner of the claim expose
several closely spaced parallel quartz veins each 1 foot wide or wider. They
contain very little sulphide. A succession of trenches crossing the claim in
a southeasterly direction expose many narrow, transverse, quartz veins
striking about north 30 degrees east, a few veins 1 to 2 feet wide, some
striking north 30 degrees east and some north 70 degrees east to east, and
one bed vein 2 feet wide. Some of the transverse and diagonal veins are
well mineralized with sulphides. <A long cluster of trenches and other open-
cuts crossing the claim, roughly from west to east, also expose many veins,
one of which has been traced for 300 feet. In these cuts most of the nar-
rower veins and some of the wider veins strike north 30 degrees east, but
the longest and widest vein strikes north 75 degrees east. This largest vein,
a few inches to 4 feet Wide, is in grey to dark grey quartzite and ends in
fissile black argillite. Some of the veins are well mineralized with sul-
phides. Near the northeast side of the claim a lens of quartz 10 fect wide
lies parallel to the strata. A surrounding trench exposed quartz veins, but
proves that the wide quartz lens is very short.

CARIBOO, MARIE, AND MARTHA CLAIMS

The Cariboo, Marie, and Martha claims are on Barkerville mountain
and adjoin the Myrtle claim on the southeast. Open-cuts segregated into
three clusters extend from the southern corner of the Cariboo claim through
the eastern corner of the adjoining Marie claim and into the western corner
of the adjoining Martha claim. The rocks exposed by the cuts are mainly
argillaceous quartzites apparently of the Rainbow member.

On the Cariboo claim a short adit was caved and inaccessible, but the
open-cuts disclose several roughly parallel transverse quartz veins striking
about north 30 degrees east. The veins are 2 feet or less in width and are
locally well mineralized with sulphides in which pyrite is the commonest
mineral, but in which galena is conspicuous. This cluster of cuts extends
into the Marie claim.

In the Marie claim the open-cuts of the second cluster disclose many
harrow quartz veinlets, two bed veins, 2 and 4 feet wide, and two veins 18
inches and 2 feet wide striking north 30 degrees east. The larger bed vein
joins with the larger transverse vein.

The third cluster of cuts is mainly on the Martha claim but is partly
on the Marie. These cuts expose both bed and transverse veins, mostly of
small size. One 18-inch vein has been traced for 150 feet. Some of the
veins are well mineralized with pyrite.