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on their value as possible iron ore producers.

I. Deposits of Promise

_ A classification of the deposits from a commercial standpoint, with
estimates of tonnage, is presented herewith. Their grading is based entirely

) Proved ore Eroliable Possible ore
e
Stormont-Glengarry, Nootka sound........... 8,500 51,500 | 110,000

II. Deposits of Doubtful Promise

Proved ore aaa Possible ore
Conqueror, Bugaboo creek.................2+55 8,000 16,000 | No estimate possible

David, Bugaboo creek.....
Sindar Bugaboo‘creeks =. 2.5... eeccce set nese se
Little Bobs-Baden Powell, Bugaboo creek...... 37,300 61,700
Sarita Amo y BOUNG.<.e lev ass niice sas cctcer 5,400 25,000
Mara nites GQUATEINO SOUDC tesco cree a ei tiem ile cisis eivierbicis||@ viriaiat sists lme 0

No estimate possible
76, 250

165, 000

No estimate possible
No estimate possible

III. Deposits of No Value (No Estimates Possible)

Eliiah, Bugaboo creek

General French, Bugaboo creek

General Warren, Bugaboo creek

General White, Bugaboo creek

Gordon River deposits, Gordon river

Lord of the Isles, No. 4, Sechart peninsula, Barkley sound
Crown Prince No. 5, Sechart perinsula, Barkley sound
Iron Chief, Sechart peninsula, Barkley sound

Bald Eagle No. 2, Sechart peninsula, Barkley sound
Black Prince No. 3, Barkley sound

Sunshine, Barkley sound

Wreck Bay placers

Darby and Joan, Alberni canal

Defiance, Alberni canal

Magnetic No. 1, Henderson lake

Kennedy Lake deposits

Beck’s claim, Matilda arm, Clayoquot sound
Tidewater mine, Sydney inlet

Agnes Nos. 1 and 2, Hesquiat lake

Violet, Hesquiat lake

Rob Roy-Prince Charlie, Nootka sound

Waterloo, Kyuquot sound

Ingersoll River deposits, Quatsino sound

June group, Quatsino sound

DESCRIPTION OF IRON DEPOSITS

VICTORIA MINING DIVISION
(45) East Sooke Peninsula

Deposits on this peninsula were not examined in detail by the writer,
because of authentic reports of their relatively high content of pyrrhotite.
The descriptions given below are quoted from previous investigators.