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and drift it is 6 inches wide, and in the face of the north drift 16 inches
wide. A channel sample taken by the writer at the widest point in the
face, across 16 inches, assayed: gold, 1-36 ounces a ton; silver, 1-77 ounces
a ton. A sample taken by H. T. James in 1927 across the same face
assayed: gold, 0-80 ounce to the ton; silver, 1:2 ounces to the ton; lead,
0-4 per cent; zinc, 5 per cent. The vein in this end of the drift is heavily
mineralized with a fine impregnation of pyrrhotite and black sphalerite,
with small amounts of chalcopyrite and galena in a quartz gangue.

‘ The northeastern continuation of the Bear vein is on the Gold Cap
claim.

Gold Cap Claim
(See Figure 5)
Reference: Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, B.C., 1930, p. 76.

The Gold Cap claim, owned by J. Carruthers of Terrace, is on the west
slope of Maroon mountain about 54 miles east of the north end of Kitsum-
gallum lake. It adjoins and lies northeast of the Bear claim, and is reached
by way of the Maroon Mountain trail to the Bear claim from Rosswood.

The Bear vein continues northeast into the Gold Cap claim and has
been exposed by trenching for about 300 feet beyond the Bear claim. It
ranges from 2 to 6 inches in width and follows fairly closely the bedding
plane of a narrow seam of soft, black, carbonaceous shale with overlying,
impure sandstone. The vein is of quartz, in places heavily stained and
honeycombed by the leaching out of pyrite. An unoxidized sample con-
taining a little pyrite and galena, weighing 1 pound and 13 ounces, assayed:
gold, 0:06 ounce a ton; silver, 0:54 ounce a ton. Four hundred feet farther
northeast a number of pits trace a similar vein for 100 feet. About 50 feet
east of the pits is an altered, brown-weathering dyke similar to one on the
Guld claim. It is cut by a stockwork of reticulating quartz veinlets about
one inch in width. An assay of similar quartz veinlets taken from the dyke
on the Guld claim showed a trace of silver and no gold.

Guld Claim
(See Figure 5)
Reference: Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, B.C., 1930, p. 76.

The Guld claim, formerly known as the Alice, adjoins the northeast
boundary of the Gold Cap claim and is reached by way of the Maroon
Mountain trail from Rosswood. Oscar Olander of Rosswood is the owner.

The conglomerate horizon from the Bear and Gold Cap claims extends
onto the Guld claim, continues northeast for 600 feet, and then swings
north and may be followed down the valley slope to where it crosses Hall
creek. Close to the line between the Guld and Gold Cap claims is a quartz
vein in a sheared zone in the conglomerate. It is 18 inches wide, and 20
feet long, strikes north 30 degrees east, and dips 65 degrees west. Five
hundred feet to the northeast a pit has been sunk on an altered, brown-
weathering dyke that is cut by a stockwork of quartz veinlets of one inch