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ereek and formed the upper part of the valley, and later its headwaters
may have been captured by McLellan creek.

The tributaries of Jack of Clubs creek which have been mined to some
extent include: Stony creek on the northeast side above the upper canyon;
McDougall (Victoria) creek; and Queen of Clubs creek on the southwest
side. Stony creek was mined in the early days and produced some gold.
In 1905 an hydraulic plant was placed on it by A. Stott and Company, but
only one season’s work was done. The work is said to have about paid
expenses. A shaft about 60 feet deep was put down on McDougall creek
near its mouth and drifting done which is said to have paid $3 or $4 a day
to the hand. Some gold was found on the creek nearly as high up as the
Lowhee ditch. Some drifting was done by Herb Brown in 1921 along the
side of Queen of Clubs creek a short distance above the mouth, but only a
little gold was obtained. Very little gold was found on Pinkerton creek,
which flows in its lower part in a deep rock canyon. There is probably a
deeply drift-filled old channel on the northwest side which has not been
mined. The Foch tunnel was run in search of it. The place where the old
channel joins the deep channel of Jack of Clubs creek isnot known. It may
lie beneath the small creek near the Foch tunnel or be somewhat closer to
Pinkerton creek. It probably contains some gold, but the fact that
Pinkerton creek contained little gold discourages the view that the old
channel would prove to be very rich.

The possibilities for mining on Jack of Clubs creek include the deep
ground in the lower part below the Brothers shaft and the stretch of about
2,200 feet between the Discovery and Central old driftings. The Discovery
claim and the ground above up to the Central claim is said to be held by
G. D. Hage of New York, who was one of the directors of the Discovery
Gold Mining Company of British Columbia. The ground varies from
nearly 100 to about 150 feet in depth and whether the bedrock gravels are
sufficiently rich to pay for mining by drifting—the only possible method—
can be determined only by drilling. The ground in the lower part of the
creek is probably at least 225 feet deep and there are serious difficulties in
the way of sinking a shaft, except in bedrock, because of the general absence
of clay. Here, also, if attempts are made to mine the deep channel, the
ground would have to be drilled to determine the depth and values. There
is some possibility for hydraulic mining in the lower part of the high channel
drained by McLellan creek, but the upper part has a gradient of only about
2 per cent, which is too low for hydraulicking.

Little Valley Creek

Little Valley creek, a part of which is shown on Figure 18, flows south-
east and forms the headwaters of Pleasant Valley creek. The latter creek
in its upper part flows in a broad and flat-bottomed valley that is continuous
with the Meadows or Williams Creek flats. Weldon lake, near the mouth
of Little Valley creek, drains down Williams creek, but the summit between
it and Pleasant Valley is only 2 or 3 feet higher than the lake. Little Valley
is broad and deeply drift-filled throughout. Broad flats formed by the
present stream occur in places and are interrupted, as below the West
Canadian Deep Leads mine and lower down near the mouth, by morainic