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an area of 25 feet in diameter. As similar mineralization was found north-
westward in open-cuts respectively 100 and 200 feet higher, the owners
assume that the three mineralized areas form a large mineralized body
striking northwestward. The outlines of the mineralized area or areas
should be traced so that there may be no doubt of the length and width of
the body or bodies. Clothier reports assay values of $12 in gold, silver,
and copper, in samples from the lowest open-cut.t Two vein-like deposits
have been uncovered a short distance above the camp. One contains pyrite
and chaleopyrite and is 6 feet wide. The other contains hematite, pyrite,
and chalcopyrite and is perhaps 10 feet wide.

Three rusty, bleached zones outcrop 1,400 feet above the camp. The
zones are each from 40 to 100 feet thick, are about 100 feet apart, and
conform to the strike and dip of the rocks. The central zone contains con-
siderable sphalerite and galena. This zone is clearly a replacement deposit
along a particular bed of rock.

Several other veins and replacement deposits occur on the property,

but were not seen.
The mineral deposits should be traced on the surface to establish their
lengths and widths. They should be sampled to determine the grade of the
deposits, and if assays indicate commercial ore, the various deposits should
be diamond drilled. The possibility of developing one or more large low-
grade ore-bodies seems good.
HILL 60 GROUP

The Hill 60 group, formerly known as the Olga group, is at an eleva-
tion of 1,200 feet on the north side of Bitter creek about 3 miles above its
mouth. The development work, consisting of open-cuts and an adit 300
feet long, was mostly done before 1910. About 150 feet of the adit is a
drift along the mineral deposit.

The country rock is black argillite and grey, sandy quartzite of the
Bitter Creek formation. A vein strikes northeast and dips northwestward
crosscutting the country rock at a small angle. It has been traced on the
surface for 250 feet; it disappears under drift at the southeastern end, and
apparently is cut off by a fault at the northeastern end. The vein, con-
sisting chiefly of quartz and brecciated argillite, is about 2 feet wide on the
average, but in one place underground it divides into parallel quartz gashes
and attains a total width of 9 feet. The vein is practically barren of sul-
phides except for small shoots of chalcopyrite. The best body of ore seen
on the property is a lens of practically pure chalcopyrite 25 feet long and
8 inches wide at the widest part.

SUNSHINE GROUP

The Sunshine group of claims is at an elevation of 3,250 feet on the
north side of the glacier on the north fork of Glacier creek. Most of the
development work on the property was done by the Granby Consolidated
Mining, Smelting, and Power Company while holding the group under option
in 1922. The company made several open-cuts and drove an adit 400 feet
long. The country rock is argillite of the Bitter Creek formation near the
contact with a body of augite porphyrite.

1Ann, Rept., Minister of Mines, B.C., 1926, p. 94.