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claims and extend from near the base of the mountain to above an eleva-
tion of 2,600 feet. The claims are reached by way of the Edgar Creek
trail to the Silver Bow cabin.

A quartz vein sparsely mineralized with pyrite has been traced by
five pits in the overburden for 225 feet. Its position is approximately
1,000 feet due east of the Silver Bow cabin and 400 feet higher. The vein
has an average width of 30 inches, strikes south 30 degrees east, and dips
35 degrees northeast. It fills a fissure in andesite and just above 2,450
feet it pinches out at the contact of the volcanic rocks with a small boss
of granodiorite. A 15-inch channel sample taken across the vein in the
more northerly pit 30 feet northwest of the discovery post assayed only a
trace of silver and no gold. A 40-inch channel sample taken across the
widest part of the vein, 30 feet southeast of the discovery post, assayed:
gold, 0-04 ounce to the ton; silver, a trace.

This vein and (or) other veins have been traced northwest along the
same strike for about 1,000 feet down the mountain slope. Widely
separated pits expose quartz veins at six different places between elevations
of 2,375 and 1,600 feet. The lowest vein examined is at an elevation of
1,600 feet across a small ravine about 300 feet north of the main trail
to the cabin. It strikes north and dips 30 degrees east, is enclosed in
volcanic rocks, and consists of alternate bands of andesite and quartz
over a width of 4 feet. The main body of the granodiorite that comprises
the lower west slope of the mountain is a short distance below the vein.
Most of these veins were discovered during the summer of 1935 and the
owners have not had time to trace them very far.

Rakeoff Group

The Rakeoff claims are on the west slope of Kleanza mountain about
3 miles due east of Vanarsdol railway station. The claims adjoin and are
above the Beanstock group. The showings are reached by a rough trail
half a mile long which continues up the mountain from the Silver Bow
cabin. G. Little and A. Clore of Terrace are the owners.

At an elevation of 3,000 feet where the mountain flattens off for some
distance half a dozen pits and trenches expose three quartz veins enclosed
in fine-grained, greenish andesite. The veins are parallel and _ strike
approximately south 30 degrees east and dip from 50 to 60 degrees north-
east. The vein quartz is milky white and in a few places is sparsely
mineralized with pyrite. The largest vein averages 18 inches in width
and has been traced for about 200 feet. A channel sample taken across
16 inches of quartz from the main pit between the two discovery posts
assayed: gold, none; silver, none. The second quartz vein is 4 to 7 inches
wide, lies 50 feet west of the main vein, and has been traced by two cuts
for 40 feet. The third vein is on the southeast side of a stock of granodio-
rite 100 feet in diameter that outcrops 60 feet south of the southern end
of the largest vein. It is 18 inches wide and is exposed in a trench for a
length of 10 feet along its strike. Low, heavily drift-covered ground
ee southeast has discouraged further prospecting for the vein in that

irection.