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sands was collected and subjected to a sizing test, with the following results:

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The sand was also mineralogically examined, and found to consist of (besides quartz) magnetite, ilmenite, pink garnet, epidote, zircon, with a few grains of chlorite, serpentine, and biotite.

The gold occurring in the sands of the east coast is said to be in extremely small particles, as the so-called ‘‘flour’”’ or “float” gold. The absence of any natural head of water along the shore makes extraction expensive.

The ultimate source of the gold has not been determined. Gold occurs at Gold harbour on the west coast of Moresby is- land, as free gold in quartz; and it is possible that the placer gold was derived from veins of a similar nature now buried by the Tertiary and later rocks. The high degree of comminution of the gold in the beach sands indicates that the gold was trans- ported a considerable distance; and it seems most probable that the gold now obtained from the beach placers has been reconcentrated in them from the Pleistocene gravels of the north- east lowland.

Gold is found on the Southeaster and Beaconsfield mining claims, situated about a mile northeast of Skidegate Indian village. Through the courtesy of John MacClellan, Esq., part owner, the writer had the opportunity of visiting the property,