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Reforonces: Gray, J. Ges Hast Half, Fort Fraser Map-Area, Sritish Columbis; Geol. Surv., Canada, Paper 35-14, 1938.

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Stovenson, J. Se: hereury Deposits of British Columbia; B.C. dept. of Mines, Bull, 5, 1940, pe. 16-86. :

Dominion Bureau of Statistics: Report on Miscellancous Metals in Canada, 1940; Dept. of Trade end Commerce, Dominion Bureav of

Statistics, Mine, liet., and Chem. Branch, Ohtawa, 1941, p. 18.

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The Pinchi Lake mercury mine is located on the Mercury group

of claims. This group ua toa twenty-two Crown-granted claims and fractions on the north shore of Pinchi Leke. During the field season cf 1937 cinnabar wns a ee by J. G. Gray of the Geological Survey on

what has since proved to be the main showing on the Mercury group of claims. In May 1988, three claims, Mercury Nos. 1 to 3, were staked by A. J. Ostrem and Geo. Nislson, and ten claims, Dugout Nos, 1-3 ana Chief Nos. l and 2, wore staked bir’ D, and M. Roddacker. Later in 1958 these thirteen claims were optioned by the Consolidated Mining and Smel]ting Company, who have since staked nine additional claims, Pinchi Nos. 1-9. In duue 1940 a reduction plant with a rated capacity of 50 tons a day was prought- into operation. During the summers of 1940 and 1941 addit ione) reduction mits were installed and the plant now has a rated capacity of

450 tons a day~e The grade of the ore treated is betwoon 0.5 and 0.75

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Annual Report Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company for 1941.

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“4 scellaneous Metals in-Ganada, 1940; Dept. Trade and Commeros, Dom. Bur. of Statistics, Census of industry, Ottowa, 1941, p. 18.

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; The discovery showings CSG) Ie the northeast side of Pinchi Lake on the top of a hill, called the Maine hill", popronimena 700 feet above the lake level and about 6 miles from the nerthwest end of the lake. The reduction plant is s situated ae 150 feet above the lake, allowing the ore bo be extracted by adits to a depth of at léast 550 feet. The property may be reached. by a road, 29 ae long, from Fort St. damer.