an auriferous pegmatite or feldspathic quartz vein, the rest appears to have come from quartz veins. Although Alice Shea Creek is not rich in comparison with other placer creeks, the search for the source of its gold is worthwhile. Furthermore, the small drainage area of the creek should confine prospect- ing to a comparatively small tract. The main difficulty is that the valley-sides are largely covered with drift and bed- rock outcrogs in few places other than in the creek-bottom and on the ridge-tops. The drift is glacial boulder-clay so that panning to recover any gold colours probably would not reveal - the presence of an underlying auriferous vein.

On Wheaton and Alice Shea Creeks most of the ground that offers any possibility for the occurrence of placer-gold has been staked. The chance of finding gold on Wheaton Creek south of the present limit of leases is not as good as it is in the canyon-section to the north. Nevertheless, bed-rock testing to the south should not be overlooked. The leases already staked merit further placer prospecting. There is insufficient evidence to permit definite conclusions to be made, consequent- ly further prospecting in selected places would do much towards giving a definite answer to the following questions.

1. Is there gold on bed-rock below Wheaton Creek on the leases between the Peacock lease and the mouth of Alice Shea Creek?

2. Does an interglacial channel extend northward from the Peacock lease and lie to the west of the canyon on lease No. 4027 If it does, is it auriferous?

3. Is there a concentration of gold on bed-rock beneath the bedded clay in the bottom of the interglacial channel on the Peacock lease?

4. Is there a buried, auriferous, Tertiary channel that extends southward from a point opposite Wheaton's camp and lies on the east side of Wheaton Creek?

5. Has fine gold migrated down Alice Shea Creek and is there a concentration of it on bed-rock below creek-level at the mouth of Alice Shea Creek?

5S. Is there any pay-gravel on the rock benches that flank Wheaton Creek north of the mouth of Alice Shea Creek?

7. Is there a buried channel of Alice Shea Creek lying between the lower end of the canyon on Alice Shea Creek and a point about 500 feet east of the No. 2 post of lease No. 360? If so, is there a concentration of gold on bed-rock in it?

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