Geology and Veins

The country rock is a course grained diorite and gabbro, highly mineralized, pyrite occurring freely in the rock, these rocks are intersected by numerous fissures now occupied by ore deposits.

Twelve veins are known by outcrops to traverse the property in two series of contemporary origin, generally speaking what is now known as the main vein system in which is included veins worked through shafts Nos. 1, 2, 3, have an east and west strike, nearly parallel in the longest axis of the property, a length of 6,800 feet.

The same may be said about veins worked through shafts Nos. 5, 5A,10 and vein No. 12, giving a possible length of veins of from one to one and one-quarter miles. The other known veins strike in different directions, forming angles of intersection with the east and west system of from 30 to 40 degrees and dip south and southwest.

The veins consist of quartz and chloretic schist, impregnated with iron pyrite and in places, pyrrhotite.

The gold in these veins is found to be free, yielding readily to simple method of treatment, giving a high extraction at low cost.

The gold is associated with the pyrite, this, therefore, serves as a guide.

The veins are strong, well defined and persistent, varying in width from 8 to 50 feet, and some of these have been traced for the full length of the property, a distance of one and one quarter miles.

Annexed map shows location and direction of the veins, outcropping. Three other veins, not traceable on the surface, have been found by crosscutting at the lower levels of present workings, in No. 1 shaft the south vein was found between 200 and 300 feet level, this as far as followed over 300 feet in length is 15 to 20 feet wide; another vein was found by crosscutting sough on 400-foot level, this has been drifted on for over 200 feet and is from 18 to 30 feet wide, this is named “Spur Vein.”

In No. 3 shaft on 500-foot level a vein was found by crosscutting north a few feet, this has been drifted upon for 60 feet, showing a vein 8 to 12 feet wide.

The latest work done at a depth of 400 feet in No. 1 and at 500 feet in No. 3 shaft, indicates that the veins become more sharply defined, that the mineral contents, “the pyrite,” increase and with this the gold value, and what may prove of great importance is the indication of two or more parallel veins.

Briefly summing up under this most important heading it can be said without hesitation, that there are twelve veins traceable by outcrops and three veins so far have been found having no outcrops, making fifteen known veins, some of these can be readily traced for over a mile, all are of large size, a conservative average would be ten feet in width.

Our Provincial Geologist, Dr. W. G. Miller, says, in Bureau of Mines Report, as early as 1902: —

“The deposits occurring as they do near the centre of a large area of coarse grained igneous rock may confidently be expected to extend to great depth.”

In addition to the veins here described, there is 150 feet north from No. 10 shaft, an outcrop or knoll composed of quartz and anchorite mainly, it projects about 30 feet above the surrounding diorite, is entirely different to any of the other ore deposits. Several samples taken gave values from $1 to #4. The writer is inclined to believe that this may lead to an important ore deposit on development.

Still further north 400 feet is a large quartz outcrop of quartz dome, “see surface map.” no work has been done on this and can, therefore, not be described in detail, it appears as a quartz dome, no work has been done on this and from its location must be connected with the central vein.

The large quartz outcrop is, no doubt, significant of something important to be developed.