PRETTY GIRL

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P R 0 D U CT
PRODUIT
SILVER
PROVINCE OR
TERRITORY
NAME OF PROPERTY
NOM DE LA P R O P R I ~ T ~
PROVINCE OU B r i t i s h Columbia
TERRITOIRE
N.T.S. AREA
82 K/9
RLGIONDU S.N. R.C.
R E F . AG 1
RLF.
HISTORY OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT '
HISTORIQUE DE L'EXPLORATION ET DE LA MISE EN VALEUR
The P r e t t y G i r l claim i s l o c a t e d a t t h e 7,500' e l e v a t i o n
OBJECT LOCATED
P r e t t y G i r l claim ( ~ o 2570).
t
OBJET LOCALISE
a t t h e head of a northwesterly flowing t r i b u t a r y of Law
Creek, some 12 miles west of Invermere. The o r i g i n a l property
UNCERTAINTY
300 rn
Lat. 50 O31' 10"
Long. 116 1 8' 40 "
FACTEUR D'INCERTITUDE
~at.
Long.
extended from t h e summit of t h e mountain a t 8,500' e l e v a t i o n
Mining Division Golden
District
KOOtenay
t o Law Creek a t t h e 6,300' e l e v a t i o n .
Division miniere
District
I n 1898 t h e property comprised 6 claims, t h e P r e t t y G i r l ,
County
Townsh~por Parish
Venus,
New Chum, Beauty, Old Chum, and Minniehaha F r . , h e l d by
Cornr6
Canton ou paroisse
New
Golden
B r i t i s h Columbia, Limited, of London, England.
Lot
Concession or Range
Lot
Concession ou rang
Development work was confined t o t h e P r e t t y G i r l claim a t t h e
Sec
TP.
R.
7,500' e l e v a t i o n and included open c u t s , a 235' a d i t , a 40'
Sect.
Cr.
R.
s h a f t and c r o s s c u t . A 1,000 l b shipment of o r e was s e n t t o
England f o r test purposes. The claims ( ~ o t s2570-2575
OWNER OR OPERATORIPROPRI~TAIREOU EXPLOITANT
r e s p e c t i v e l y ) w e r e Crown-granted t o t h e company i n 1900. The
property was worked under l e a s e i n 1903 and two apparently
new a d i t s w e r e d r i v e n t o l e n g t h s of 325 and 45', and t h e s h a f t
deepened t o 70 '
The P r e t t y G i r l claim was re-Crown-granted t o J a s McKay i n
1914. The following y e a r t h e claim was acquired by Messrs.
Peake and Cornwall, who had re-staked a d j a c e n t l a p s e d claims;
no
work was reported.
DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITIDESCRIPTION DU GISEMENT
No f u r t h e r a c t i v i t y was recorded u n t i l 1927 when prospectMap 1326 A i n d i c a t e s t h e a r e a i s u n d e r l a i n by P r o t e r o z o i c
sedimentary rocks of t h e Horsethief Creek group. Early s u r f a c e i n g w a s done. I n 1928 North Kootenay Mines, ~ i m i t e dacquired
t h e property and some a c t i v i t y apparently continued u n t i l t h e
workings were r e p o r t e d l y i n s h a l e o r slate dipping n e a r
f a l l of 1929, b u t t h e r e is no r e p o r t of work donev e r t i c a l and s t r i k i n g about N25OW. The upper a d i t e v i d e n t l y
Pearson, Gallagher Ltd., of Nelson, h e l d t h e property i n
followed a v e i n , which v a r i e s from a seam up t o 10 inches i n
1981.
width, c o n s i s t i n g of q u a r t z somewhat s t a i n e d w i t h malachite
(copper carbonate). The o r e i n t h e s h a f t , some of which was
shipped and some specimens of which a r e s t i l l t o be seen on
t h e dump, c a r r i e d grey-copper with, i t i s s a i d , high values i n
silver.
PRETTY GIRL
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Assoc~atedminerals or products
Min6raux ou produits associbs
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Copper.
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Mineral Policy Sector, Department o f Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa
Secreur de la politique rninirale, ministkre de I'Energie, des Mines et des Ressources, Ottawa
120145
HISTORY OF PRODUCTIONIHISTORIQUE DE L A PRODUCTION
During t h e p e r i o d 1904-28, 9 t o n s of o r e were shipped from
t h i s p r o p e r t y . From t h i s o r e 457 ounces of s i l v e r and 3,677
pounds of copper were recovered.
Reports of M i n i s t e r of Mines, B r i t i s h Columbia:
1898, pp. 1042+, 1055; 1899, p . 667; 1900, p . 980;
1928,
1903, p. 104; 1914, p . 513; 1915, p. 96*;
p. 276; 1929, p. 292.
Mineral P o l i c y S e c t o r ; C o r p o r a t i o n F i l e s :
Kootenay Mines, ~ i m i t e d " .
MAP R E F E R E N C E S I R E F ~ R E N CCARTOGRAPHIQUES
ES
Map 2070, Windermere, (Geol.), Sc. 1":2 miles - accomp. Memoir
148, Geol. Surv. of Canada, 1926.
Map 1326 A, Lardeau ( E a s t H a l f ) , (Geol.) , Sc. 1:250,000
accomp. Memoir 369, Geol. Surv. of Canada, 1973.
//Map 82 ~ / 9 ,Radium Hot S p r i n g s , (Topo.),
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Sc. 1:50,000.
REMARKSIREMARQUES
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