PRODUCT GOLD PRODUIT - Silver) copper, 505223 * PROVINCE
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PRODUCT GOLD PRODUIT - Silver) copper, 505223 * PROVINCE
PRODUCT PRODUIT PROVINCE OR TERRITORY GOLD PROVINCE OU TERRITOIRE B r i t i s h Columbia N.T.S.AREA 103P/13 R ~ G I O NDU S.N.R.C. REF. AU 2 RLF. ' N A M E O F " O P E RTY WIRE GOLD (GOLD BOULDER) (GOLD KNIFE) NOM DE LA P R O P R I ~ T ~ HISTORY OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT HISTORIRUE DE L'EXPLORATION ET RE LA MISE EN VALEUR OBJECT LOCATE-D This o c c u r r e n c e i s l o c a t e d on t h e n o r t h s i d e of t h e Marmot OBJET LOCALISE R i v e r j u s t below Kate Ryan Creek, about 44 m i l e s southUNCERTAINTY at. 55"52'10" Long. 129 "58 ' 20" s o u t h e a s t o f Stewart. FACTEUR D'INCERTITUDE La t. Long. The Wire Gold group of 9 c l a i m s was l o c a t e d i n 1912 by District Cassiar Mining D~vision Skeena G.W. Bruggy & a s s o c i a t e s . I n 1923 t h e p r o p e r t y c o n s i s t e d of Division miniere District 4 c l a i m s , t h e Wire Gold, and Wire Gold NOS. 2 t o 4 , owned by County Township or Parish comt6 Canton ou paroisse Messrs. F r a s e r , Dwyer, and Ryan, of S t e w a r t . Work d u r i n g Lot Concession or Range 1923-24 i n c l u d e d d r i v i n g a 40 f o o t l o n g a d i t on t h e v e i n . The Lor Concession ou rang c l a i m s were o p t i o n e d by a Thomas Campbell, who o r g a n i z e d Sec TP. R. S t e r l i n g Silver-Lead Mines, Limited i n March 1925. The Sect. ct. R. company s o l d t h e c l a i m s t o a S.K. Green and h e i n t u r n s o l d OWNER OR OPERATORIPROPRI~TAIRE OU EXPLOITANT t h e claims t o I n t e r n a t i o n a l Metals E x p l o r a t i o n Company, a S e a t t l e o r g a n i z a t i o n r e g i s t e r e d i n B.C. i n 1926. Marmot C o n s o l i d a t e d Mines, L i m i t e d , which was formed i n June 1927, a c q u i r e d t h e Wire Gold, P a t r i c i a , and North Fork Basin prope r t i e s . No work was r e p o r t e d on t h e Wire Gold group by any of t h e above companies. Marmot Consolidated Mines s u r r e n d e r e d i t s c h a r t e r i n 1930. The ground was a p p a r e n t l y r e s t a k e d by S t e w a r t Canal Gold DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITIDESCRIPTION DU GISEMENT Mines, Limited, J. K a a h t i of S t e w a r t , Manager, i n a b o u t 1937. I n 1938 t h e claims were h e l d under o p t i o n by t h e C.M.X. The c o u n t r y r o c k i s g r a n o d i o r i t e o f t h e Coast Range i n t r u s i v e s . A p y r i t i z e d q u a r t z v e i n , 1 t o 2 f e e t wide, s t r i k e e S y n d i c a t e , which a l s o h e l d t h e Gold Drop p r o p e r t y a d j o i n i n g t o N 2 5 " ~and d i p s 65' n o r t h w e s t . The v e i n c a r r i e s low v a l u e s i n t h e s o u t h . S t e w a r t Canal Gold Mines resumed work on t h e prope r t y i n 1939. Development work on t h e p r o p e r t y , as r e p o r t e d gold. i n 1939, i n c l u d e s open c u t s , one a d i t 176 f e e t l o n g , and a second a d i t s t a r t e d . Small amounts of o r e were shipped t o t h e P r o v i n c i a l Government Sampling P l a n t a t P r i n c e Rupert i n 1939 a n d 1940. The Gold K n i f e t u n n e l i s on t h e Emerald No. 3 claim. Associated minerals or products Minhraux ou produits associbs - S i l v e r ) copper, -- . . Mineral Policv Sector. Deuartment of Enerev. Mincs and Resources. Otta Secteur de lo politique minkrile, rniniitiride 1'.knergie, deyl%nes et des ~essources,'Ofta, 505223 * IISTORY OF PRODUCTIONIHISTORIQUE DE LA PRODUCTION I n 1939, 11 t o n s of o r e were shipped from t h e Gold Boulder l a i m . From t h i s o r e 4 ounces of g o l d , 5 ounces of s i l v e r , and 8 pounds of copper were recovered. I n 1940, 2 1 t o n s were hipped from t h e Gold K n i f e claim. From t h i s o r e 22 ounces o f o l d , 1 7 ounces of s i l v e r , and 73 pounds of copper were ecovered . REFE RENCESIBIBLIOGRAPHIE R e p o r t s of M i n i s t e r of Mines, B r i t i s h Columbia: 1912, p . 105; 1924, p . 59; 1925, p. 81; 1926, p. 87; 1928, p . 93; 1938, p. B 25; 1939, p. 67. Hanson, George; P o r t l a n d Canal Area, B r i t i s h Columbia; Memoir 175, pp. 128, 151, Geol. Surv. of Canada, 1935. Mineral Policy Sector; Corporation F i l e s : " S t e r l i n g SilverLead Mines, Limited"; '%lamot Consolidated Mines, ~imited" . MAP REFE RENCESIRLF~RENCES CARTOGRAPHIQUES [ap 215 A, S t e w a r t S h e e t , B.C., (Geol.) , Sc. 1":l m i l e Memoir 159. [ap 1 9 3 A, S t e w a r t Sheet, B.C., ---- - accomp (Topo.), Sc. 1:50,000. - REMARKSIREMARQUES Comp./Rev. By Come. /r&. ear Date Date 1 01-68 1 . . B C I 1 0 3 O-P % . 96