196 The Ottawa Naturallst. [January 



The Gold-Bearing Veins of Bag Bay, Western Ontario. 



By Mr. PETER McKELLAR, Fort William, Ontario, Canada. 



The object of this paper was to show the peculiarities of the gold- 

 bearing veins in the granite; area of Bi^ Bay, Shoal Lake, west of the 

 Lake of the Woods, Ontario. These veins are characterizea by the 

 smallness of the quartz fissures compared with the quanti y of valuable 

 ore they yield under development. This paper was presented and read 

 by Dr. Bell. 



Glacial Plienomena in the Yukon Territory. 

 By Mr. J. B. TYRRELL, Geological Survey Deptartment. 



In this paper the author describes the direction of the glaciation 

 which he noticed darmg the summer of 1898, together with notes on 

 the various glacial deposits met with on Bonanza, Stewart, Eldorado 

 and other creeks in the Yukon District of Canada. 



Gold Mining in the Klondike District 

 By Mr. J. B. TYRRELL. 



This paper was illustrated with lantern views from photographs 

 taken by Mr. Tyrrell during the past summer. It gave a most instruc- 

 tive view of the large amount and character of the gold placer mming 

 carried on within Canadian tenitory in the Klondike. 



Amongst other papers interesting to Canadians were the follow- 

 ing :— 



Pre-Cambrian Fossiliferous Formations. 



By the Hon. Cii.ides D. Walcott, Dire-tor of the U. S. Geological 



Survey, Washington, D.C. 



This paper opened with a description of the pre-Cambrian forma- 

 tions which have yielled traces of life, including the announcement of 

 the discovery of fossils indicating highly organised life in the pre- 

 Cambrian belt terrane of Montana. One of the forms described has 

 a strong resemblance and affinity to certain Silurian Eurypterids. 



The Faunas of the Upper Ordovician in the Lake Champlain 



Valley. 



By Theodore G. White, of Columbia University, New York City. 



In this paper Dr.White gave the results of a detailed study of the con 

 secutive faunas contained in each stratum at numerous localities through- 



