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Opening No. 3, on the north-west side of the hill, shows 

 a broken bed of ore in a gangne of hornblende and epidote, 

 with concentrations of pyrites at several points. The 

 entire thickness of the bed mnst be over 10 feet. x\n 

 analysis shows: 



Per Cent. 



Silica 32.59 



Metallic iron --- -.. 36.41 



Sulphur 0.20 



Phosphorus . ._ - trace. 



On the immediate northern bank of Helton creek a 

 small opening exposes a broken bed of compact magnetite, 

 irregularly distributed through a gangue of hornblende 

 and gneiss, split by a lens of pyritiferous ore about 5 feet 

 thick. An analysis of a sample taken across the bed 

 shows: 



Per Cent. 



Silica -- 41.13 



Metallic iron 23.39 



Sulphur ._- --- 1.67 



Phosphorus --. 0.109 



The conclusion is that there are streaks of pyritiferous 

 ore throughout this part of the bed, which increase in 

 sulphur with depth. 



On the south side of Helton creek the ore crosses over 

 McClure's knob, where a number of openings expose a 

 series of three parallel beds, none of which show over 3 

 feet in thickness so far as developed. A number of analy- 

 ses of samples taken from some of these openings show: 



I. II. III. IV. 



Silica 23.23 22.78 28.78 16.50 



Metallic iron 44.87 43.03 42.39 45.87 



Sulphur - 0.036 0.02 0.03 0.025 



Phosphorus- 0.053 o-^4 0-03 0.904 



To the south-west the ore crosses Old Field creek, and 

 has been opened again at the Poison branch bank, on the 



