geology of moose river gold district — woodman. 77 



Appendix. Detailed Description of Leads. 



In the following description of the gold-bearing leads, the 

 data are given by divisions, as in the discussion of folds above. 

 The statements are not intended to be complete; for, in a district 

 mined in so desultory and fragmentary a manner as this has 

 been, it is impossible to get reliable data in sufficient quantity 

 regarding leads long idle. No mention of value is given ; and, 

 indeed, all statements of a pecuniary nature have been rigidly 

 excluded from the paper. The information has been gained 

 from every available source that is reliable — personal observa- 

 tion, Mr. Faribault's excellent map, and miners who have worked 

 the leads in question in former years. The use of pi. 2 will 

 be necessary throughout the description. 



Division i. — This territory is much less opened up than that 

 to the east. The Alex. Taylor lead is three inches thick where 

 seen. At the north end of area 67 are two leads on the surface, 

 which have never been opened ; the northern five, the southern 

 two inches wide. The Britannia is a belt of two leads, with a 

 foot-wall of whin and no distinct hanging wall. The larger of 

 these veins is six inches wide west of the river, and very v:\nte, 

 and five inches thick in the main opening. The smaller lead 

 averages four inches. Both roll heavily. 



The Kaulback belt consists chiefly of two veins at the 

 surface, two feet apart and stratified. At a depth of twelve to 

 fifteen feet they break gently southward across the bedding, 

 diverging somewhat, so that at 170 feet down on the slope they 

 are five to six feet apart. They also turn slightl}" northwestward 

 across the strike of the country rock. At various points they 

 break up into stringers, sometimes reuniting again. South from 

 the more southerly of the two leads 23 feet, at the 170-foot 

 level, is a six-inch bedded lead, rolling strongly. 



The vertical lead under the south corner of the Touquoy 

 crusher is very uneven in thickness, running from a few inches 

 up to nearly two and a half feet. Southeast of it, on the west 



