MISCELLANEOUS MINERALS. 21 H 



weathered ; the pyrite constituted over half the bulk of the speci- Gold and Silver 



men. The latter weighed nearly one pound. District of 



° j i Keewiitjn, 



It contained neither gold nor silver. cont. 



IT. — From an island in Black Whale Harbour, locally better known 

 as Teska Harbour. Taken from one of a group of veins. 



Bluish-grey indurated limestone holding iron-pyrites. The 

 specimen weighed ten and a quarter ounces. 

 It contained neither gold nor silver. 



18. — Prom the location of Mr. W. Harris, Falcon Lake, near Lake of 

 the Woods. 



A somewhat rusty granular quartzite with a little molyb- 

 denite. Weight of specimen nearly nine ounces. 

 It contained neither gold nor silver. 



19. — From Fire-steel Bapid, which is twenty-three miles above the 

 Long Portage on the Mattagami River. 



Consisted mainly of a fine crystalline pyrite and quartz ; much 

 stained on the surface by oxide of iron. Weight of specimen not 

 quite one and a quarter pound. 



It contained neither gold nor silver. 



20. — Taken from a vein found at God's Lake. 



Subtranslucent quartz tinged with oxide of iron and holding a 

 little pyrite. Weight of specimen, thirteen and a half ounces. 

 It contained neither gold nor silver. 



21. — Also from a vein found at God's Lake. 



Greenish and light brownish quartz with a few specks of 

 copper-pyrites. Weight of specimen, not quite six ounces. 

 It contained neither gold nor silver. 



22. — Taken from a vein found at Island Lake. 



Subtranslucent greyish quartz, with a greyish-green chloritic 

 mineral. Weight of specimen, four ounces. 

 It contained neither gold nor silver. 



23. — Churchill, one mile west of New Fort. Taken from a vein about 

 two feet wide. 



A whitish and light grey subtranslucent quartz. Weight of 

 specimen, not quite five ounces. 



It contained neither gold nor silver. 



