22 H GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OP CANADA. 



Gold and Silver 24. — Churchill, half a mile north of the New Fort. From a vein 



District of varying in thickness from one to three feet. 



eont wahn ' Faint greyish-white subtranslucent quartz, with some light 



green chloritic mineral and a little specular iron. Weight of 



specimen, seventeen ounces. 



It contained neither gold nor silver. 



25. — From a vein three and a half miles east of the mouth of the 

 Churchill Eiver. The vein is about three feet wide and can be 

 traced for several hundred yards east and west. 



Eeddish and light brownish-grey subtranslucent quartz, with a 

 very small quantity of pyrite and specular iron. Weight of speci- 

 men, not quite eight ounces. 



It contained neither gold nor silver. 



26. — From a vein about five miles due east of the mouth of the 

 Churchill Eiver. The vein was stated to be large and some- 

 what irregular. 



A subtranslucent greyish quartz with a little specular iron. 

 Weight of specimen, not quite six ounces. 



It contained neither silver nor gold. 



27.— From, what was stated to be, a good-sized vein on Eagle Nest 

 Point, about six miles east of the mouth of the Churchill Eiver. 



A light grey vitreous quartz. Weight of specimen, rather more 

 than three and a half ounces. 



It contained neither gold nor silver. 



28. — From the same locality as the last ; stated to have been taken 



from a good-sized vein. 



Subtranslucent greyish quartz, in parts impregnated with 



finely divided specular iron. Weight of specimen, not quite 



seven ounces. 



It contained neither gold nor silver. 



29. — From a vein on Battery Point, between one and two miles east 

 of the mouth of the Churchill Eiver. 



A greyish and whitish subtranslucent quartz. Weight of speci- 

 men, rather more than eight and a half ounses. 

 It contained neither gold nor silver. 



30. — Specimen taken from another vein, same locality as the last. 



A greyish opaque quartzite with a little specular iron. Weight 

 of specimen, rather over nine ounces. 



It contained neither gold nor silver. 



