MICSELLANEOUS MINERALS. 23 H 



31. — From Inari, not far from Marble Island, west coast of Hudson's Gold and 8il 

 Bay. Reported by the Esquimaux to occur in large quantity. Dfetrict of 



Fine crystalline iron pyrites in a gangue of light bluish-grey cont. 

 magnesian limestone. Weight of specimen, close on eleven ounces. 

 It contained neither gold nor silver. 



This specimen was also examined for copper, nickel and cobalt ; 

 it did not contain a trace of either. 



32. — From the northern point of a large island in Lake of the Woods, 

 about twelve miles south-east of Eat Portage. Received through 

 Dr. R. Bell from J. Dewe", Esq. 



Quartz, penetrated by delicate needles of hornblende, with 

 some greenish chloritic matter and a little calcite. It contained 

 distinctly visible native gold. Weight of specimen, one and a 

 quarter ounce. It was found to contain : 



Gold 37.318 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 



Silver 1.431 " « " " 



33. — From Lake of the Woods; vicinity of Rat Portage. Received 

 through Dr. R. Bell from J. Dewe, Esq. 



A somewhat granular, whitish quartzite, rusty on weathered 

 surfaces, cariying a very small quantity of molybdenite, and a 

 little greenish chloritic matter. Assay showed it to contain : 



Gold Traces. 



Silver 0.597 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 



PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Province of 



British 



Assays Nos. 37, 38 and 39 were conducted by Mr. Frank D. Adams. 



34. — Sent for examination by W. Pollard, Esq., the Secretary of the 

 " Enterprise " Gold and Silver Mining Company, Victoria, 

 British Columbia. 



A white subtranslucent quartz coated with hydratcd peroxide 

 of iron ; some of the fragments were very much honeycombed, 

 others contained numerous angular cavities; these latter, in either 

 case, most probabty at one time contained iron-pyrites, and 

 which had been removed by weathering ; about one-sixth, by 

 weight of the sample of ore, consisted of pulverulent hydrated 

 peroxide of iron ; it further contained a little iron-pyrites and 

 galena, and a few fragments of a dark bluish-grey slaty matter. 

 It was found to contain : 



Gold 20096 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 



Silver 4-929 " " " " 



ver 



Columbia. 



