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Gold and Silver 35. — From the Douglas Portage, British Columbia. 



Province of The sample was taken from a vein occurring at an elevation 



Columbia. of about two thousand feet above the sea level, aucl about nine 



miles in a north-easterly direction from the hot springs. The vein, 



which has a width of five and a half feet, is nearly vertical, runs 



due north, and is distinctly traceable on the surface for over one 



mile. 



A milky-white quartz, associated with a greyish-green chloritic 



mineral. 



It contained neither gold nor silver. 



36. — From the Douglas Portage, British Columbia. 



Prom a vein about five hundred feet to the westward of the one 

 from which the preceding sample was taken. It occurs at an 

 altitude of about seventeen hundred feet above the sea level, has 

 a width of two and a half feet at the surface, and runs due 

 north, with a dip of about thirty degrees to the east. The speci- 

 men consisted of a white, subtranslucent quartz, in parts stained 

 with oxide of iron and containing a small quantity of a greyish- 

 green chloritic mineral. 



It contained neither gold nor silver. 



37. — This specimen, collected by Dr. G. M. Dawson, was taken from 

 the Champion Ledge, near Fort Creek, Omineca. 



A white, subtranslucent quartz, with galena, a little pyrite, 

 and a trifling amount of hydrated peroxide of iron — the quartz 

 constituting rather more than half the bulk of the specimen ; the 

 latter weighed ten and a half ounces. It was found to contain : 



Gold Trace. 



Silver 19-723 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 



38. — From Gnarled Islands, near Dundas Island, northern part of 

 British Columbian coast. 



Collected by Dr. G. M. Dawson. 



A light greyish quartz, associated with a light brownish calcite 

 and some dark green chloritic matter, with a little copper- 

 pyrites and green carbonate of copper. Weight of specimen one 

 pound one ounce. It contained : 



Silver Trace. 



39. — From the Arctic Circle Claim, Boulder Creek, Omineca. 

 Collected by Dr. G. M. Dawson. 

 Galena, associated with a slightly rust-stained, subtranslucent 







