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Moresby Island, which is the more southerly of the two prin- 

 cipal members of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The discovery 

 of gold in this locality would appear to have been originally 

 made by Indians, since it was their possession of pieces of this 

 metal that excited the curiosity of the Hudson Bay Company's 

 traders, who induced the Indians to disclose the source ; and 

 this led to the prospecting expedition under the auspices of the 

 H. B. Co. in 1852. Varying accounts have been given of the 

 results of this expedition, but Major Win. Downie, who exam- 

 ined the spot seven years later, states that he could not find 

 anything worth working. 



Since that date prospectors have been attracted to the vicinity 

 at various times, and in 1906 McLennan discovered a new vein 

 within about one hundred yards of the original 11. B. Co.'s 

 mine. 



Mr. Robertson, who paid a visit to this locality in 1909, states 

 in regard to the II. B. Co.'s mine, that " a trap dyke was found 

 cutting through a diabase country rock in a N. 15° ~W. direc- 

 tion, with a nearly vertical dip. Following alongside the dyke 

 is a crushed zone about 2 feet in width in which occurs a small 

 vein of quartz, from one to four inches wide, somewhat irreg- 

 ular but quite persistent." The McLennan vein is similar, and 

 being inclined to the other would intersect it under the harbour ; 

 both carry free gold in the form of small specks. A consider- 

 able amount of development work has recently been carried 

 out on the property, and a stamp mill is now being erected for 

 the treatment of the ore. 



Geological Department, McGill University, 

 Montreal, Canada. 



