, 1889-07-18
KooTENAr MtSERALs.


suycr, william i. sutton.
| william ]. sutton, government A..
slYcr for British Columbia, has made
] the following official report in relation
/ 10 mining and minerals In the kOotunaI
[ district:
/. Avery large number Of claims have
/ been taken up In the nCighburhood of
lllcclllcwcet which indicate. numerous
| ouigropplng, of mineral veins. "'rhC
lanark mine l. the most prominent one
| nt present having opened up "a largo
| body ct gilcuN and dcCompu u.cl ore tear.
] tpndtc~l. rich In silver -Four hundred
tons Of ore hay, been shipped from the
! mine during the years tss7 and lNsS.
/ bringing, IN san Francisco, about Ssi
|prr ton. The lnnurk mine g. owned hy
I thr Stlkirk Mining aud Smelling Com.
|ptuv. They are also Interested n a
] number ui other claims In the mel lhbor.
] hood. Thomas Earlo il president
amt George \. Surgison score.
|tarv Of the company. Tho
I average Of a large number of assay. ui
gllrnl taken from thi, mine (. about
seventy ounces IN silver some samples
have gone as high as l7O ounces OF silver
|ucr ton.
formation Of the veins in the ncighb0r.
/ hood ut llvcillCWuot consist principally
/ OF gllona and oNidilcd ore, containing
Worr or lcs, gray copper uhilCou, rite.
! Iyrito and hluudc iu quartz and t,lritc.
] -trit,. ~ , i,..'',,,''' ,N't lgt,"' 'u lI'
Ivii,l ,,v.;.,s ~ w., w., y w, '"' 'l''Il''
lifn,,,,r., "'' ,l',", ','- Nil'
r',-,lr, a. .,''.,'.., ',.", ,., I-'"r' h'
r,i'cr, .,I ,,tln'f or %, iIc
vt,. "a, ono ti,,,,, ,i,,,,,,,t,, ,1 l'''N,. J,
veins were mot 10 hr trusted. but some ot
the most productive mines In the
a,i, t,',i, IL 80 r'W" N'tl'' ne
49,, va, ,n', W. ''NUN HENlh-l
! ,jt''b ,,,, ~ 's 49, ~ ul"Iv nhNl' lu
,,,r,i,,,, i", 't'I, ,l'r uI' veins Whcn
,hot '''''7 '' 4'''''''"''e' am informed
an. ,,.,,.
=, I"t I,Nhn,
''','S'''l 'o N'S,lN' ,Nrnln' Kennedy ~
'.'.,,, ,u,, ,u.' "1!"'' tlI 'iallu,atlou ni tiic
N'll N'llU'V anu very
lnW,''ii,li'E tTE'' con U'l'llhS ol quart
,""rc,,, I,,,',H s,Iyl'1 amu lT,c' ana WIN
,"l'c"' iato au"ut twenty To one, An
W. '''S ."'''i,trNtg, went o.nunrcs
grny Common, or,, ,,', t, .,, M
| Ir,i'St, H., i ipi, Wv. WV. .'N'u nut ul inc So
,,i,'ar,,I I.,.ii,'s. alN.'- ,N"l 'I tllls
ui,,,'. H. r'", i,'- n,,.'N 'u "a ulEN ~ -"N
,,,i'.,'., u, n nv ~ l'I "l' AIE'hlll'ruu,
hs,,',''',t, w u' Hu'!u, ur lht PRINCIPAL
',g, i' w., ~ w Wv IL, 'l'.Na't Ul"'H' Muoi
W W., wv im'',''7 WI l"lllto 'olc'uttHtil
l 49,, ~ wv -''; ulllln"fH '., Hrrur
iu1frI, INCL, ,,, ,,, ~. ~ "lT''hl'
,''' ~, lu'I'1 am ,'l,'lir'
,,,,,. tnl1"., illv ul'IHL' oI htge
t'l'iii;,,, n' "a, assay Ni g'l'iA rom this
o., h NJ, y qS 80 u.lllVv, w ,iNtt thr low,
nunrcs = i,'c, ,..,r =, on" ''o inquest l-V
~ ,"'..
I, T. ,,,,ii h,,,,,,.,, hh "ht,S " y. c,
,i,nas w., ,,.' N''umn , tn"' solu Is found IN
'Ihe rrn,r,s n, tba ,,IJ ,,,, t,,u i.oNiil,.'
contain h detailed ,t,,C,nc, ~ ~
duet of tI,r iii iiirrc,,t str,,,,, IL -, ~ H. ~"
spcctiye districts. C,uid-hcnriuo, icI,,,
/ bnyp bern disT,ycrrJ ,,' ,,''r,,N ,,i,'t.
I district in the urnvincr ,ho ~, ''''lnE i,I
portant distrcts bcinsr Carihon ,a,n. @
mai, Rock Creek and Iillo"c, i>'''''
4 nun,h,r al trrc.,,,id a,,,r,, i.,...
have bcpn disrny.rrd 9I,t H. I,,'s,,
contain ,norc or Ir.. ,,vri,, nr ,yi,',.,' 'y"',,'
ritc-tho rock of thr Whale r,,,,,r,.
ing vcry heavily charged vim irnS III
phurcts.
II j. somewhat rreunt,irc 10 I,y Jo,,,,,
any rules or ob,ciyntions rsynriir', =,
MINERAL en- ltNR,rrrpisTIIs '7 ''''
of this proyiurp oWing IA il. u,, Lci,,,,
suiicipilty dcyelnprI I'm, rn,,,, 80
with rrpnf,I tD ,ily,r.hr4riri, ,,'i's ,,,
therc is h marked similarly hctyyco,, ,''', ,i,.,
orr formations i'm thc ditirrrnt .rrtinms
OF the country. mo n..nni,tinn nF Mn
erals, or typicnl tnrnaiinn. which rS,,rT.
sents tho thar,rtrri tcnturr, n} ni
most ali tbc silver .Lr',ri,,,, yni,- i,' ' ~, u
province. consists OF gnl"11 nyri,, rh,I
copyritc. and blended ,yith nnrr ,,, i,..
of hrrcntilcrnus ,rny conner r., =, ,,,,ar,,
mairIX. Cinlann "a iLc nrir,ir,,I ,,,,,ri,
for silver. and vli nn dn,,h, n IL
source of tho greatest yioId ~ siIvor 5'r
tbc nrryinrc Htii,Ii, @ 1 is,',a Slllrr .,
runs nom to Sip nrincc. mi svo,g,,.,'' y,
49,. ..., w. '''' 't''' =" ' lug ~
usually i'm Gtinrtg and co,rso sHr,i"i s,,roi,,o y
The old ido, thnt tlnc.crninci "aIc,1a
carries tl,c most siIvcr /. ,,nt -, i,,,,'
thc coir,c.prninrd bring ~. r;oi,o.,,'
ljincness I'm grnin /, dn" Ia ,hc ,,r".n,,,.,
of antimony, ''0 wv p''''''''
oRAy coprrp
comes next to gaicna asa silvcr.boorirc
n,incrni Itis iny,r;'ii,, III ",', i,'E E
nnm in1 10 sJso nunrcs -, 49,
Nicola distTirt II oycf",.o s'', h,. ~ tSG inG
n,,ucos omG IL, ,hn lt.,,,,o',,."b,' nu1ut iVu
cImIing Iii"cllcwSat> >,,v,aa u.s'Ilvt' w..
lOo onn,c, n n,c,,r i' ~ ""oilV
In otinrt1 In inwns IL, ~ a,,'"' ~ ~ r.
ribbon veins o,yinr eT,y'n, w." W
tnrc in thc gnpcnn a,i u in,,r,S,l ~ Slip,'tg nn'
c,irrrncc ihe miner Inv, ,o, ,,,,,t @ w"
lidence In h mi mn irciiu Wv ,;,, LII
thcv nrr nns.iny b,j,,,,,n,,, ~, W u,ilN
In the Joshua nline At WicnIa ~ ~
principnl source of siivcr Vv'' at ionn M ",v
nearly 800 tcct--the surfarc orc being
mostly gulcna,
A good sample of gray conner orc
known as polybasito or argcmtitcrnus
lahl ore ives obtained from the Hall
Bros. mine at Toad mountain, contain.
ing copper, antimony arsenic, imn, zinc.
silver, sulphur and traces of cobalt and
nickel.
PEACOCK corrnR
orc (crubescitcl occurs nooucntlv
throughout the province, carryiiis frnnn
10 to 30 ounces per ton. A sample from
Toad mountain ussaycd nearly NO
ounces in silver, but / think this bigh
assay was duo to fine threads of very
rich copper silver glance contained in II.