Hyder Alaska miner., 1920-03-26
.~~ ClOthier'S Report On
 MarmOt

eral properties that have been heldafoi some years and from which small ship ments of high-grade ore have been sent out from time to time. This sec- tion is very accessible by way of a gfs gsG3b about tx6 A6lil i4lleg be rfF6m .lMa1 K beach to the forks of the river and further three miles to the foot of the glacier, which has an elevation of 1873 feet The hills on either side of the river are very high and break off ab. ruptly in straight cliffs. At certain times of the year, when the snow is running in the spring, there would be places, but in the summer it is one of the most accessible areas in the dis; trict.
 The Montana group consists of nine claims owned by Bruggy & Magee and is one of the first locations on the river. The showing is a quartz vein up to 2 feet wide contained in a solid granite formation, which is spur thrust up through the surrounding igneous rocks The vein, carrying high silver values in grey-copper with considerable galena, has been traced for about 800 feet on the surface. IL has been opened up in several placea and several shipments of high-grade ore made by hand-sorting the ore taken from these cuts. The vein strikes northwest and southeast and dips at d flat angle of about 25 degrees to the northwest. There is cross cut tunnel about 50 feet long tapping the vein, and drifts running both ways, from which some fine ore has been extracted. At the point where the crosscut hit the vein winZe was sunk some 30 feet on the vein. It was - full of water, but I am informed by one of the owners that there is a good showing of ore all the way down, The tunnel is about 1000 feet above the levei Of the valley, and at present it is rather hard to reach owing td high water having washed out the trail, which followed up a small creek! Nd difficulty would be found in getting a trail ub from the river, and short tramway could Easily be erected "a bring ore down and supplies up.
 The Horseshoe claim, one of the Montana group. is reached by good going around over the glacier; there are several croppings of ore, but they are not opened up Sufficiently to per init of any opinion being formed as to their importance.
 A number of claims have been staked in this section this year. The North fork of the NIarmot river runs into the main river about two mile5 and half from the beach, There il very fair trail from Frasers cabin at the forks up to the North Fork basin.
 The Fraser group has seven claims in it and is owned by w. Fraser of Stewart. It is situated on the east side of the North fork of Marmot, about three miles up The rock for nation on this group appears to he a. big mass of igneous rock. altered and pyritized throushost, with veins of solid pyrhotite and small quartz veins traversing it in all directions. These quartz veins carry gold and silver values, but it would be almost impos' sible to find them, as the whole area, for width of probably 1000 feet, is heavy oxidized to a red ard yellow color About the only feasible way to prospect it would be by diamond drilling. It is an immense area of oxidization and worth Investigating.
 The North Fork Basin claim is situ. ated beyond the Fraser group. It and the -QeaawwGeS1 claiS11If lying 6siow-etsaa Fraser group along the glacier, are i owned by Fraser, Woods & Magee. The formation here is schistose. as it is below the Fraser group. A tunnel has been driven for 200 feet along a well-defined slip to get under a shaft that was sunk above it from the sur face and in which was some high grade ore. No ore has been found tA the tunnel.