The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-11-20
DR. MANDY DISCUSSES PLACER
 AREA AT MCDAMES CREEK

nat Ill my Op5 tRou OlleIS promise of being the ..<ost exten- siye virgin placer area in the north, suitable for hydraulicking and possibly some dredging. is To- cated in the area of the old chan nel of McDames Creek, a tributary of Dease river from the north, :" stated Dr. Mandy, Provincial Dis trict Mining Engineer when in Stewart, says the News in a re- cent issue.
 In discussing mining develop ment as he found it during his recent trip over the northern end of his district, Dr, Mandy enthused over what he had seen on McDames Creek, stating that sufficient in dications over a wide area have been found to warrant extensive drilling for more definite data re- garding values. At the moment there is one small hydraulic out fit in this region owned and op- erated by MT. and Mrs. D. L. Wing, which, with their recent holdings, have been recently bonded to south ern interests. In addition there were this summer three individual prospectors in the field, and it was to visit these that took Dr. Mandy on an extended trip over to and through the valley.
 Starting at a point IA miles up from the mouth of McDames Creek he travelled to point some 92 miles up. For twelve miles he sam pied the gravels in what appears to be an old channel and obtained values of from 30 and40 cents per pan, some of these he said came from near the bed rock.
 The area seems to offer as well, great potential promise for lode gold occurrences, said Dr. Mandy. Such, he said, would be apparent ly confined to the east and west contacts of the Cassiar batholith, the westerly margin of which cuts across the southerly end of Cotton wood Lake, and follows southerly from Cottonwood River.
 The batholith in this section would appear to be about 20 miles in width, the northeasterly contact running parallel to and southerly of the Cottonwood river. The southwesterly contact cuts across the foot of Dease Lake. Time did not permit Dr. Mandy making other than a superficial eXamina- tion of the northeasterly contact but here he states he found suf- ficient evidence of gold bearing structures to suggest careful at tention and systematic prospecting.
 Prolific in moose, caribou, sheep, goat, bear, rabbits and grouse, with every stream and lake full of fish, while quantities of wild fruit are also available, it is an ideal country to get about in, and is particularly well suited to sea- plane travel, there being lots of water for landings.
 At present the area is reached by river boat up the Stikine, to Telegraph, thence by 70 miles of, to put it mildly, very indifferent road to Dease Lake. From others than Dr. Mandy, the News learns that 1t usually takes three days to make this TO miles with a light motor truck Thence down Dease Lake and on down the river of the same name to McDames.
 pr. Mandy also visited various mining operations on the Stikine, Dease Lake and McDames areas. On the Clearwater, a tributary of the Stikine, the Harrington people are now in shape to commence actual dredging operations the first thing in the Spring. During the summer there have been two or three parties scouting more re- mote areas on the lower Stikine watershed, in search of suitable areas for intensive prospecting next season. Placer operations in the Dease Lake area have been very active and very satisfactory. Dr. Mandy said.