f- S. mtoh11.p rbmlm# loolrtflom et -tipony daporitr in thm Pldro . . - #old klt. . .

Abmtraot

&tfnony-baring ores lo, t b Fairbanks d i s t r i c t , Ilaaka, ars found

prinhipdly in- t.o arm.., thm s x t r m ~ t i s . o f mb!ch u a at point. 10

d 5 m m maat and 83 ~ l l n m nortbsast of Fairbmnkr ; md on# of tro minor

T&m mmsm m pmbsbly only leal m ~ i f a 8 2 a t i o n a of mlnsralismfior * h+

d f m o t m d a mush bromdar srma snd fo-d istlnony-bering bmpoaita

. ia aaiahborihg d l a t r i o t r , thn aloaest af rhlab I r 50 mtlsr mwmy. Tbr

at.# = e n mrpomed large17 an a rrsult of lods gold mini=, but at t+o

. perlodr in tha pamt,, hfgh prissm for a n t h o l y or* raxraxltsd .a inda-

pemdsnt p r o b e tion aad .born t B S w tan. or mf i bnf ts or. wms #hipgad.

prirrta ~ n a r a l l z r t i m of mastar meonde. hpartanam scaurrad; a84

both p r o h b l y #m&tlomUy ralatmd to immeu cook. mhieh intrude

rrf fh m e law-mfwm quartz W in whiah i t ooaurr a8 dimmmlnaka

lar78trla; m d 1n p r t the h t s r f filling in tbe m i a ~ r a l i ~ ~ d sonma rbnn

'long man* mmt hrm oontalmml nearly 100 f o a m of or., but t h aw-

of th. l u p r k ibmja 1. o l o ~ r to rrmr4 tom. Weh of the or. '1. #fibnitmi with quarat u I alaor ifinuritr, und a r u p ahom thm tanor

-.- te +rrp frm 40 fo bb p.raant mmthony, Sulphallbiaaaltmm mrm 1.m

abrradrnt klt likrutrm ooam am dimmmlmk4 s w a t a l s and r a k1bn.p

' rhap.4 bodi.8. &*way oxiden rppmu on #m romth*r*d muriaurn and do-

Prore than 80 l o o l s l l t h r , but o a r eigbtmmo haw produrrrd ore and ths bulk. 4l*

, of thl r m a r s fraa aar8. Tha gmology of thr 4apoml t , m d thm raturm , mrtmt, lad p e ~ i o d pf tbr d i n g 8 a r m mlrrmd In t h m b ta i lmd drnorfptioor

m m W-prduet ,of hitura g03& . 'Sb outlook for r t lba i ta pmduc tion I

in ths district 18 ram unoertdn. Appwmntl~ thr meatar portion of

m t l b n l b om hsr alrmadf b s m rmaovamd and prasant operatlonr w i l l a t r i p

tbm tw princlprl meam of the dirtria*. This oonclurioa 18 based on thm *

want7 dircorsrirr rinur the laat m u rob the flrat that tbs areaa are ao 1 . -

. . . . pock-kad with prorpaotr that thars l a l i t t l e 11ke35bod that any otbr

>

yould aaaantljf l j b l i P i - d t o rttmpt. W rack 'thr continuation -of lode8

prmrlourly hering high yielde of a t l b i ~ .

Ilnthony ore in the Fairbanks d f m t r i e t , Alaska

Pmbmrton L. gillem and John b. lisrtia, Jr.

Dapeaita of a t i b n i t a urd otbbr sntfmony-bearing sulfide8 in tb. I

Felrbenka district, U s h , u e principal1 J coincident i n distribution '

w i t h tto n m U - h m u s a a of gold ainaralizatfon. The Ester Doms -@a,

t ha mallar. azrC a r e mquldlm~arioml of them, 1 l n u 10 m i b n m e m t of .

Fairbanks; rbaream the Psdro Dme blt begin8 about 10 r n i 3 m r north O f

Flirbankrr and, with a d d t h rarging from 1 t o 4 mf l e a , mtteodr msat-

northemat for 20 miles. A minor occurrence of s t i b n l t e is h a m in tha

talley of R0m Creek, three milee aouth of tlm central part of thm

P.&o Dana belt, d within tha p u a l l a l ~il&or# mineralizsd zone.

' hotbar lsolstmd depoaf t ha8 been found on Sourdough Creek, a tsi butargr

of tb Chatanlka R i v e r , marly 30 milee beyond tha Pedro D ~ M belt

LOd* ptospreting during the past % y s o r m ha8 tended to snphaaizs

th l r r e s t r ~ ~ t i o n of mtibnite d a p o s l k t o s mlat lre lp s&l partian af

the araa of the Fairhmka d i a t r i a t ; but, a t the mame t h e , haa Increerad

diacorerimm beeam closer grogrhphleally, them In more csrtainty that

each i n only paFt of a much larger area I n mhieh mlneralizatidn rsrultad t h 4 . m ~ t i . n A (frL;r

in md. These outlying deposits ma d l a t f n a t l y eoncsrned

in any evaluation of the f u t u ~ a o i tha Fairbshks district as a sourue

I \b+ of antimony ore.

? - Iittln I m ymt b o r n of t b d i s t r i b * of ;thrum dmpoaitm for t b

1 rml8&iomm brstlnw a l r r rmr t b p w i Z 1 fmnlrh a guidm Zur mtbr prorrpatbg.

Frolr tb m m e c da.point, tb. fair- dlrtrlat has k e n prmdnent

mmg tbrm ummtrm latarlor Ahaknn loeditimr am a potrntkal nowee for '

tb p d w t l o n of atiknita ore, until within rmaant parr wbrn thm ' C

' - . . lrafishnr diatrid, milurn t o thn m o u t h n m t , be- a pmduomr. . Tbr a

* . , - ~ m m ~ n n m r r ~oaavon ot tb otbrn, .OW- to tb ir -t.mm trm

I . ZOF tb bmf ia i atflow m i f ha 0-8 mml for mhigpunt* Tha inam t aa f i g u r m 1 . I rbr. tbr lauatimm & mtlsrony orre An thm dfatrista aifmoant ta fb.

t T b 1nt~ll.tiirr mvnilrblm on rtihit. in thl8 d ir tr ia t i* lWgsl7

. a mrttlt ob t b prompat- 4 fining at . loda.go2d. W,lhnito warn f Ira*

m e i o d duriry t b marly m-r o f plmamr m i m i - on C l o m r y rpd E r t a r

Rseovary.of wch ores ran anawXng9d d ~ h 8 the lamt rsr by the high prier

of antimony and from 1915 to 1918, Incl.urlm, a b u t Z300 tom oi n t l b n i k

w dl#t*ut w lalrud and nhipped. This m iurnimhmd tbr larger p l r t of I l a s k u

produetior, during tht period. A later rise l a ths .prior of antimay S U + ~ W ~

merulted in addittonal in 1986 an& 19m, so that tbe tu td part

produetion is probebly clow to 8500 t o n s . 2 - - - - -.-- c --- h s r i o l u publiemt Ion. Include bo th mp.o i i i o d i a f u a ~ l o n 'of t h m ~ m anti= y

I:) * dsg~n$tm.CI

(2) h o b , A. H., Anthony deposltr of Uuh; U. 5 , 0001. Survey B U 1 . -. 649, pp- 1741, 1916- krtie, J. E., JF., LQ~. %ping in tbm F a i r w a dintriot: 0. 8.

k l . Survey 3ull . 662, pp, 414417, 19Um Bill, J. U., M e dsgamitr of the Fairbanks d i ~ t r l e t , I l r n h ;

fnvrrtigatlom in Alarku Railreat2 &It i a U31: Om 3, k01. Sur~ry' Bulls 849, pp- 156-157, 1931*

rC*.- . Jaemting, n. R., Stsatagic mineral aecufiencsr i n interior Uarka: 'Pami tory of Uamka, Depar tmenf 'of Mine., PlmpUat No- 1 [mPimeographsd) , Cellaga, Alaska, Eny 194E, ppr Sll.

\md .kt-ng of. infornrtion obtained incidantal to inreatigationm o i &ld- mining propertiem. and ~ . o ~ g i C i ~ my party axmi&i~ t b stihit.

141 PriadJe, L* M,, WD placer f imldr: P. S. Wol+ 3ur-y Bull. E04, PP 0 11+1116, 1Q0'* K&+ ,m4

~ r i n d l m , I- Y Th. kuirhnks gold-p&eer rmgioh: U+ S. k o l . S-7 Bull. 879. pp. IL)~%P, 1909.

primurn, ,L. Y.,, iwifer~w.qumtai ~ 6 1 ~ . in the f a i r u r n d i a t r i ~ l t - U* 8. 0.01. S-Y'BUU. u e , p. LPL, 1903. I

&ookm,.A. Em, Tbm mining. lnduatrl( In 1930: U* S. Mol. Susrsy Bull. 480, pp* 34, SS, l 9 U r

M t h , P. S., Lods mlning laear Pai~bankr; U. ,8. Gaol. Srarrsy B u l l . 826, pp. 15S216, 1913;, or Bull, Me, pp. lST-mt, 1913.

Chapla, T., Lode Mining aarr BrirknJra: tl. 3. b o l . S-vey B u l l . BOE, ppm 321*3%, 1914.

Brook., A. E., Ummkan mining fndnatrJr in l g l b t U. 8. k1. 6-7 W1U. 648, p. E9, 191br

Chapia, T., Mining in thr Fairbenkr dintrfotc II. 9. Ikol* Surtay h a . . 8 9 t , Ppc S814&4, L919*

Yartin, 0. C., Alaskan wining lnduatry in 1918: U. 8. Gmcrl. Sw#y B a r n 712, ppc Jam 40, lQU*

Q l n m d Y'aatmrm

Thr l amt ra t ry omnafrk of rnoislt ~ m d h m t a r y smbi8t6, qurtrik$,

a a ruU proportion of m i a m md nrj.t.llinm limestons. Thmm mtr-

rrorphla raskm ham bmm lmtm&d b~ olwral kindm oi Lmaoua rook#, tb

oal~sldmrmd t o k gemtically n h - d t o them. Thm mat Important o n

depomita 3 ~ . t b pyold-karine pu- mim, r-ily In thicknrrn i m m one

Lnnh te 2 fmt, &lab tF.nsmbt thr e l s a w of tha mchimt; rhereaa tb

'both in vefm and m r a 1rmgul.r bdime, In fhs Emtar -a, the

8rarwa rtrik. of the +rims in north-routh and the d i p both raotward md

WDrhrUb; Wt i~ tha ~Pldro blt tb r lntags m e i k s of tbssm wiru i m

nrt--at .nd the dip i n oopaon~y,aouthmar~. ohange-of dirodiol i nmy . mkt.6 to t b h i i m m in trend oi ths m~hiatomity in the two regton.: ' + Sn t b l t r t m ~ -%on t h e mahiatomifp tranda north o r ~wlrtheast, but l n ' t h r

Pmdm E)arns -a i t -dm maat er aartbaat. 'Sh. dip of tbs s o h i r b a i t y ir .*

2r . +wm :*om, 'r&glm& nmmrlj horizantd to blpm of 4 U g in .k t h r ,dlreotion.

&, .nd 1.8. m y rithir, the quarts +@inn; or u bodima of similar

f'orr along f i s m u r m m 4 in dmar -no. w b r r l i t t l e or PO mino quartz l a

a . pr+wmf.- S u l f i b a alao oaaur within tbs quartsb+.ins aa d i f . m i ~ t a Q

Ths lsnr-ahaped maarmr of rtlbnitr vary ~ m a t l ~ ~ in r iee , rslrgirrs fi- o- =

tht had m marlmum lrngth af 100 feet & o m t t 3 d l poaknta of ore l s s n

than r f 00 t i n l e q t h ; the r l d t h a or muan d i m tar8 bear no drfinl t o rat lo

t o thlr long dimmnrian8 but none srossdm 1P1 Eamf; and ths t b i c b e n s ranger

f r o m 6 f e e t t o L few inches. Much variation a x l r t r in thm orientation of

ths ore-shoota, the major ares lying i n dl pomltiana l e thm planes oY tb.

quarts -inn ler rbu* zones, frrn borfeontal t o a d i n a t i o n p r r d l . 1 with

tha dip-. T b l m a s l m a r m srratically d i a t r i b u k d along thm a o l a ~ s of thc

win, bsth b r i z o n t d l y urd vertically, mnd rtibaita i r not eonilned to

vsinr of my partiaular .trike or dip. Th. af ibni tb dapoakta rbrmmr '

exmined appear t o b the l a tmat f i l l i n g in the flasrrra and mmn f i l l

reopened spacas in earlier quartz -ins, but the period a f deposit3en

maa contamporanmourn in part with mom8 of the quartz 86 the r t ibn i t e cryntala

. re dlrremiaatsd through f t .

-. im, , A l l M tW n i n a which hqre bean opemd to aay d?pth ahor 'that thsir

eontiauftg in irmqusntly Intempfad by complex raultlng. St ibnita alwr

occurs in placer depoakta ia rarious armakm in the area but thome deporitm

are in generdt of little'aaonomia Impartanue for rtibnitr probably raa

nermr concent;ratdd In my great al~owt, both bcrruss of i tn ImbilLtg t o , *,. ' '

rmniat diaintegrat Ion and3aok oi l u g s sourcm bodie.; aod,dr@dgiog di b r u y t a *

operatiam hawe moat of tha plmcsr aortcsntrationn which h+s

T b s u l f i d e in m e t of *ha lenses sppaarr t o be pur, a t1 bnitm, but

rufficimnt p w t e mdhmrur t o it or i s included in the ore that fhn aantsnt

af rntimny ranged f rom 40 t o 65 and averwad nearly 55 peraent for ore

I ahippsd during the last rmr. S.mplsr of highwade ore collectad 2a 1942, i 1

I end aseaysd by the Csologied S u m y , range irtm 39.48 t o 65.48 paroeat 1

d ~ f i r d a FO sals~itm ram fouad in an7 of tha ranrplas f r o m the -, TIWI nrsryr

of thrw a r m 8 tram tha i ndirldual ninms ar* giraa l o tabla 1. An rll

C nf thm or, 8u f u mined har Men f'ouod -thin a f a r W a d feet of Tabla L. Intmr oontmnt of mtibnlta ores. Fairbanlcn dlrtriet. fiamkm. oxidiaed: o - a ~ dong thm bordmxu af the ore ahootm, but 1 0 8 a i l ~ d.ang

pl-m of i r r m - r thmugbaut the am. ?hems oxfdieed oram lneludr tho

p l l o r i r h u t i b l s o n i k a d asrranf 1 k , lainor moumt8 of .tIm rbi tm ma--

" ' mntih or d m n t i n i k , and 8- red kmmaita. Such oxidation, bum~er,

' ' : h a m set i t m r i a l l ~ rmduea1 thm t u ~ r i n antIm.7. SulphmtiMnitm.

oontrinlns lead, cmymr and at- llYrtrlr d m OGQW ia a~virenmentr

m h i l u t o that o f tb a t i b i t s at a nmbr of pllrcrm -11 dlmtrfbutmd

throwbut b th of thm main m i ~ a r a l i m b m-*as, and aro abrn oa th.

htiareny aontsnt of reibnf t m ores , Fairbanks dfrtrict, Alaska msrayed by the Glological Yunay,l942

Souas of Orm Percent of Sb.

d3I-Tu mine, ( C r l t e a and Frsldnam), opmn aut uphil l f m m 4th tunnel, weat s i b of Mooma Crssk l a Pedro Dana -.a.

$. re' M,

I / RellancQ Mlniag ,Co. proparty, 900 fret 2&

-1L of the 1900 mine and about l .5 m i l s a I, 77' W, of Psdso Doms.

Ulu~1m.l oebblaa near mufh of Ycem Cmek, e trfbutrrsy of Enter Creak.

d k k o r i o h Yina a t tha head of Bpmc* Cmek. 57.76

~Fannmylvmla elajm, on di+id& a t head o f Wolf C r e e k .

Clipper mlae, on s r r t fork a t b a d o f Eta ; 36-58 Creak,

(rrla* t " &, Hi-Yu,on s, r ids of Muare Cnak, a trih-7

or i m i r b m ~ ~ . Crwk; 6 9 from 4tb tw.1 Q eow fact*

Bndmraoa (Wh8wk) mine, on routb r ide of . St. PatrEckpa Crrek, about 2 l/3 milea ' 5. 78% f r o m Emtmr Duma.

jYcCur ty mina ( b r i c a a g&a vmia) an north r ids of hebd+aUrs of Fafrhmks Creak*

sea-GULP (5paulding) on mrth rids of . hsadmatrra 47 -88 ./ of Creek, about 1.S pile. B 77 W of P m b r m

PolPl.

.. - A i l m a r proprrty, on o u t aIcrps a f Vault Creak. 46. $3 - Stihnitm propertr, at head of Bra C n s k , 45. 6E

b m t r i e a hiam, at b a d ci Wolf C m ~ k . 45-64 C h t h mine, mast f ark of Ehmthrm Creak, 39.M

b e d r i a pmnpret, Emglm Crsek, f r o m #in@ %. 98

ipowdough Gmsk V U a p , tributary of Chatanika ~ i r r r - a7.38

Pimsar alrlm, on biddm bmtwmmn Wold and Pairbmkr Cmmk.

for their contnnt of rtibnifa; tbs atbra mrm gold lodaa whioh fl*ldEd

00- mtibnito or. IB b y - ~ F O ~ Y O ~ . SiXty pmroent of part prod~otion o a m *k*

f rom 4 f m r 1-gm lanrus in t b Saxafford min3 a t the rar2wn m r d of tb.

Pedro u r n belt. Signiiiasnt qumtitierr warn nine 4 st the ~ t i b i t m , and perhapa rta at the.llcguaan in th. Bater I*.M arm., and from the ~ h a 6 ,

J J' Oihaer, d Markoriah in ths Pedro klt. Ylnor -unta ham alro bsn produoled at tb Eendsraon adl Cl1pp.r in tbe Eater -ma, md from' tha -

J J li w' madoflok, Boo-H.lieaam. Clsary, Emem a h . Pemmylrania, Pia d ear, ~ c ~ & t , , B ~ l i z p d , l o e i l , md ~i-6 oi the ~ m b + o ' bit. other .tibait.

dsporita hsre a02 b e a n m i n d for one or b t h a i two rsasorrr: rither &l

miza, or iaaoamnsibility s t period8 rbsn satbmny ors had rruffioiant -urn

to j u a t i f ~ m l n i n g . Som. of theem wste in mlnem which had a x b n n i n work- 9 where the 81mIl and ra lmt ln ly valuelare s t i b n i b m a s & ware ignorsd during

gold mining, mere. inseesmai bla a t tine. when mtimnl or* .as in d-,

oring tO aarlqg of th+ rorkiagr. Qthmra warn in mballor rorlrings, which

b a n abandoned *st a t t b tinu at their ~inoormry b o a u r of & lor t w o r i n gold, and I r h i l m probably not thoruugbly tastrd for the anormt

of mtlbib, wm not oaaeidmrmd hprearfra enough t a w s r r m ~ t reope.#ls& at .

oeew in the FedFo Doas bit rherer 8- 40 oaeurranaaa are born am croarpa~nd

to lsrs than b a U t h t zluPibsr in the Eater Dobe m a .

milea, but the stibni2. and nearly s U or t b gold lodaa ocour f n the

southsastmrn puadmnf. Tb majority of the proapeeta sad mines are on

the rpw Cming'tbm ssrrt sida of tbs tZvs Crsttk rlsllry which, a t higher

dtiWId@-; b o o n e l 'the divide bmfrearr ths bsadm o f Era and St. Pat~lek*s

Cmaka. Th. otherr u s princip.Ply aeer the tap of Eater dome md dong

thr 8pur br%maa ~ o b s and Ruady Bull ion Crmakr. - '

Tb* S t i b r l i ~ Lade, near tb b a d of Era Crask mt an altltudm of

1300 fmat, ha8 bsnm the pr inc ipd wmc+ of r t i b n i k om in the Emtrr

Paar, rrsa, a total produetion of SW fonn for 1915 and 19Zb Ir

aha= wm, 1.n.-mhaped masnor of s t i b i t o rare aingl+d w i t h the aebimt* U

~bsm a t i h i t m bnmam had m p ~ t c b to tim north. ~ b m lmrge;ti(;;.as t o

b 100 f a e t Long, 7 fret rtde, m d 4 feat tbiok, and muat ham oontainrl

mmd 3 fwt. A far p.l*asm of arm *;ieh rrPafnmd frarm me h u t oparatioa

*h*L i n d i o m u m tb.; ' hnw. +hn bmn a1n.d out.

omprimmd r: lowmr t u n a 1 mnd mill at m a a l t i tudr of US0 fmat m d mu uppmr

The entisr minnrrlizad zonm i n J t o 4 feet rids. Pieoar of ore oanaiktlng

of stibnita, arssnopyrltm, and quartz oould be found on the dump of the

upper t u ~ r l i n 1931,

At Wag junotioa o f tbs old Proauthuva and JoUr Ragsr claim, mar

t b b a d of E m Gmsk a t an rltf tab at IS80 fast, r W-faot ahaft mrpoaed

a vein hnring:mtrl.b 1. 4U0 E. and a w i d t h of 8 h a t . hi* ahaft had

&smd bafora 1914. W h L k quarto, +he prfnaipml ainsrrl, +mu uut by may

qumru e a r w a g jswmnlts, eraenopyritm, reb eomllitm; and the aulfidm-

beari- -7 -tz a. o u t in turn b n1nl.t. of atlbnit. (h. 0,. c l r . 1 4

191 b

Smi fh, 5. a., 3. W l . ' me, pp. ma, m 74. b , -n

C h p i ~ ~ T- p 598, p * s 5 , 1 0 W m 8 ~ . .- - *

E i U , J m Ym* *: r a__n,,lLBFlllr 849, P. Id!!, The Qlippdr miom, an the aaat fork of Iha Creek at m dtitud* of

1050 i a e t , ir a windfty t-1 .bout 800 fct l*, +hbh folhrn a mall

lrultmd qumrfr +ria. Tb. trrd le rumrlp dur north cad tb rrin l a r r r t l o d . 4. L W ~ T - ~ J ~I-.- , 'RA \J

8nlphnti.onitem ur plu.entAin tbm -in airt+. Midmy slang th. k l ,

:*"" u* A 5 - 8 t o 12 Inohma, - 3 Cart, md rj bs 10 && 18 h a t bag. '

p ppropart~ I n .orb1 by ilo* loun8burx\ A -1. of tb o n Umm~od br

A b a n d w d mhdlow rhatt8 on thm MeDonald o l a h rmaamd auah ore in tmlm

- -

-," (4 I C k p i n , T., h o l m u w B l l l v J* u., -&dB&&& mtr5.w urn&.:

B- XU. 849, pp. L S S . l l s , 1931

faat, oevmz MOO f m m t dw ths trsnd of lode mhieh .trike. B. L$-44* I* snd b.8 a dip of ~ = 6 4 0 B, An smly report mantl ons ~eonaidmrablm u t i bnifa

.nd otfdmmm .nd * m t i b I t w kidaeys in 8 ~ b f c o t .haftm, apparently referring

to * *foot dait at t~ emtar of t b mas &. 1 claim near t b mrtrma nortb omd a$ the lode st m altftudm of 1- feet, Fragmsatm ef q-ts

I

and r t l h i t e OF. re= found on the dump of t h i a mhaft in 19s (q )

61 Ghapln, T., Y i n f n g in the F a i r h k a dtstrict : U. S. b o l a Surny Bull. 698, m, 3919

3111, f. Y., Lode deposits of tb Fairbanks d l r t r l e t , Plash: 0. S. Eael. S m y Eull. 849, P. 138, 1931

Tbs aim mmr i d l a in 194E aad the manmgsr mtmtate that no aowrunt of e S i b l t e L. . 1 *

, i m on the lode. ne..

The mfth and McClons rrorklnge on the B i l l y Sunday or Lean Fraction

.elaim, in fhs asddh northr~rst of tbm 87.~1 at ~ L L dt i tudm of 1600 feet,

I ham b n a mportmd aa mhoring constderabla atibni k and cananti ts with* r

4 ~ i t u m p h a l ~ t f s im3. k,("b () I

R p , ,;-*. Martie, J. B., Zr., h & 4 # & a g u C k S - , 4iCtriut:

z- h11. 662, p. 413, B C . , #

S t i h l t * occurnd am rn h t s filling in thm brokmn add mhattmrmd' portloma I

part o f a ' r i n m r l i u d wns 3 t o 11 imot widm. Tbm .orking. conmlst.4 of

-tw ahkftm, 0119 of which van GOO-fret &amp in 19a; bat t h e aim i a no

Thm M~hamk or Hsnderson dm, hoar mwliar a. part of tb. Tyndafl=

a i St. Pstrick'r Crrrk a t dtituder of 960 aad Lea0 fret . Tbs vain .striker

by tuamlr at fhrss Larsls on the billulcps, betmen thr nppr t w eC

tunnel law1 , , mame 600 f e e t from the portal of the uppsr tunnrl. Thin f P

mime waa mcti~m ma late aa 1940. but i d l a i a l 9 U (UJ, Semral tanr of

cii) a r t i e , J. B., JX., OP. c i t , ~ull 663, p. 41.4, MM H i l l , J. M., Op. a i t . Bull. 849, p, 145, 3XS

a t f h i t e are,- rackmd m d p i l e d near tb mouth of tb ~ O U B ~ tunnel

-, wan m p l e d and aasaged by the Psologf eal Surrey mn4

in tbs l a r r oz%dixsd parta of S b s Bondholdrr vela on the north s l d a of

St. Patriskwr Creek. Thin +gin trend. N. ZO" E., dips 46' ;HI., amd i m I

frat ride. The s l t e a m l n mrkiwa 8omprlas 4 sbdtr and r 600-foot erorncut

funn~l, ht tMro i@ no fnfaraatlen as t o the wunt or position of tha

O n the polnt of tks e p w between St. Pa+xick*r snC E8ppf Creeks,

0. M. Grant w a a nportad b ham mrolad quartz-nilbide arm in 1930

t for a .haft rb ieh open4 8 S t o &-foot =sin rtriking El. 40' Em and I -

6 9 3. (lnl A -1s W the m a t . on the mouth ride of Bapuf

ti;, wth, P. S., Mineral Rmaou~cee of Ahmka:*U. 8. Ceol. S-7 BuU* 8S6, 9. 19, 1935

! ' I . . . Crwk at m e alti'hlds of about 1200 frat, C o c m v u and Krutrah dirco~ermd

. balldomr iailmd f o ahow orm in plaas , although uma plmasm of r t f b n i k *

'fl-t m m m S f n t in diam8t.r ( & 1. Br I94Z rout of t b i r loom stibnltm be. -nd, but m f m r pieom. mrs men, t h m W e a t being 6 inchma

-4 (& Jemrting, E., Op. cif . , p. 11

&u --top of 68kr m, an tha dl+idm ktwmnr Shaap and I4ugg.t mmkm m t mn aI t l tudo of 1878 f r m t , thm 80-foot m h d t oa Qrant'r Blue

fo +b.tbr tha m t .u Wna or 100 ton.. aurfaam t r a a a h l y , tw

. h . i t m , d m t-I., b d *rpaard a win rtriki~g N. 400 'I., rltb a dip

h ansay of looee pieats o t ore found bsrs in 1942 a h 8 s, content

of 28.U percent ~ n f i n m y . fa 1912. thrr 70-foot ahaf t of t& Cottoablosam

Chapin, T,, Op c l t . B u l l , as&, p. 383, ISEP, Hill, J. .X., OP. c i t . p* 151, W . Sots dfffmrelzos in tread,

e l r i m , on the apljr batwean 9 r d y hallion and Hoose Creek8 at an altitudm

of 1750 Imet, ahottd etfbmitr both scattend eparingly through thm quartz

- - -- - - -.

At tb. Maloney p r o n p e t on tba eaat mid* of l i l lom Cmek rt an altltudm

of 1300 feat , am o n pils 2m 1932 ~ho-d mtlbnite and ar#snopJriM in eputztt7

thie ari~inlrlLf cams from a 90-faat a b f t , nor aamd, rbicb bad b r a

(ih mi l , xn E-, %. p. 1 2 ~ ~ -

munk on a win trendlag ramtlaortbsat, r i t h d dip to the noutbart , m d

a width of 12-14 inahmr. h u t t ~ i a l .ti bite was found in t h m old phomr 07

rorkiqn for a mila .bra the mouth of 'Yoora Cmmk; cmae %hmr. oobblea

ware 6 incham in diametmr, amd an mnaap Pladr by tho C+ologiaal Sur-y in

(i9) Chpim, T., Op. elt. Bull. 89L,. p. Me.

zone#, md rsrr reporhd t o ahor #tihi tn and arraaopyrl t m an the rsaul t

depemt tr o f th. Pedro klt axtend t r o w tha QOrdford mima

l m fbr buin of Tkmrrura Cmsk, .but tan rilss north of Frirbanls, amt -

norlbar* for 2Q milam to tha 81-Ptl minm on Meom Gmsk. Thin i r ammotidlf

almg th. r M p a l e h tau tb. diridm btweun tha drai.aga to the C h t m i k a I

I ' - &a far m u t u t b Pmnm~l+aaia, th. dmpomltr 11. an the north aide of thm

l i r i d e , araept for 'tb t k b + n Y dspamitm in crruaka mouth of Padm Xkir;

.. ' I the dirSUm, 'Zhiu d i m n t rr f lmotr in p s r t the auimr pr;ospeetirr& d o n g

I .

. fhm upm pbrtfoa of thm diddm rhsm t b mmtla or dimintagratad rock ,- .. . - . . ,

. ' . ' 1 8 th1na.r; btlt'tt m y mho &mva a mn fundmnta l bani*, f o r thin tmnd

, . .slommu prrallals batb th. r.trikm of tb rcrhlqtority of the aountsy roak

. '- i s - -

' Tb. Sarafrard ( ~ 2 ) . born also sm thm Elsok Eafflm or Pood f a mine, on A 1 .

#a of tk brmahmm of k e r n Cmek at am rlt itudm bf 1500 fmet , i a tb. 13i~t n u t a r l y & the =a blt aad bz basa tba lmrgoat p-uorr

of m t i b t l i t a U t h m motin fa-b-a m a . I p p r U t o U 1600 toor o f rrpr 0

hmm k e n n o o r r n d iraP thir PPOP+F~Y, ~ r l n a I p 1 U j ia 19161 by fbe

aws.arf.- -rat=.: '~uira, Surnffmd, hob, .nb V.+ttL A .b.u

.on. S t m 18 famt rid.. rtth m t r i b o t B. 9.' B., md dip d S0°6 90'

rrporkb am 10 faat 11 f oet b frat, rad mrrrd k i & a m ~ ooaWind -

a ton a i two. 0p.n att md 78 famt af tb. uppar 'tmaal ra 'mwX*t.d

)*,:JI I.' C Imngtb af 800 feat, d rrlmsa at 1001fot I n t a d .

propwty h l 8 kma i d l a for m 1-

a? i ta rrpfrae lr map pUor in -lor d w to t b ahundmaa of fr-tm

mrtimbs indiamfr eb.t 8W tom of 20-80 prmant antllaolaj or*, hr-lf Y laridisad, mi- b 5+90mrmd.- & a8.q Of tbl bt*U

oppomiti r l a p of thr d m y and over 300 f s t hi-r tn mltltud*. - m a g

thb h a t wax a .heft m u mmk .nrtioau for # fmet rrrd tbm oontinuml

on ab i m l l u of SO0 far mothmr SQ famt; mt th4 bottm,four lmnasr of

8tibits mn found, !.ah abaut*& aubia fmst in 8izm m d wblghiag about

Wf tk #mp tn m i q w U 1916, W t f n akadond PO* bsfurr paduaimg L-

' E E ~ ozci IE..! L. - c-.a? s far p-a of om -28 a~ t b C-,

c& d t h m11, 7. Y., op, olt. p. 1W.

8 t l b . i t m 1. ..la fo L.n bwa g o a d . but .or mr'wm. o aay of tL.

. I . . i,.. . * " . i 8 tb. mdkd Of tb .bllidOYd Tnma -my RaUodc A

- . i 2+ -

. ., . . , *' -. - --.. ?$ -

~t warn preaent in gold ors om tha 100, toot lave1 of th went r ~ t C

In 1912, kt none aould b9 found around the uorkinga or dunpa in 1942.

T b Soo and Relianccl &am@, d r o tar1 pus17 b r w r IE fh* pert am

Spaulding, Barkinm, and B a t h aad Kearm, r r m on thm hlllslds .north af

mamhuert mina, lolorn ar the Eke, Wild Rome, and 3. & 8.. hrr: bs.n tb.

priaoipal om. ror;Bs~; tham + a r ~ trap 16 inohor 7 f m m t in width and

. rhew opporfts diim of northmat and wuthmut, ham ban workad t o m o m

.iten*. Suliidaa mare icarce throughout the mnjor portiom o f t'hg nhm, I% and

but -11 m u n t m M tmtrqbdrit., a tau lug . r - 8 of mtibnitr oesurr84 A

locrallt in ha old rotking8 cm the Boo a9d l i l d Rome * s l a m ; . rad a la*

nrrfr8a pi ta ; m d aorm rmaent rorki-8 on tbm H. & X. -En+ tb* mat

routharlf, inml+.4 fast of ahdtr, 400 fmst of drffta, md 660 frmt . 3 5-

M arurrrsat tumaalai (,M@ I U 194 p i ~ r a of hlrth wads om whigh ha4

(&) Mth, P. 8., Dp. s i t . Bclu.5&5+ p. 191. B r ~ h , A- Em, 09- nit* =,MU, p.31. gill, J. Ym, op. Oit. Boll.. 819, p.78-791

b i n mt.d frorr theme prmrious apratioas, brPt not ahlpprd, i r o p p r l ~

radr by thm QIologiaml 8-1, ahor that 0x8 at t br 900 eontdm 47-88

(61 Mertir, J, B., 3r-, Op. eft, hall. W, p. U S 1 1 Idrutin, G. C., Op. a i t . U. 7 1 8 , p. CO. 4 HI=, f , Y,, Qp. ait . BuU. WO, p. 8%

I

I f-tbrr m u t , trrndr Nr W X., dip. 'I4e W, , rsd ma. Iatermeotra uadrsgrouad !

m t (U8 faat l l e n g tha =re rmorn*ly aoamtrrrotm& srossoot twraal* Tb

of m t i b i t m ore, lr 1916, froa t b r m m of tha shaft#: the thi8knem8

. - '. . . thmo ar few baMa whirh r a m mix imahrr %lake Z1 1 0 U , Unt t i . &11

. I ' , I ,

i * hrpmt body, U f re t I-, S f b e t r ids, mmd 1 foot thiek, mar fouad r - - I * - -'-h t r d p i .bore drift +hioh f o U o r r t b t.ir northmast fropl ths

* . L , ! SPanmL 'Phrmm atibaitm 1.n-8 m b l r t b m a 1 h r e l barn b a n mlmd rzld

jimidad about 6 ton. of or, rhloh '1. rmdy for ahspun t. la msma~ or /

1 L

I .$?,3b ?&mnt a n t b a y . A fourth. Lena which ha6 not ymf been minrd 1. . .

1 *. , . known in tb 55 foot r W h u k e n & i v m n 7 m t th. inkrwat ian of tho i ' . \

.n'd -mu. 18 eddition t o thir high -.dm mtibnitm are, the I

i d q mt mhlft HQ. Z of thm old mrkinm is mmtinatad to oontala abwt

I 1~ tb.. ef p m t l m ~ j o x i d l z d o n , md i a mid to run about SO p a r o a t i

Bouth of PwdM h r , a lode opaaad J o b ~fgh$ia@m an 9 W u a b a t

~ & e k , preriaum b LPlP, ram r s p o r b d t o ban oonmidarable ntibni t m md -7

mlmsmi llC81 At tb old Biroh-ladsr80n ~ramrty on Graoita Cnek. re-

(41 . Wfb, P. S., Op. oi t . B U l * 8Zb, p,lPB

am pi led mar tb muth or thm 390-foet funas1 in 1931, oonairtrd o f 'Ld

guartz, ~ ~ 1 2 s . rrrenopyrite and ati lmitc. tZ91 Jmasonits i a r8nortm4

(%I full, J,m., Op. eft. BulLMQ, g W ' M + -

#

frol the old R~medaluna' morkilgs at 1785, feet od the mat aid. of Twi= ?' r - - f

' Cmmk. northrent o f milmpomt 1B on the S k a s e RLRhwry. !50) BOuldd~a of

(41 E ~ l l , J. Y,, ape eft . Bull, 849, p 118 m~nopyrita m d m t l b n i t o hmm ken found on the -dump froa shallom p i ta

/

kmtwan the new sM aid reads st the east snd of t b N o r t h Star Claim, :3 .

- In thm %hawk loda, at the head of Litfla Xldorado Craek U s h a g .

a t aa alt i tada Of 8150 t e s t on th8 northemtarn alopa of thm bill whioh

pgrits, armanapfrfW and mtibnite are reported., This prosmot la 1916

bad axpared r~ two pard la1 quartz -In8 .at tbs fnosa of past snd m a t M.

drifts f m m the httm of a-EO-foot nha2t. Thew * r i m . . tr ike E.,

dip 606 W, and the eaat and weat'vslna rare rscrpea.tirel7 16 to lB incbbr

and 30 fo Se inaham thiok. A maeond ahaft, 75 feet t o the northweat,

war drlrrn 30 fset damp on & vein a f r i k L ~ $ 1. 00° W,rlth a d i p of 360 SW. 3 1

but rhoued only, arsrnapyri tn and quartz (32).

u ~ t i a , J. B., rr., op, sit,, kii. 668, p. 407 ESlL, J. M., Op. a f t . W l 849 p. 82

On f he mam high divide mart of the Yohwk Lodn, the Eothut Luds

Claim abut 1 nil. northrest of tb. Slzm~i t roadbolue wan rtakod sar m

d L

C l a m ragam read In tb. mmlf miniw period [33)* Oa the esnt side of

&&a, A. &, Op. eit. Bull, WS, p Be.

34 z- 8 i n o h m ride whloh rtrikmm P. 86' f. knd dip. l b O a. (XI, Of &X

cb Chrpil, T*, Op- a i k -a WE, p, 558. ftrrtia, f a El., XF., Dp* n i t . 6W, pr 4 l T .

r l m i m m of tbr Tmdkmn m w m n rentamd .bout the top of ths rpur ktmero

8.drook and T-ellt hurlcs, - d m - turn the rock ptmmmalm at en altitud.

UtUm ~ia.' skfl ef: this -up, .n4 mpma o u t mxpomad a loda trendin& 8. #@'E; s*ul)l . . I

ri th n mntl* dip to thm &, m d rbout It Sncbr ' In thiomans ; tha rma trr

slam, W fmt muthmat OE t h m firma, ~ h o n d -115 tronbiq mamt-wart

On the B i g Jim c l a f ~ , G f la t - ly ing a t l bni t a re in was also re?orted t o . .

h a ~ e Men found in a s h d t which had cared by 1916: (35) (35 3 a i t h , ?. S., Op. ' 8 i t . M1. 525, p. 182.

C h p f n , T., Op+ c l t . Bull. 592, p. 338. Mertle, 3. B., Jr., Opl o i t . B u l l . 662, p. 417

I - A t the lqer~boy mlns , in the eaddls oo the divide bmtree.,ildorsao

and Clew Cmekn at an altitude of l875 fast, rulfidas diamemfnmkd '

through tha quartz aoneistad principally of pyritm and ~ t l b a i k ,

although armenopyrits, ehnldopysits and aphalsslta rare a l r o pramen*. H.

The rain atriken Nq. 1 0:~~ B. and the d l p armage6 Ir?;s W. H3ten.i~. markings cornprim& an Inellnbd rhait driven t o tbs S L S t o o t l eve l and

~onafdersbla drifta , but no lnrgs b o ~ l i o r o t mliids wsre leaatsd during . the e ~ l d miningoperation.*. (301

A

(36 1 m t h , P. S,, t)p. n i t . BZS, pp. 187-388, Chapin, T., 0p. e l t . B u l l , 592, pp. 340-3431.

Batrean the ettrsm. headratmr brhnehea af Claary. Creak a t an a l t l t u d s

a i 1475 feet , thn S t o i l tupn.1, which hod oaved by 1912, expomad atringmrr

of quartz asrrying rt ibni ta aod Ins . pyr i te , Eelor thla in tbn fork at

ao alt i tude of 1376 fret, tha property *ioud,y kaPm an th Xldorads a ' t 1 . 8 V l k " . - 0

Y in ing a M U i U l q Co. , the+We.t.nvlk mine, and W Anchor c k m , ha. *o *

~masntly bsen rmloaltmd ma the CbrckrLa h 1 by Dumb Franklin. Workings -

uhich arr nor an-4, campriming 2 t;mnsls md 3 a h d t a , furniubnd th*

rafmrid for t h e e d m r en rhloh tha mulfidm orr ia largely pyri t m ,

n 7, a r halerlts .* 1) A ' > t b b '

( = I m t h , P* Sac OP* bit . BulL* SE5, m. 106-187. Ysrtia, 3 , B., Jr., Op, cit. U l . ma, p. U b . Ch.pia, TI, OP. tit. Bul l* We, p, 3Z4, H i l l , J* H m , a* 01%. 849, pp. 89-90,

8 AlUough indium a n d a e . 1 ~ ~ usrr m i d t o hnm b a a fo9md l a tba osr ,

41 lwliu> At ttbr muth Or Willom Crmek naor 1 t m Junction .I th C1m y Cn*k. L- - a w r uut har b*en opoasd b~ X h r Johnmn through 1s fbmt of grr-I. !

f m c

expo-* W o u k in which a rein oi . t ik i t e d t h aooamsionrl quartz 1'

mnd o t 4 r nrllidem, 6 to 4 Inahan r i q e , 1. ttsoed for I S fact 11. '40' S.

md b . m r w m r f iaal. dipu Newby on t b remt sidm of m i l l o w Omsk m t rrr

rtri-r oarrylw a larm m u n t of mfibaitm. Qa the eamt aldu of B i l l o w I I I

~ns*i\h. .ID altitudm, Ohm mlo-a a n @ shored only m abuadanom of ! . \ , Y . - b * . 1 1

a t i h i 4 u o ~ r t s l m f i n the warts of p a r d 1 0 1 lodaa uhioh.~triko N. 78' E.,

dtp 8. and +ere uxpomd by m lob-font rbft and 478-roo t t m n m 1 .

At an a l t i t u d m . of 13%3 fast on t h i ~ rszrs nlops, thu T o l o v s n a - s t i ~ f ~

' . * i q * b * w r '.in ubleh .trike. i&tAA ma =&poumd in q,~hait svnlr in 1913; i s )

> I

I 1 s ) m t h , P. S., OP. eit. h11. 628, pp. 183.1185, -. Gkmpia, T., OQ. a i t . B u l l . 592, g. 339

,#.d * - Oold o h h . .how. orymtala di Jansnonite dimmeminated in the+rsin and m

A I_ - _ . maamaaiond. kidney o? rtlbnitr. T h i m i a one ot a e aotirm mine . of fbr

h d s i i n i k reoords mugarat tbt s ~ n r l w g s san8.r of btibnita rsra f e u d kA . .A

during e ~ ~ 1 - f mini=,: on t h i n property { 3 9 ) , m d two arorm rueuntly id

toam or., warn 8 b p e d from the intmrasotion of tro miam abom the th ird . ,

-in tunn.L h r e l aod mr probably .hu t 8 iamt long, 4 f m m t r id*, 1

sed 2 fsmt think. A mall 1 8 ~ oceurm on tba Oommrmsnn f m d t at tbr

f i f t h l e n l ; and a trans of stibnitm i m found at many plaome a l o ~ t h i r

fault plane, whioh strikma N. 7 u 1. and d i p s uteeply north wharaam the

main .-in baa the 8- strfkcl but dip8 43' t o 60° 3.

South and meat ef tb C l m a r y m i n e on tbn rpw bafrssa Badrock a M

Chthan ur*ekm, s t i bnit . ba;$aported at firs paint.. The laolnltz mine,

Csaek, mas aaid to show kldneym of at iba l tb 3n l9eb [40) , but none ma8 : placsrsible in 1942 althowh tbs mine i a a t i l l aqtivsly worked. On the I

m) Xofiit, F. R and othcrrm, Mineral neroureer of Ilasb...ln 1925: U* So G 4 0 I . a -8f BUU- 793, pm 18, 1927.

ridge of this spur a t arr al, tutuds of 13CO fnst, a short tunnsl on s

nnrror rs in 8hamd a large mount of arksnapyfitm mops m t i h i t e in

1913; md thim may be a northern coatinustioa of the *fa r U u h ntr ikbu 0-

- mrth md dipr wart, a d ran mown t o orom flsrss, C a l l tarnla, and ? a

Pauper's Dr.= elaim. (11). Tha Butlar and petre? l u m m l In 1909, m t an hr l - 9

altitude af 1225 f a r t on tha reat mido Of Chatham Creek mila , ,

(41 1 h i t h , P. s., op. eft. mi* sea, gp. 181-me. Brooks, A. H., Op. c i t e W.1. 649, pp. 34-33.

l b r a the junction with Clrmry Creak, interrartsd.r 6 foot shear +one

Cmmk abut oppomite t b fork. a t m n altifudlr of 1650 f e a t , the pitm m d

tmmel of the Bobbie a ln ia mrm a w e d l a 1912 but specimen8 of the o n

whial, *him w. ..atmrIal wan dmrlnd I8 uald ta mtrikm maat md dip &8' 8. (&IL (a3 Chpin, TI, Op. a i t . ml. 89n, p

-- ' I

On t h m Wth Star olai. of -tb. Pimew Using many, on. nil. up th?

an 05-foot # M t , mmk la 29U, opmned tha imkcmeation of two +.in@. IW

!ha Chat- i ins or Bwm mine (461, om thm harth mi& of the rxtrmm 1

W I ~ h p ~ n , T., ~ p . eit, ~ d l l . ~ t , p. SSSSS. *wb, A. E., 0.p. .it. mu. e49, 9. -38. mrti+, 3. E., ~r., OP, sit. aiu. sea, pc U.

martern lmadratrf tributmry of Chathad Creek a t an alt ihtd* of 1825 fmat, 'k o m of the princippl producers o f tha 1915-17 period. Although

priAarLljl a gold mine, la which tbu vain had a low mulfids.aoo~e;at, a t i b m i k I

war feud m t .mte~*al plaaaa in the wrldn4l8. The main #in tfelldr Xa

cromaaut tunnel, whielh rss driven for 1300 fmat t o f hm mrthmart' bf 1911.

r e p o r t s & bgr fhr -mr So 1915; ht thm an l j ocourrmneo for mhi8h 1

a a m t . mlm loeation hmm Wen publlabb, i m -or. -la ..hiah Md r

drift tbat turnad f r r m tb am&raut 200 feet frer the port& In 1916,

dip. .nb LB inch.. tblok. In th. -1, LO foet b p n d the r i m , a"=-

imom8aiblm, although th lr mlnm mm opmatbd rr rmornflt mm 19W, sad th.

, onlr mtihita awmilnblm wan .that to-& t h e p i h a om th. dunp n * u thm

-a1 aouth, a t o t a l m f a b u t O P ~ tom+ oi OH. A 1~mp1e ammaymd W thm

bologiaal mbwa 4 tenor of S.48 parerat .ntl#mf. . .

Tb e i r 8x1 h r t l m-goot rhaft, btmm t b trro nort&rta pinrualmn

of th. mpur wpumtina C h t h r a d wilt Crrmka m t am a l t l t u l m of POW feat, 8 A

-8.4 a-wmin, atrikiw B. ?om L. in which r mad1 pertSon aonrirtrd af

mkm Brotherr, rt ma al f i tudo of #la f m m t on thfm 8-Q spur,

I r r p o ~ d a n i n mtrikizrg li. TO0 we in which ths muUidea oemntlng the

mtrlke m a t and dip PD th* mouth. T b workings compricmd 4 crommaut

hc * *r

.I $ ( ! + 4.

mlopm. Tb. fhird, in artlmr uphi l l , r l t h a lares dmp, i n probably the •

800-foot t-1 in which 8tihik h a b e n w o r t a d . At 3ZO f e a t f r o m

1 i Ih. or lilordrh minm (a), b.t+ama the axt~rms hnab+at.r -

fork. of tbs rsst braaob of Wolf Csask, exposed sareml mi-, which

- I tb+ p o r ~ , r, -in, -high nItrlka8 8 . 900 E., dip. +QO S, und averlsgea 9 .?

Incham la ridth, waa s a i d t o ahow atlbmife along mi th copper and iron

-. \? ,': ,. . m u l f idmm In the quartz* At 600 iamt froa tbm portal, s meeond r e la ' . P .d

f .$: W t h a 8 t r i k ~ of Y. 8o" am and dip of 45° HE. .homed i 8 0 h t s d *bunohemu 4; $ 8 or mtibal ta. In 19# t h e uorkimgu were inacornma1 blm ; bat one pisee of a? a : mtibite .am fDund at the mmcond tunnml uphil l and4 Jb pound. of or. was -

.catf+rrd abut t h awruth of the amin tunnel mouth. .u -say of tbta

, dil* .L antiasny. mile domatrram Zrom th6 B c r r a s m t a i n , on the -st side

a a of woii Cnmk at m altltudo or 14-00 isat, ths cavmd p i t mapp.4 tm t b . .

. -1-n in 1 9 ~ 1 s repork4 to hat. axpored,a laoxtheasterlj trmndlng vain

, - " # - T b 148-fuof 8huft on $hm P.nnsylrania claim, on the Rolf Crsek nidm

', of t b d l ' ~ d m b . tmsn Wolf mi Fairbank. Crsskr at an sltl tuds of 2100 feet,

0 opmmed rn rsin mhich ram 18 inehea mfds, had a ntrikm of N. 8' 1. and,dip

P d of 18' S. TeUoriah oxidation pmducte of m t i b z r i t r were ommn 1. t b e puut..

Thir prop#rV hen b a n idlm for a long tima, but s p i l e of oridilamd rt ibai ts

ore naaF tbs d q aontdna about 300 aubio f a a t of meterial d would

pmbmblp yirrld a Wf ton of 1- or# if mrssaad. An .#nay o f r a w l s

of thin 1- orr rho*. a oootret of S7.01 pexnent mntiSWnyAt t h. Binton -

out on tbs old l i l l t e or W i g o l d claiP,muthrnrt of tJm Pennrylrania

~ m t an altftudm o f 1OOO famt, -11 le-8 of bath J m e ~ o n i t a and rtibni-

man rimible in ISLB~[SL)

T b m Piomor Qnd adjaornt alairPs of tlm McCarty -up (w on the A

Falrbsatrs mlopa a t thm dir ida bmtmmn Volt and Fdrbaots hvsra at an I ' mltitpde o f W O f9st, hsrs f l t ~ a i s h d somb 1 t f 8 l l f t m ore in the punt. !

A +in 8 incbam in width, portions of r b i c h wdrr mar& pu a t l b i k , - b

*-*dh I '

9 had a g t s i k e of aert and dip t o m, sad mxtandsd frm tha Pioneer rantward into the sdjacretlt Eonr y C l a y or liM Iron m k claim. m d i a t a l f b the

west, ~ l u a a a of rtf bol t o ora could b found In 1942 on tha d m of the

Pioneer reia which &trike. N. 70" II., dfpa 6d0 9, and #a derelopcld bJr

. . three a h f t s ona of which ma 11C faet beep. Balilway btwsan tha Pianmas

md the road.elong Fairbamka Creek a t sn s lMtlrda of El50 feet, tk

*htlaaollyn -in in &aid Zo baw b r a the rouraa o t rare om. Thin #in

rtrikaa 81- 700 E. and mas mxpomsd by mhallor pita. The dump around them ~ * n t a ; r h

' &a a b u t EOOO eubic fmet of ohiafly~oxidiaed or. f r o m .blah

Chapin, T., Op. n i t . Bul l . 898, p. 528. mil, J, M-, Op. n i t . 649, p 103 and map p l a t . 6

The MaCmty m l m of the PairbaPka E ~ l o r a t i o n Co., on tbm north mida

of t b e r w badrrtor part of Tabbanlrn Crmek a t ma altt tude of 2JCO

feet, i m ra rstlvm gold mima sPd one of tb f m w +hiah rsrm aaosaaiblm 1n

1 T M p r - i m d work%nga m r m on th IPwriomn % . g l m vein4 whioh atrikac . .

IO. 8P I., 'dim 6&?p &., end rmriam from a mar. strlng~r t o 3 tcrt in

d dth. Tbs mie hss b a n denlopld by r -foot incl ined shaft k l o r

I -&ah a 88-foot rimm h a m bsmm &imo fxm the slrrt drift on tb 83Sfoot

t < . 1 i 2 . Is61 fo f b 5001foot Ir-1. h m t a f ths fhult , uhioh dinpla-a tbs rain 1

. . ' 1 m tbr +ieintw af tha r5mze; t o u r lmnrma of rtibaitm arm known1 and wart 8- .

' : . of thm u fmlt a t ~ h t ofbra o o a k . a- of t b m u 3. c n r a foot thiak . b

d tb. m v m v i m new 4 to b inobrr. Olu m t l b a i t m body, in a. rwpa maat

of thm -la m i e f t .Pd &O foot a b r r 'tb 036-foot la-1, mar 16 Smrt low,

frat wldm, had 9 i n o h m thiak; mother, DO fas t w m t of tb rinzm atrd

. , fbot thlak. kmaond &, th. 8.- pard, which'im d l a p l a e a d b ~ tha U . ' *

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ilu i. L O U -uM to14 tom; md h l n m . y , bJ the O.ologioal !

~ l u m t , 'ii . a-1. ar tha. o n tenor o i ea.seEuULw. )m t" rvdr b7 t b T.rrltm1.L B u r m u of Urn. in 1941, oo ora from a lrnr on the

I (u) Ja@8tiq, E, @. #it- p 10. L

f 7- ihar i m l u a k ~ d k o m m i k In thm oru th in prapartr. Xn 1918, j I

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t . t ih i t .b .d$mnngortmdirorthi . mmgsmrml * l o l n i t y a t t h m a T o r n ! a w. t b S, rhrrr qumrts rr. mud fo soown a d 3 . mount of r t i b n i k ; l ad I - 4

t !

t b M, marly i aim fartbr dclmatrerp on. tbr mth mid. of I

Fairbank8 Crmak, showed atfbnite a d aeacmastita ( 5 5 ) . I On the mpur between upper Fairbankr and Toe-Mgeh-Gold Cmakn, atlbnits

h s h e n found la a ir +ark-*. Bear the ereat of the spur at tm nlt i tud, I%*

o f 1980 feet, p i t n nunk in 1013 oa4Minnie and &oostook clsfma of Gsorga

P.rrault, m[pos.d aerorsl parallel quartz n i n a rbieh s tr ike B. 80' is. md

djp 600 S; narrow r a t f e u l a t e refnlstr of atibnit* oocurrrd la b t b thc . -, BC

p u t z - and ----- the interrsnfly a o h i a d (*) The Ylspah C

,&CJ cm* , * ;e , .. , d p c;+- ,3#//. r ? k , y * L J T wart of tha w t h of Too-Yuch-Uold Crsnk s t mn d t i t n d m of 1775 feat,

opens4 rn w i n .hi eh r tr ikss N. 9 8 O U., Jipm ?5@ S., and mriar pin w i d t h

from 3 fnehss t o 3 toot . In t h i s alas, mhiah .em work.& during %ha laa t

war, r t i b n l t s wag found oeally in tha mia, ma i n the w e t drift on tha 'e $7

war found in tha mast dfitt at t b mmm 18-1. (.m On 'Fsirbmka Cmek rt a -.

Chpin* T., Op. o i t . rnl. SOL, p. SB9 Y.rtiar S. B., Jr . , OP. sit, UZ. 668, p M I )

al t i tude of 1630 fmet, the Oilnore tuM.4 was &inn 800 taet in 1917 r a a prcrmpmat a d i t t o intarseat the Uapab and 0th- -inn; rtld a t the

mouth of thim tunnel in 194E them W,F. 50 rackn or lead-aoppar mthony

mat of tba Uzprh, thm Connarr (or Q i h r r ] and WIR arkc*c U- 4-f bh t4 epm* ah** ar

Imollrbsd t& Ohio, Y.$florer. mnd Ear ly Bird

in m 4 ' t o 6 in= b rain In the ;mat &if t f rom a 70-foot m h d t on the Ohio

claim; mnd rtlbnite mu 12 t o 1Sl.inah lrnws In I E5-foot .kt% oa tb Earl7 bl

Bird elaim I&). On t h e ac8t n16m of the mbuth of T o d u a h 4 l d Cmek at

U t h , P. S., Op, a i t , Bull. 886, p 163 M m ~ t i l , J* 9.. Jr.9 OF. 01t. h L 1 ~ 688, P. WOm

lode ih w%oh r t i b m i b , p-k, a d C L ~ L Z L LL:L?P r meix for thm k e a a i m w

ro.k o f th. ioot*L id CI m i l r au tb. wrt mid. of m e h l 0 s l d -

mtb, S- am, Opt m f t . ' h 2 l r $&5, 160.

kt *-., - - '(WE - F. a;, Op. 'rit. mu. am, p. m-u8 ' t i @ , S, B., J r . , Op* a i t , ' l W l . W8, pa 405,.

f : a. - RiU, J* Y*, Op. aft** mlr 849, .p. 1-U

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1 ,I-l mt 1- fut md L)dO imet iltit~.,on.tba'killm-a, opn tb.

L..:',. . =-a T.I.u.~. mrth ~i thm upmr part oz t& b1.n 8 -111 and i m n o t quit. P - .-.' 1 .

3 fmr hundsed feet a m tb. nppmmorf tuaaml r'third vein ~trtkrs rut b and probtblr dipa to tbm north, but i a poorly ~ e e d 13 two r b a l l o w ?its

about 80 foat a p u t . Iloncmntrmtme fmm tbs mill applrsntly indieat.. tbrt

rultid&m iom 1 ta ld perorat of the. win ~$mtmrial and tht this is prinoi-

gall7 m t i t w f k &then@ o t b r 8ultidem pmlmnf lneluda mrgentifatwm aabna,

dm~pit8 tha thotrrsad. cf f m m t of dmtrloy#rsnt oo theas mloa. la 19U a

aomnpond w i t h the +it In fb Hi-Iu +aim fhat mm srpomad in the ~ z p p r - .

ht them u a -11 p t l * of a t i b i t o om r f thr mutb of the uppar or

toarth faaP.1 a i b h i r no+ aamd and iPactzaaribla; m n d u t i b i t r r r r m rlrsn

* ' fn phem wrsr8.l h @ u d fast a b # thir t-1, in tro 4 1 pit" mhith

h w ~ b e n rsoprrnsd h 19C1. Thad p i t r mrm mrmir t h u g h fi- t e s t of

bll.tdm-float and a m r e I -in rhlch rtrikaa samt rtla h r ht

frre&*r dip,- probably dm ta tba lenticular ahape of fh.

at lbni t . b d b m and of th. f i u - p a b e d p v v b qhlch make. up th. north

. s i d e of the minersllsed .om. T b +&tin r id th of t i zone im about two fmet and the .tihliU f& half df thi.. An u.y of . -1. of tbi. o m .how. c ceakat of 6b.M prremnt rntiaonf. &&aym mmdr b7 tbs

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Tmrrltorial h s a of yiprr of gym iroa tb. .Ei-r'u &w ha+. .born a r&

At m altitude of 1BZb f ra t btwmmn thm mala f e r k at Row Creak,

Smwdorrgh Crmsk . 8Mb.itm h u b a n found i. tb. k m r of SoWough C r w L , a northam

tsih- & * O l u t c n l k . El*. Tb w u t h af Sewlough h r k i n 68 &terrr

m l b m fr& h5r-h rr ma.-U r- tho W Bighwmf; .ad thc W@umat

-8 mf.b a 1 of I a#.krn fark a b 6 t twa l i ~ m m fmn th, M@-

..nf m t m &ltftMm of joOO foot. an& jut abva tiakrl2as. A:ttmaml driwa

1 rn dmep & n t h or dimfutagratsd rock, i t s rmm cmndition, and i

Tha a l l a1& of tb. individusl kidneym with smspsct ta tbe bulk .1x**&

of the rainm or .hear ranem, their erratic diatribution'along &v

rind t b sriatsnoa o t nmeroua fmultr, not only m n h proapratlag

&Iff lcul t, but prohibit e x t a n n l n und@rground .orking. for mtlbdit . Ilona.

trmmportatlon ehargms,Us artmnmin working. a r m mrrant.4 at *my tinu bmcaues of the sudden fluctwtforrs which frepuan%lj 06cw in the prioe of

anthony.

Stibnits deposltm bcome aeceseible 1srsel.p thmugh gold mininit

apsratlone; and am rucbnining ha@ been greatly eurtailwl, and m y k

dlwcntinued entirely, X b autlook for future d i m b ~ 3 ~ 7 a produefim of

mtibni ts om i r very uncertain,

C and hL8 bad dalmkrleua ~tfaat oa both pmrpu6ting- ard miniagm m?

tarem pronpaotoz*r mrr aotive in 194% . . - The a ~ t a b l i m h n t of .a or.-hritig dapot at Pairbank. by t h m *tala

R m a m r n m a m y ahodd mncau- tb. *hipunt of .11 mvaUablm or* baa- i dt d l e r l m t e a in p r t th. );igh trmmporhtiom comta of ore- .hip.mt dlrrct .

te amltmra'./Thm prtnsipaS nm-a oi antl~rrop or. t ~ t i re no* ' i

a r a i k b l * i n C b r F a i r ~ a d i a t r i a t ~ b s d i ~ i a ~ i n t o t b r m r s l u n ~ , a r "

L I l r ra ssrliar Pinod tbat we- nsvmr mld or .hipped.

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'm2nSng tbat ndtd fmm tbr hl&h prlosm which mxlnted during tb.

l u t mrld trr; mmd rgah fn 19#5.-* Duriag both of the##

md in t o tho fmet tbt 8nly higbwabm ormr mrro nhipp.l a t a y

f b, th8 Ilurlw lor-grad. mf erl ml that muld not yield a proii tr

Ab .'-tiam o t LIl the old J m s m In tbl Fairbank. d i a t r i a t , abD.8

frm errllmr &lag op.rationr. W h d thir h d originally bssn #ehd, '

J f # J / bra 5. a d h b l m &+ t h m b i ~ r , goo-mliaaam, Mark~riah~ C b a t h . Handarman.

/ El-% and ~ i 6 n tuansl. la ~dditioa, t b r a w dump. ~f low-grada arm

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with a of 10 Zo 34 peraaot mtimny: about 300 tan. of rwb a-a arr

i t tb. 8ordiord propartj, about w a. nuoh at tb. ~ v k o v i o h

BO mmr-c of mtibnita ors lying oloma fcr the ruflaas ara now horn

'tht &m o m p u l b l . in mire with .pl. oi t h o d tlat were earliar mined,

1, Ono ax morm m d . 1 lmaram OF ~ % s I ~ ~ r a of mtlbnita that

3. A thin ienm of mtibnitm, abut 75 fast long, manna7

w i l l o w aad Qlaary orrakr.

- 4 me or pore PM-I uf rtllph#tinonite a n st thr Binbn pmqmat) an t b m ridgm mar the hMd o f Wolf Umk.

5 Sme alluvial rtibnito to tba gravsla of Ybarm Crrmk,

a tributary of Emtsr Crclak.

6. Mimaellansous d l rhawingr of ~tibnitm of upraven

aim f f icaaar : Co8gravs m rlaat on bppp Cremk, Jmck8or

o 1 . h cra mpur htwmen ~ o l r ' and ~.aarack Creek.. .

I mah daponi ta ,it ir po8si bla that 50 t a m of blghwadm rtibnitw

OF. might k raommrud, +lrtrra

T b ore that r y b. obtained as a by-produst oipold-led. ninlag

operated by 0. 6. 3moltiag. Rsflniq,rrad Yiniag Go., . bu t 4 tom of ant- I*

ore hsn dlrmmd7 ban marl#t.d lodm mini- oantinusr, a t o t a l of

88 tor8 may be prdwed within the next far y m a r m . At tb gold-lodm m i a s

o f fh. Clear7 R i l l Wner Co., b ton8 af mfibnitr ban rmasntlj k e n w k r k d

I sad probably t b t o t e l production la ths,nsru fukJrs oould not 8xn*ad b tom

Dns mall 1mmn of mzlbnik l a d r o mom af th. Clippsr mine na

a t tba h r d a sp-r m k ~ h i u h rill bs r~inmd. 14 d

fb. f i g m a m b w m gilra, I t follora that abut tom of

him-grda or. menttiaing 40 t o 4S proant I s t i m o q , f r nor avmilabl*

lam p d e ore, oentainla# 10 to 50 pareant mtimoap, ly m l . o k

h ~ ~ l m t of t h m r r hvm kmo ainmd mt and tb t l l r P i e t yrperrr fo b v e

f i a l b d d n d r tho gnrfor portion af the rtfbnftr ore whish o m bm

ProbmUy m U o f -tho n9rr-rlrrt.am dmpori t r hrr -not kma l oo r ted m r L a*

-'~t,' but f m w hrrr km m& mamra4blm miaem thm 1a.t rrr, md4oalg

. 1 . b . -- . rr+ .tbarM, wp.nmtly th. 4 7 . sourma opm b proppestbrm would k ta 4'. -

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my-. . - - . :: . Crrmk, t h m li# 6f old m W t a at tbr YIlrkorloh om Cmak, . . i ' . , .: , - . ... . . -..