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Princeton First, Last and Always.
Published in the interest of Princeton and Similkameen district.
Vol. viii. No. 15.
PRINCETON, B.C., SATURDAY,  APRIL 13, 1907.
$2 a Year, in Advance
THE BOARD OF TRADE
Busy Session, Good  Attendance, Urgent Matters
Dealt With.
Roads and   Sidewalks.  Eight-Hour-
Day and B.C. Mining School
Receive Attention.
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Regular meeting of the Princeton
board of trade was held on April 4th,
Vice-President A. E. Jackson in the chair.
After routine communications were read
from Dr Schon, tendering his resigna
tion ; from A. E. Howse, expressing gratification at the evidences of activity in
the board, and from A. B. Mackenzie,
secretary of the associated boards of
trade, Rossland, re union of Princeton
board with the associated boards.
C. Willarson and G. Wardle were elected members of the board
Memorandum and petition to the V.
F. M. Co. laid on the table from last meeting was ordered to be dropped.
Report of the executive committee in
which Mr. Shatford, M.P.P., was requested to urge on the government the
necessity for improving the road to Hedley at the earliest moment. Letters were
also sent to Messrs. Munro and Henderson, M.P.Ps., re Summit camp trail and
the One Mile road. Secretary was instructed to write Desbarats & Co. re
folders. Resignation of Mr. Groves from
health committee accepted. Report was
adopted.
Report of health committee re scavenging in which C. Asp agreed to terms,
viz : Hotels, $6 per month ; families under five persons, $1 per month, over five,
$1.50.   Report adopted.
Resolved : That the Princeton board of
trade is' in accord with the movement
among laborers to make eight hours a
statutory day's work in Canada, and
would respectfully ask the Department
of Labor to exercise its influence in that
. behalf.    Carried.
A motion was carried accepting the
offer of the school trustees to use the old
school house as a board of trade room.
The question of sidewalks in the town
was discussed, it being stated that the
government should appropriate money
and assist in the building of them, as a
large amount of taxes and trade and
license money were taken from the town
yearly and no adequate return made. It
was suggested that a subscription be
taken up from the property holders and
business men of the town, which, if not
sufficient to make the necessaiy sidewalks a further sum could be raised by
some form of entertainment. The whole
matter of sidewalks was left to the executive committee which body appointed P.
(Continued on page 3.)
CHANGE IN MAILS.
The official announcement has been
made by the C. P. R. of the opening of
the Spences Bridge-Nicola branch for
regular traffic last Monday. The schedule
as drawn up provides for 3 trains weekly
each way, leaving Spences Bridge at 8 a.
m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
and arriving at Nicola at 11 a. m. The
return trips will be made the same days,
leaving Nicola at 2 p. m. and reaching
Spences Bridge at 5 p. m. With the present schedule on'the main line, the branch
line schedule will entail waits at Spences
Bridge going both directions. Between
Nicola and Princeton the stage w ill leave
on Tuesdays at 6 a. m., arriving in Princeton following day leaving Princeton at 6
a. m., Thursdays arriving at Nicola following day.
GRANITE CREEK EIRE.
Historic Old Cam?  Described  with
Pathos—No Insurance.
Editor Star—Sir: With the passing
of Granite creek the last monument of
the golden age of placer mining in the
Similkameen has passed away and the
miner of the future will not be able to
see even a remnant of what was once a
town sporting 17 saloons, a government
office, a temple of justice and a large
number of miners' cabins with the latch
string banging on the outside to notify
the traveller that high-souled hospitality
awaited him on the inside.
Many of the old timers have crossed
the Great Divide and to those who are
still living, the gay old days of placer
mining, with its golden harvest and high
jinks, is but a memory. But all things
that are built by human hands must go
up in smoke or crumble beneath the
heavy hand of time. But if all signs do
not fail Granite creek will, phoenix-like,
rise from her ashes, beautiful in a new
youth, and more gorgeous than in the
palmy days of '85 and '86.
The fire that swept this relic of a bygone industry out of existence originated
in Mr. Cook's house, which was a combination of store and dwelling, and was
caused by the stove pipe setting the cloth
lining of the room on fire, and spreading so rapidly that but little stock could
be saved and the family had only time to
save themselves. The Granite creek hotel was the next to go, but DeBarro saved
most of his goods and is now established
in a new temple of Bacchns farther up
the street and is in a position to accommodate the travelling public. The latch
string is still on the outside of the
"Judge's" door.
Om> Timer.
Granite Creek, April 7.
Dr. Higginbotham, dentist, will be in
Princeton for a few days, having arrived
yesterday. He is prepared to do all
classes of dental work. Arrange appointments at once.
CREEPING UP VALLEY
Tracklaying this Side of  the
International Line is
Being Done.
Neither C.P.R. Nor High Water will
Delay the V.,V.&E. Laying
to Keremeos.
Real, authentic information regarding
the progress of tracklaying on the V., V.
& E has been received first hand from
C. Summers, who returned Thursday
from a trip to Keremeos and beyond. He
was on the grade at the boundary line
last Monday and was told the track was
about four miles distant at thai time. At
this present hour the tracklaying gang
should be a mile on the B.C. side of the
line,
The site of the bridge crossing the
Similkameen at Armstrong's is expected
to be reached the latter part of next
week. Two pile-driving and bridge
crews will be employed in throwing the
bridge across the river, which is about
350 feet wide, with about 600 feet of approaches. This wont will be carried on
without cessation until completed and
then a dash will be made for Keremeos.
That point reached contractors will immediately begin construction.
Engineer Milliken is camped near Allison on the south side of the Similkameen, having moved there recently. He
has been revising the line to near Keremeos.
J. H. Kennedy, chief engineer of construction, was in Princeton Wednesday
and states that he expects to have the
bridge at Armstrong completed before
high water. He could not state where
engineer headquarters would be until
the contractors were at work. He is
desirous that the track should be in
Princeton at as early a date as possible
and has stated that the railway company
will require fifty tons of coal daily from
the Vermilion Forks Co. when the track
reaches here.
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.
This is the latest spring for some years
in the Similkameen ; cold nights and
raw days being the rule.
Dave Sketchley has begun mining on
the Allison group, in which Os Coulthard is largely interested, and has taken
in supplies to Ashnola for season's work.
"Jim" Hill is reported to be on his
way into Princeton for the purpose of
opening up a business.
Contractor Burrill will soon have everything in shape for the Oddfellows hall
which will be comfortable and cosy. The
underpinning of the ante room has been
reinforced with a truss in the Star office
which will afford rigidity and safety for
the fellows as well as prevent a possible
breakdown of the floor and a mix-up of
the devil and the goat.
Geo. McCoskery and W. J. Kirkpat-
rick have gone to the coast via Tulameen.
E. P. Wheeler, who was on his way to
Princeton, was taken ill at Spokane and
is now in the hospital. Mr. Wheeler is
interested in the Gladstone mine at Friday creek.
The following persons have been appointed commissioners for taking affidavits under the Provincial Elections
Act: George Goldsburough William
C. McDougall, George Wardle, Princeton; Perley Russell, Granite Creek; W.
J. Henderson, Otter Flat; George Mc-
Cullough, Edward B. Tingley and Duncan McPhail, of Otter Valley;
SEEMS LIKE CRUSOE.
Not Good for Man to be Alone—Road
is Very Much Needed.
'Podunk' Davis returned to town this
week after having been absent about fonr
months in a very lonely place feeding
cattle for Luke Gibson. Away out at
Osprey Lake, some twenty miles from the
nearest habitation, Podunk put in some
of the loneliest hours of his life. He
was forty days and nights without seeing
or hearing the sound ofa fellow being. He
had a name for each one of his cattle
and they all recognized his musical call
when it was forage time and he often
talked to them and himself in whiling
away the hours. All the stock pulled
through in fine condition, there being no
lack of hay. When the government
builds a good wagon road into this section there will be no necessity for anyone to play Robinson Crusoe all by his
'lonesome' for tbe land is inviting to settlers and there are mineral surroundings.
Mr. Davis looks fat and sleek and only
for his Van Winkle whiskers no one
would think he had been beyond the pale
of civilization for so long. Podunk is
waiting for the railway, as is the case
with many others, and sees great chunks
of prosperity for everybody on its reaching Princeton.
It would not take a large sum of money
to extend the Five-Mile road to Osprey
Lake and from there to Summerland on
Okanagan lake. This road has been the
subject of petition and agitation for years
but, as yet, nothing has been accomplished. The petition recently sent to
the government for a road to Osprey
lake should have a favorable answer. To
complete the road to the head of Trout
creek would open up communication
with two rich sections—the one mineral
and the other fruit. Mr. Shatford has an
opportunity to open up a fine section of
country and to make good his professions from the political platform that he
had the progress and development of the
country at heart.
 THE     SIMILKAMEEN     STAR
The Similkameen Star an* WMa placue t0 hle !n> is
published weekly at- to be found anywhere.    It is most
desirable   that   its   reputation   for
healthiness should be retained and
Published Weekly at
PRINCETON, B.C.
—BY—
The Princeton Publishing Co
B. STONE KENNEDY, Editor.
The
Princeton
Feed   Stables
HUSTON  BROS., Props.
as this can only be secured by spotless cleanliness it is incumbent on
^^     every  citizen to keep premises free
one year, ja.oo from everything  that   is    disease-
payabiejaAdvance. breeding.    It may seem a little pre-
Subscribers will confer a favor on this office by   „   . .       aAvr\rat»   nmatifnitatinfi —' ft*~ "1 uuuuie.     W
promptly reporting- any change in address or mature to   advocate   ornamentation   or   coa]   delivered   on   shortest   not
• ir«f,W»««jPt<^efr paper. but   there   is   no   doubt that shade   Prices right.   Satisfaction guaranteed
Advertising rates furnished on application.
Legal notices 10 and 5 cents per line. trees would well repay  owners for
Four weekly insertions constitute one month   _ii _„„_ „.•_.,, t-u^~,       A WsfcKf&fr ,i,„t
advertising. a" care given them.   Anything that
1 "• ■ = enhances the appearance of a place
SATURDAY, APRIL I3„i907. is  admitted   by   valu
real  asset and
THIRTY DAYS after date I intend to apply to
the ChiefCommissioner of Lands and Works for
a license to prospect for coal on the following
lands, commencing at the S E. corner of lot 364;
thence west 80 chains; thence south 80 chains;
thence east 80 chains; thence north 80 chains,
back to post; in all, 640 asres.
C. L. French, Locator.
C. O. French,Agent.
Located March. 25 1907.
General Livery business   carried  oh.
Horses for hire, single or double.    Wood |
or   coal   delivered   on   shortest   notice.
NOTICE.
COAL AND WATER POWER
Beside   the    scenic     iMgari  Uj
Princeton, which often  impress the
visitor to the exclusion of the utilitarian purposes for which it is eminently adapted, there  are the mineral and  manufacturing resources:
If one takes into  consideration the
fact  that  there  are immediately at
hand  two  unlimited  power gener-
■gpr ating    resources,   coal  and   water,
which need only to be harnessed or
converted into force,  then tbe importance  of this place   becomes an
indisputable  reality.     Situated  in
what may be termed a colossal amphitheater or basin, at the junction
of two riversithere is an abundance
of energy  running to. waste from
these   and   the  tributary creeks in
this  vicinity.    The  natural  fall of
the  rivers  is  nearly forty feet per
mile, constituting  volumes  of en-'
ergy sufficient to supply all demands
for manufacturing purposes.  Cheapness and  steadiness, of application
are    features    which     recommend j
water power and its product;  elec-
t.icity, to manufacturers.     Hydroelectric power is  easily   distributed
over a large area and from a center
such as Princeton the various mines
hereabouts  could   be  operated  by
this, power.     The sub-bituminous
coal, which   underlies ' Princeton is
also   a   very   cheap j generator   of
power,   the   initial expense in connection  j with     which   would,   no
-.   doubt, be much   cheaper than that
-    of water.    It is  very   fortunate for
I    this   place  that  there are two such
enormous sources of latent or sleeping power for manufacturers, smelt-
ereifej$?f'mill owners   and  others  to
choose from.    An invitation  to  all
interested    in. manufacturing  projects is extended for  a  visit to this
section and a personal examination
made of'the  coal  and water power
producing    conditions.     There   is
money in them.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
NOTICE.
Tust now a great deal   of interest   CTR.iYED to my place in November, one sorrel
"" '-'   two-year-old mare, branded on neck F. Own-
being    taken   in    the  question of  er can recover same bvmvin
-~ * j.x-1 jc jzu 10 my place in November, one sorrel
^   two-year-old mare, branded on neck F. Own-
is    being    taken   in    the  question of  er can recover same by paying expenses.   If not
claimed within thirty days will be sold by public
women voting and  the press ofthe auction. luke gibson.
_ Princeton, March o, 1907. »        11-15
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Peter Merck-
ley that if he does not pay for the keep of
his horse Joe, and take him away, I will sell him
by public auction one month from date of this
notice. C. B. HARRIS.
Princeton. Feb. 16. 1Q07. ^-11
Dominion and  the  old country are
full of opinions on it.   The Star has
always  consistently interceded  for
the rights  of humanity, more particularly  that portion   of it  which'
rocks the cradle, navigates the perambulator and incurs large  millinery   expenses.     Time   was  when
women   were  expected   to  stay at
home  and   meekly  attend    house-'
hold affairs for   her lord and mas
ter.    With   the changed  and  ever
changing   conditions of society her
sphere has been enlarged.    Instead
of a mere menial, as with the barbarian, she is now  rapidly advancing to, the position   designed by the
Creator—man's  co-equal  and partner.    As a mother she   has a right     2  „,
to voice   and  vote   her ooinions on   Mis deceased), of   the homesteader   re-
1 j sides upon a farm in the  vicinity of  the
legislation   affecting her children or   land entered for, the requirements as to
society of which she is a part.    Her  residence may be satisfied by such per
J    ■ r son residing wi.th Ihe father or mother,
mental   balance   is   finer   adjusted      3. If the settler has his permanent resi-
than that  of men  and   her  intelJi-  de"£e uP°n t&rm}t^ land owned by him
in the vicinity of his homestead, the re
quirements as tn SSSisi
NOTICE.
Synopsis of Canadian Homestead
Regulations.
Any available Dominion Lands within
the Railway Belt in British Columbia,
may be homesteaded by any person who
is the sole.head of a family, or any male
over 18 years of age', to the extent of one-
quarter section of 16a acres, more or less.
Entry must be made personally at the
local land office for the district in which
the land is situate.
The homesteader is required to perform
the conditions connected therewith under
one of the following plans:      . **•%&
I. At least six months' residence upon
and cultivation of the land in each year
for three years.
If the father (or mother, if the lath
Chicago mineral claim, situate in the Similkameen Mining Division of Yale District. Where
located :   On Bear Creek.
Take notice that I, IV-W. Groves, acting as
agent for William Henry Armstrong Free Miner's Certificate No. B2805, intend, sixty days from
the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder
for a cert ficate of improvements, for the purpose
of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above  claim.
And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance
of such certificate of impro\'ements.
Dated this 23th day of Decemter iqo6.      2-10
Thirty days after date I intend to apply to the
Chief Commissioner of Lands  and works for a
special licence to cut and carry away timber from
the following  described lands situated in   the
Similkameen District: Commencing at S. E. cor.
ner of lot 151, Yale division, Yale district,'thence
running north 80  chains, east 80 chains, south 80
chains west 80 chains to point ofcommencement.
THOMAS RABBITT, Locater.
W. J. Henderson, Locator.
Located March 26, 1907.
NOTICE.
gence and pereeptiveness keener
and brighter; Quite capable, therefore, of giving an intelligent vote
there is not a valid reason for denying women emancipation from the
chains of prejudice and error. It
is nonsense to suppose that women
will neglect   home  any   more than
Crt.-i'.- 1-1 - "
. ^..s uuiiiesieaa, tlie re
quirements as to residence mav be satisfied by residence upon the said land.
Six months' notice in writing should
be given to the Commissioner of Dominion Lands at Ottawa of intention to apply
for patent.
Coal lands may be purchased at $10 per
acre for soft coal  and  $20 for anthracite.
Not morp than   <•-■/-> "
Homestead Fractional Mineral Claim, situate in
the Similkameen mining division of Yale.
Where located: 1 % miles' from Hedley on
Similkameen River.
Take notice that I, Amsley Megraw, agent for
George B. Lyon, Free Miner's Certificate No intend, s xty days from the date hereof, to apply to
the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown
Grant of the above claim.
And further take, notice that action, under section 37. must be commenced before the issuance
of such Certificate of Improvements.
Dated this ist dav of March, A- D. 1907.   9-17'
NOTICE.
... 0*-i acics can De acquire
by one individual or company.   Royalty
at the rate of ten  cents  per ton of 2 000
--j     "*~  l-"aLS   pounds shall  be collected on the gross
sensible  men  will neglect business output.
ror anthrarifp NOTICE is hereby given that sixty days aflei
-_ a         ---,- *"1'1   PM Ioi antnracite. date   r jlite„d   toapplyto  Chief Commissions
Not more than 320 acres can be acquired of Lands and  Works for permission tojmrchase
by one individual or company.   Royalty 320 acres of pasture i»ih b
at thf rate nf v.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.
It is always possible to assist and
co-operate with nature in maintaining the health and beauty of the
town. With the excellent drainage
and the enforcement of the proposed   sanitary  regulations  on the
or work for politics. The mascu-
l'ne woman will be rip more offensive or aggressive then than now.
With perhaps one, or two, exceptions the women of Princeton want
the franchise extended so that they
will share in the benefits and rights
of full'.citizenship. Women ! God
bless them : May they not cease
agitation until they put hands on
that mighty lever—the ballot box.
W. W.' CORY?
Deputy of the Minister of the Interior.
N.B.—Unauthorized publication'of.this
advertisement will not be -paid for.
. »..u. muiisior permission to purchase
320 acres of pasture land situate in' the'Kamloops
division of Yale district and described as follows:
Commencing at a stake at the S.E. cor. of the
land 20 chains W. from the N.E. cor.'of sec. 55.
township 9r, thence North 80 chaiiis; thence West
40 chains; thence South 80 chains; thence East
40 chains to point ofcommencement.
A. E. HOWSE.
Located Jan. 31,1907.
Suits
The Star has received a cartoon
representing a road man sitting on
a log waiting  for 5 o'clock and the
   ~w me Major writing :   "Great news,  that.
xst of May there is no  reason why about Smith Curtis."   No descrip-
Princeton should not  be as healthy  tion can do it justice, it must be seen. |g
In the Latest Makes and Nobbiest
Shades in all sizes. Hats, Caps,
aud Neckties in abundance.
ALEX.   BELL
GENERAL  MERCHANT, Princeton
1&~
priAi, 13, 1907
THE    SIMILKAMEEN   STAR
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
Continued from page i.
Swanson,   J.    R.    Campbell  and  L.  C.
Wynne a committee to solicit subscriptions from;|i>roperty owners.
A motion expressing sympathy for Mr.
■ Book ig  his series loss at the Granite
fire was passed.       ■'''•  .  '■-'■' ■■
Resolved : That in the opinion of this
board there should be a snb land office
in Princeton, or that some way should
be found to place information at the disposal .qf the public which would enable
them to find out what lands were open to
preemption in-the district around Prince-
ton.rH-Carried. The secretary was instructed t& forward- the-resolution-to-Mr-..
Shatford, respectfuUw requesting him to
find a solution of the difficulty.
Resolved.: That in the opinion of' xhig
board the i establishment of a miffing
school in affiliation with the proposed
university of B.C. should be given due
consideration by the government.—parried.
I The- question '-of reorganising tfi^e^^
brigade 'was considered and a ^public
meeting called for the 9th inst. At that
meeting J. R. Campbell was re-ejected
fire chief, C." Summers, assistant chief
and H. Cowan, secretary-treasurer.
The secretary gave "notice of motion to'
frame new bylaws.
GEOLOGICAL   REPORT   ON
SIMILKAMEEN.
[Continued from last issue.]
THE
Board adiournfed. 5'
£§S
LOCAL AND GENERAL.   *"
Settlers  on One-Mile complain that no
fish ladder is in the dam qptthiHsiefeekt
D.£f orbes/ inirfing -"engineer .for the
Similkameen Smelting & Mining-Co., is
at Bear creek and will have charge of
the extensive development work on this
cgS&ttipany's properties^ ' 'ftrr
'■$■ ^Charlie Willarson has resigned from
the A. E. HowsfidSsfegsds*8 superseded
by John Gillis of Sydney, C. B., who
"talks the two talks.'*'
A general cleaning up of railway ma
terial is in progress inth'e yard at Midway... There is quite.a laj-ge amount of
steel,'frogs, angle baj;5',. tie* plates, bridge
materials'' etc., lying ^around the varny
an"(|fthis week a large force of men have
*A>sCW loading the rails  on  cars for iship-*
be
ment further westw'-c,
Eight furnaces dfre now in operation at
tHdjGranby smelter, another one  hayrng
been blown in the'first part pf this week.
C Summers imported a fine^iot of Ker-
. emeos apples on Thursday.     !$$£|j
... Twenty  cents  secures  the   Labor Ga-
,.$ette   (monthly) for one year.    No work•
ragman can afford to be without it. Sample co$ies;'at the'"Staitj|§£?^?<f I
James J. Hill has resigned as piesident
of the Great Northern railway, and has
now becdmeichair.man ofthe board of directors. Hfs;son, Iyouis W. Hill, is now
president. "
C. S. Stevens, of Summerland, has put
in a local telephone system at Pent'idtoti;
Besides being concentrated in the
zones of fracture, the copper and iron
sulphides appear often to be original constituents of the country rock, for they
appear as idiomorphic crystals disseminated through it without any connection
with each other; and until a great deal
more work is done on the claims it will
be difficult to give a correct historv of
the formation of the ore bodies. ' Ajt
present not many claims have been ex
plored to a depth lower than the limit of
•surface oxidation, but it may be possible
to throw more light on origin-of the ore
bodies, when the numerous samples ob
tained have been thoroughly examined
.'under the microscope.
Owing to the nature of the  occurrence
of the ore on Copper mountain it is a dif
fieult matter to   estimate of the  average
valuesMlnat the rock would give on assay.
The, ore bodies have  no  definite  boujtfcd
aries. in fact the whole m -untain is rtfore
or lsjss. mineralized,   wit]tiiCQH.ceritration
taking place'   along certain   lines,  and
jWhat is classed as ore to-day may be too
low grade  to give  a  profit  to-mqr-$w,
depending altogether on the price of copper and the cost of miniug.    The boundaries then will be merely commercial ones
Mf. W. F. Robertson made assays of sam-
@es fro'm many gf'the different claims in
igor, and the' results  he  obtained   were
from \}i to 3 per cent in copperof average
samples, with selected samples going  up
to 8 per cent. Mostyof them carried small
amount in gold.    It will be seen hy  this
that these ore bodies are very low grade,
but this i? compensated for by iheir great
size, and the ease,.with  which  they  can
be worked.
In tngjrountry lying between Onemile
and Fivemile effeiks, and on the slope of
Fivemile cree.fc^everal claims have been
located, but oriffe-the western portion   of
this area came Sathi'n the area examined.
The United Empire group, consisting  of
nine claims, is cm Allison mountain,  and
occursin the same series of metamorphosed sediments as on-eKennedy  mountain.
The whole hill  is  heavily covered with
wash and the  rock  wherever exposed is
deemposed^o a^nuch greater extent than
in any other part of the'qountry, due perhaps to a covering of volcanic fl jws during the glacial period,  which  prevented
the decomposed r<?ck from being removed
|b$tlhe scouring action ofthe glacier.   At
the base of the hilFi^a thick deposit of
clay and detritus washed down from   the
bill: it is heavily ^charged with copper
fcarbonate which has probably  been  deprived from the leaching out  of a  quartz
"vein higher up the hj& carrying the sulphides of copper.    Evidence  in  support
of this is obtained from a shaft forty  feet
deep sunk about half way up the hill,   at
the bottom of which blocks of quartz car-
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THE    SIMILKAMEEN   STAR
MINERAL   REPORT  ON   THE SIMILKAMEEN.
(Continued from page 3.)
rying chalcopyrite occur  in  the  decomposed rock.
It is probable that there is a vein of
quartz carryiug copper sulphides at this
place, but not enough work has bee done
to demonstrate the size ofthe vein or its
strike. Surface indications, however,
point to its having an east and west strike
across the strike ofthe fracture planes on
Copper mountain.
At the end of the season a hurried ie-
connaissance was made of a mineralized
belt of rocks running from the Tulameen
river at Champion creek northward past
the head of Bear creek to the Coldwater
river. Some very promising mining properties are being exploited in tnis region,
and this belt of rock well warrants a
more extended study next year.
Briefly stated, the geological conditions
are as follows:-Stretching across in a
Northerly direction from the mouth of
Champion creek to the head of the Cold-
water is a belt of light coloured granite.
In contact with this on the east side is a
series'of metamordhosed sediments, limestone, quartzite and schists* extending
from the Coldwater river to the Fish
lakes. From the Fish lakes to the forks
of Eagle creek the granite is in contact
with a dike like mass of peridotite a mile
to two miles wide, which then strikes
southeasterly at a sharp angle with the
strike of the granite. In this angle between the granite and the • peridotite is
another small area of quartzite, limestone
and mica schist, which extends south to
the Tulameen river aud terminates at
Champion creek. Bordering the peridot
ite and schists on the east is a large body
of pyroxenite, which extends from the
falls on Bear creek, where the waggon
road crosses it, southward across the
Tulameen river, where it comes in con
tact with granite. The pyroxenite is
succeeded on the east by enormous masses
of volcanic rocks, which have undergone
considerable metamorphism, and are
earlier in age than those volcanic rocks
previously referred to in this report as
occurring on the Similkameen river
Dikes of diabase, quartz porphyry, granite-porphyry and rhyolite cut all tbe
other rocks, and consequently . are later
in origin.
Contacts between the granite and schists
between the granite and peridotite, and
between the schists and peridotite and
pyroxenite, were discovered and studied
in the field, and from these the geological
relations were worked out. The schists
which are probably metamorphosed limestone and quartzites areThe oldest rocks
in the district, for they are cut by all the
o^hers^and are found as inclusions in the
granite and the peridotite. - j
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