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It is proposed to make this collection of minerals as complete and attractive as possible, not only to those more intimately acquainted with the locali- ties named in this Catalogue, but particularly to strangers and tourists visiting Victoria desirous of obtaining information in this direction, the exhibit of which is intended as an index to the vast mineral wealth of this Province, To accomplish this and to make the collection as complete as possible we wo\dd respectfully ask mine owners and those interested in thus calling attf^ntion to the as yet undeveloped resources, to send us (by mail), specimens, not too larjje, giving name of location, width and depth of vein matter, assays, if any, and any other information of interest relating thereto. They will be placed in the cabinet and entered upon this Catalogue, A supplementary edition of which will be issued quarterly and mailed to contributors. Address, .v^ KURTZ & CO., C. ^ JOHN PARTRIDGE IMPORTER OP Staple I Faney Dry Goods All Orders Shall Receive Prompt * Attention. Wpifc . for . Sar9plcs.. ar)J . If ricesr LANSDOf NE HOUSE, YATES ST. UiGJnof^iA, B. -s - \ 9 2. 3. 4. o. (). 7. b. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 20. 27. 28. 29. 30. Alice ;ind Emma Mine, Rock Creek. Cai'i ))()() Mine, surface, R(jck Cheek, »^300 Cold. (iold Quartz, Goldsrream, V. I. Iron Pyrites carryin-^ (jiold, Foster Mine. iron Pyrites, (no\n)ia) B. C. M. & M. Co. Iron Pyrites, {$V> gold) Fraser Rifer. Galena in Qaar^z, 5ii^2.50 Silver, Tongas, Alaska. Galena and Copper Pyrites, Texada Island. Gold (Quartz and Pyrite, Cariboo, B. C. Garnet in Mica Schist, Stick een River. Joshua Mine, Silver Ore, Nicola. Mary Reynolds Mine, Nicola. McCulloch Mine, Nicola. Dunsmuir Claim, Nicola. Joshua Mine, surface^ Nicola. Zinc Blende and Galena, Illecillewaet. Copper C>'^e. Sooke. Galena cont'ng Silver, Far well Mine, Illecillewaet. Zinc Blende and Pyrite in Quartz, Field, B. C. Galena, ($00 per ton Silver) Illecillewaet. Gray Copper Ore (|700 to $1000) Silver, do. Gray Copper in Quartz, G. Wright's Mine, do. Silver Ore, ($50 ton) Nicola, B. C. Galena, containing Silver, Selkirks, B. C. Pyrite and Quartz, containing (Jold, Cariboo. Pyrite Bastard Rock, B. C, Silver Ore, surface, Nicola. Copper Ore, Howe Sound. Jensen and Fell Mine, Si mil ka me en. Quartz Crystal, B. C. LIST OF SFECIMENS. 31. Chalcedony, Queen Charlotte Island. 32. Silver Ore' Hope, K C. 33. Connolly Led^e, ($32) Silver, Illecillewaet. 34. Silver Ore, Morrison & Co. Mine, Nicola. 35. Specular Iron, B. Columbia. 36. Micaceous Quartz, B. C. 37. Galena, Selkirk Range, B. C 38. Pyrite Conglomerate, West Coast, V. I. 39. Antimonial Galena, Alaska. 40. Magnetite, Sooke, B. C. 41. Smith & Donalds(m Mine, Illecillewaet. 42. Hornblende, Similkameen. 43. Sterling ATine, Cowichan, V. I. 44. True Granite, Saanich, V. I. 45. Quartz, Illecillewaet. 46. Pyrites, Selkirk Rfinge. 47. Marble, Beaver Cove, Alert Bay. 48. Marble, Texada Island. 49. Sandstone, Cobble Hill. 50. Calcite, Crystallized Limestone, B. C. 51. Sandstone, Kokesailah River, Cowichan. 52. Coal, Robertson & C(\'s Mine, Queen Charlotte, 53. Galena and Pyrites, Omineca, 54. Fossil Coal Measures, V. I. 55. Magnetite and Hornblende, North West Coast, 56. Mica, Similkameen Country. 57. Magnetite, Texada Island. 58. Galena and Pyi-ites, Illecillewaet. 59. Granular Pyrite, B. Columbia. ()0» Galena i-) Quartz, c jwichan Bay. 61. Fossil Prints on Sandstone, V. I. 62. Pipe Clay, British Columbia. 63. Coarse Grained Galena, Illecillewaet, 64. Fine Grained Galena, Illecillewaet. 65. Silver Ore, Nicola, B. C. 66. Stalactite, from Mineral Water, Bamff, B. C- 67. Copper Ore, Sooke, V.. I. LIST OF SPECIMENS. 5 68. Galena in Limestone, Donald, B. C. 69. Eureka Mine, Rock Creek, Dou'^las. 70. Galena, Kootenay, B. C, ($45 Silver.) 71. Crystals Pyrite, in Barren Quartz. 72. Galena, Kootenay, B. C. 73. McCulloch Claim, Nicola, very rich. 74. Treadwell Mine, Juneau, Alaska. 75. Stevenson Ledge, North Forks Similkameen. 76. Zinc Blende, Galena and Pyrites, Patterson Mine, Nicola. 77. Silver Ore, Wash. Territory, $100 top Silver. 78. Quartz Crystals, B. C. 79. Galena in Quartz, Farwell Ledge, Illecillewaet. 80. Galena, Nicola, B. C. 81. The Joshua Mineral Hill,\assav $55 Silver. Nicola, I ''" $16 Gold. 82. The R. Dunsmuir, Idahoelassay $575 Silver. Mountain, Nicola, j " $12 Gold. 83. The Tubal Cain Mineral [assay $105 Silver. Hill, Nicola, J " $10 Gold. 84. The Stevenson Ledge, Hope, verj^ line, C. Wilson 85. The Shomberg Ledge, Mineral 1 $40 Silver. Hill, Nicola, j $10 Gold. 86. The Star Mine Ledge, Mineral) $55 Silver. Hill, Nicola, J $17.50 Gold. 87. The Mary Reynolds, Idahoe) $400 Silver. Mountain, Nicola, J $12.50 Gold. 88. Lignite. 89. The Cariboo, 100 ft. from surface, B. C. M. & M. Co. QQ (( (( 44 »' LIST OK SI'KCIMENS. 00. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 10(>. 107. 108. 100. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 110. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. Rich Copper from Micliigan, 4,000 feet from surface, (lold .bj'arinLi; CJalena, Selkirk, (Kootenay) B. (J rob man. Copper tt Silver Upper Kootenay, Eads Discovery, B. (Irohman. Copper and Silver, Columbia Valley, B. (irohman. Peacock Silver, Kootenay Lake, ^1000 Silver, B. (irohman. Howes Sound, Ct)pper and Silver. Skeena iliver. Sooke Copper. Hemabibe Mineral Paint, Nicola, Coutlie Alex. Kerrinios Simalkameen District. Eureka Silver Ore, 40 feet below surface. Tualameen, Gra: ite Creek. Micacous Iron, Cou^^lie's Mine at Nicola. (k i.( (i i( (( McCulloch Creek, Big Bend Gold. Tulaineen (iold Quartz. Dunsmuir Ledge, Nicola. Sooke Iron Pyrites. Free Gold Milling Ore, Big Bend, McCulloch Creek, |138 Gold and $25 Silver. Gold Quartz, Bonanza Claim, Cayoosh Creek^ Lillooet District, James Gjrey. Gold Quartz, West side Fraser, opposite Pavilion Mountain, 18 feet from surface. Bell. (( II (4. Quartz, Clinton, S300 per ton. Sjdvanite, from Nicola, Jenny Long, Nicola, Dr. Dearden, Gold $1000, Silver $000. Silver King, Kootenay, Silv^er 160 oz., C()p[)er 35 per cent., A. S. Farwell. Sand from Fraser River, H. Rutland. Sand from Alaska, Carrier. LIST OF SI'KCIMKNS. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 13.5. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. Sand from Alaska, Burn's »5ay, O. A. Carrier. r>ear LtulL'o, Burns l^»ay, Alaska. (jreorda, 3 inilos from BaikervilUs Mother Lode, G. A. Carrier. Georgia, 3 miles froi.i ^arkervilie. Mother Lode, (i. A. Carrier. Snow Shoe Mountain, i.'ariboo, (J. A. Carrier. ii (b i% n ii B. C. M. ct M Cn., Cariboo, Silver and Gold, Ju ;e:iu, Alaska, Cinnabar, Judge Huriison. Corbin tt Kenne-ly, No. 1, 2, Crystal Lode, lUecillewaet. Corbin it Kennedy, No. L 2, Crystal Lode, lUecillewaet. Sulphuret Ore, from Island Mt., S. Walker. Free Milling (hv, ^' " " . Free Milling Ore, Island Mt., Graphite Co., S. Walker. Alaska Uni(m, Douglas Island, 3i mdes above Tread well. Alaska Union, from H. Lipsett, 700 in tunnel, and pays $7 per ton. Alaska Tread well Mine, by John Fannin. 143 144 145. Island Mountain, by John Fannin. 140. 147. ( k a a i i ii. li li i ^ DufFerin Gold, Grouse Creek, by S. Rogers, Barkerville, $45 per t(jn. 148. Geo. Byrnes Ledge, bet. Williams and Grouse Creek, by S. Rogers. 149. B. C. M. & M. C(»., from the pay chutes, assay $i\0 per tcm. 150. Black Jack "Creek, $50, S. Rogers. 151. Pinkerton, Lowhee Creek, S. R(»gers. 152. Silver and Lead Ore, Kootenay, Rockies, H. Rutland. ■miiRii 8 LIST OF SPECIMENS. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160. 161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. 171. 172. 173. 174. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179. 180. 181. 182. n Silver Ore, Nicola Valley, H. Rutlantl. Silver and Galena, Nicola Valley, Stump Lake- H. Rutland. Gold Quartz, Douglas Island, Alaska, H. Rutland. Copper, Sooke, F. Richards. Concentrated Sulphurets, Alaska. Pulverized Roasted Sulpliurets, Alaska. Gold Letchings, Alaska. Semi Precious Agates, Polished. Mottled Jasper, from the Rockies. Sardonyx, ** Jasperized Wood, " Crocivolite, Wood Agate, Tiger Eye, Striped Agate, Green Moss Agate, from the R/)ckies. Striped Red Agate, Silicified Wood, Specimens cf Painted Rock, H. Behnsen. h '' J. McCandlis, Petrified Wood. Chalcopyrite (copper ore) Texada I'lnd, J. Wilson. Malachite Magnetite (iron) " *' ** Joshua Claim, Nicola, Stump Lake, Surface Ore, W. Gordon. Joshua Claim, Nicola, Stump Lake, 40Ft, Below, W. Gordon. Joshua Claim, Nicola, Stump Lake, 60 Fl. Below, W. Gtirdon. Joshua Claim, Nic la. Stump Lake, 80 Ft. Below, W. G{»rdon. Pavillion Mt., Clinton, Foster Co., Big Slide, W. (iordon. Iron Ore, Sooke, W. Gordon. King William, Surface Ore, W. Gordon. /* ' LIST OF SPECIMENS. 9 183. iake^ 184. 185. tland. 186. 187. 188. / 189. / 190. L 191. 1 ^ 192. r 193. ^ 194. 'a-. 195. \ 196. V 197. i 198. : 199. 200. Ison. 201. 1 202. Ore, 203. 204. low. 205 206. lowy 207. 208. 'ow. 209. ide. 210. i4 (i it i( King William, 30 feet below Surface, W. Gordon No Surrender Co., Stump Lake, W. Gordon. Otter Tail Co., Otter Creek, W. Gordon. Alaska Ore. Bear Ledge, 12 feet wide, Alaska, Carrier. Savage " '* Valentine Ledge, " Ophir " " - Argen, Rock Creek, assays f 90 Silver and $25 Gold, by Capt. Irving. Copper Ore, Kootenay, by R. T. Galbraith. " Spallumcheen '* Arsenical Copper. Black Jack, 25 feet from surface, G. Bervin. Cariboo' Co., Rock Creek, Free Gold, C. G. Ballentyne. Tubal Cain, Nicola, 200 Oz. Silver, Wm. Wilson Chalcopyrites, Spring Ridge, Victoria, by H. Behnsen. MONTANA ORES— sent by Sauil. Adler. Morning Star, 100 oz. Silver, 2 oz. Gold. ** Manganese aud Lead, 2oz. Silver. MONTANA SPECIMENS. Mining Star, 100 oz. Silver, 2 oz. Gold. Granite Co., Granite Mt,, Ruby Silver $18. Alice, 122 oz. t( 21L 212. Clear Grit. Stuart Mine, near Butte City, Wire Silver. Lexington, near Butte City, Copper Ore. Peacock Ore, Stuart Mine, ^1500 Silver, 40% Copper. Home Stock, Carbonate Ore, $150 Silver, $20 Gold. Drum Lumnion, 35 oz. Silver. Bi Metalic Antimony and Iron, iiOO oz. 10 LIST OF SPEl'IMKNS. 213. 214. 215. 216. 217. 218. 219. 220. 221. 222. 223. 224. 225. 220. 227. 228. 229. 230. 231. 232. 233. 234. 235. 23(). 237. 238. 239. 240. 241. Bi<( Bonanza, 500 oz. Silver, 40 X Copper. Speculation Co., ^200 in Copper. 40 oz. KSilver. VV^a-nn Sprinuj Ledge in Lime Stone formation 12200, silver and Cold. Hope Mine. Pliillif)sbury (500 oz. Moulton, 155 oz. (iray Cop})er and Sulphurate, 40 to 100 oz. Prospect Shaft, near (jJranite Mt., 140 oz. Silver and Lead. Bi-Metallic Co., Pink Mandilode and Gray Cop- per, 81800 Silver. Hope Mine, $2000 Gold and Silver. (^old Hill, 40 oz. Silver, 30% Copper. Parr(.t, 200 oz. Silver. Bi-Metallic, above the water line, 500 oz. Silver. Cteur (le Laine, 140 oz. Silver. Rim Silver, Retorted by the Miners. Select Home Stake, f 1200 Silver, 45% Lead. Ottawa Ledge, 20 miles from Salt Lake, $1200 Silver. Rare Specimens of Wire Silver Quartz. Note- -These Montana Specimens are placed in the cabinet for comparison with B. C. Ores. Native Silver (arquerite), Geo. Fairbrother. Native Copper, A. A. Green. " from Lowhee Creek, Carrier. Monte Carlo Mine, North Thomi)son, F. Allingham. lUecillewaet Surface, Silver and (Jalena Ore. Iron Ore, Sooke, F. Richards. Copper Ore, B. C. Corbin & Kennedy, No. 2 lUecillewaet, Corbin. (Jold Quartz from Omineca, J. May. riebrew, Bella Bella, $40, J. Wilson. Rivers lulet, from .Tol^n Wilson. Queen Charlotte Coal, John Wilson. LIST OF SPECIMENS. 11 242. Salt Spring Island Coal, John Wilson. 243. Texada C(»pper, '* 244. Free Gold Quartz, Queen Charlotte, John Wilson 245. Black Sand, from Cape Scott, north end, V. I., by W. Huson. 24(1 Led<,^e on Island ni Queen Charlotte Sound, x\ssays i^f) to $120- per ton, by W. Huson. 247. Leds^e on Island in Queen Charlotte Sound, Assays $5 to ^120 per ton, by W. Huson. 248. Bell Mine, Butte City, Silver, Geo. Beckinghani 249. Granite Mine, '* 250. Minnie Moore, Wood River, *' 251. Queen of the Hill, ** 252. Fresco Mine, Utah, ** 253. Horn Blend with Crystallized Ir(»n, from the }Sooke Iron Mine, F. Richards. 254. Iron. 255. Lillooet Lake, Sulphuret, a large deposit, by A. A. Green. 256. Sulphuret Gold Ore from Black Jack, Jos. Mason 257. Magnetic Iron, Sooke, F. Richards. 258. Galena from Slocam River, Kootenay, |>700 per ton, E. Fletcher. 259. Garibaldi Copper, Beechy Bay, F. Richards. 260. Ari/entiferous Ore, the Queen Mine, Yale, Assays 30, 80 and 211 oz. to ton, Wm. Teague 2()1. Pondra Mine, Galena and Silver $18, and 70% Lead. Tait, 202. Galeiia from Revelstoke. 203. Asbestos, Thetis Like. 204. Star Mine, Nicr>Ia, 100 feet down, Henderson. 205. Galena Ore, from the Je»niy Long, Dr. Deardon, $50 Silver, $20 Gold. 200. Bonanza, Kettle Falls, Colville, W. T., Argen- tiferous Galena, 55% Lead, J A. Meyers. 207. Iridescent, Summit District, Colville, W. T., (Jray Copper, 218 oz. Silver, J. A. Meyers. 12 LIST OF SPKOIMENS. ; ( >\ 268. Daisy Summit District, Colville, W. T., Chlo- rides of Silver, Carbonate of Lerid, 76 oz., 127 feet down, J. A. Meyers. 269. Qua Ohawelah District, Chawelah, W. T., Pyrites of Copper with Silver, J. A. Meyers. 270. Gold 'Hill, Colville, W. T., at 100 feet $200 Gold, $15 Silver, J. A. Meyers. 271. Young America, Colville, VV. T., Argentiferous Galena, 80 oz., 40 % Lead, J. A. Meyers. 272. New Jewrusalem, Kootenay Lake, B. C, Argen- tiferous Galena and Antimony, J. A. Meyers. 273. Mingo Mine, Kettle Falls District, Colville, W.T. Kickel and Silver, J. A. Meyerp. 274. ^'Iridescent," Sumn>it District, Colville, W. T., Gray Copper, 50 oz. to 200 oz., J. A. Meyers 275. ^ 'Old Dominion," Colville, W. T., Black Sul- phuret of Silver, 50 oz., J. A. Meyers. 276. "Ruby," Kootenay Lake, B. C, Galena and Quartz, J. A. Meyers. 277. Gold Hill, Colville, \V. T., Gold Ore at Surface, J. A. Meyers. 278. Stephanite, Austin, Nevada, W. Hick. 279. Copper Ore, Cornwall, (West Seton), England, W. Hick. 280. Salt Spring Island, Gold $8, Silver $3, Koch. 281. Silver, Cherry Creek, Tait. 282. Joshua Mine, W. Wils(m. 283. Osmium, from California, by W. Atkins 284. Scotch Giant, Jubilee Mt. , Kootenay, J. W.Kellie 285. Tulameen River, Bonanza Queen, f 113 Gold and $42 Silver, Jenson. 286. Heavy Spar, Sulphate of Baryta, containing Copper, Jubilee Mountain. 287. Gold Ore, Cariboo Co., Rock Creek, very rich, J. R. Tait. 288. Gold Ore, Victoria Mine, Rock Creek, J. R. Tait. 28 29 * T., Chlo- d, 76 oz., W. T., L. Meyers, feet $200 entiferoiis teyers. 0. , Argen- L Meyers. ille,W.T. 3, W. T., ^. Meyers lack Sul- srs. ^leaa and 3 Surface, England, Koch. W.Kellie Gold and >ntainin2 ivy rich, f, J. R. LIST OF SPECIMENS. 13 289. 290. 291. 292. 293. 294. 295. 296. 297. 298. 299. 300. 301. 302. 303. 304. 305. 306. 307. 308. 309. 310. 311. 312. u Gold Ore, LaFave Mine, Rock Creek, J. R. Tait Gold Ore, Victoria " Rock Creek, Assay $400.. Gold Ore, Ming, Rock Creek. Gold Ore, S. King, Rock Creek. Galena, Bock Creek, Silver Ore, Chloride, Diamond Hitch Mhie, Coeur de Lene, assay 350 oz. Silver. Gray Copper, lUecillewaet, Isabella Mine, assay 975 oz. Silver. Black Jack Co., Win. Creek, 33 feet from Sur- face, 3 foot vein, Assay $94. Pony Creek, Coeur de Lene, Fiee Gold, Atkins. Tin Ore, Cornwall, England. Ruby Silver, very rich, Bristol, near Pioche, S. E. of Nevada, Geo. B. S. Beckinghain. Silver and Lead Ore, Bingham Canyon, Utah, Geo. B. S. Beckingham. Copper and Silver, Bay Horse, Idaho, Geo. B. S. Beckingham. Native Copper, ** ** ** Coal from Nicola, on north Cold Water, 45 miles from Spence's Bridge, Mines owned by A. A. Green & Co. Galena f om Lapland, Wilson. Cape Diam jnd Rock from Quebec, Wilson. Hot Spring Diamond, Arkansas, Templeman. ^'Silver King," Toad Mt., 1200 oz. assay Silver, R. D. Atkins. Tough Not Lode, Morrel & Doland, Toad Mt., R. D. Atkins. Silver King, Toad Mt. , Atkins. *' ** very fine, R. D. Atkins. Amethyst with Pyrite, Port Arthur, Silver Island. Fine Specimen of Free Gold, Quartz, from Bonanza Mine, Cayoosh Creek, Lillooet, J. McB. Smith. ' 14 LLST OF SPECIMENS. ■f 313. Sulphuret Ore, from the Treadmill Mine, DoU- glas IsIhdcI. Templeman. 314. Concentrated Sulphurets " 315. Roasted and Pulverized Sulphurets 316. Gold Leachings 317. The First Concentrates from Stump Lake, Nicola GeoriJje Henderson. 318. Garnets from Si wash Creek, Yale, G. Stout. 319. Ci>pper Pyrites and Zinc Blende, Texada Island, J. Orr. 320. Stromeyerite from Aspen, Colorado, Assay $7000 per ton, G. B. Wright. 321. Black Jack, Zinc Blende from Colorado, 60% Zinc, G. B. Wright. 322. Lead Corborates, from Kooteiiay Lake, B. C. Assays 139 oz., G. B. Wright. 323. Galena Ore from Little Donald Mine, Kootenay Lake, B. C, , Assay 130 oz. Silver per ton, G. B. Wright. 324. Concentrates from Hall's Mine, near Toad Moun- tain, 400 oz. Silver and 25 % Copper, G. B. Wright. 325. Concentrates from Corbin & Kennedy, Illecille- waet, 350 oz. Silver, G. B. Wright. \\\ \ i\ ne, DuU' (4 ke, Nicola 'tout. a Island, o, Assay ado, 60% ve, B. C. Kootenay per ton, ad Mouu- er, G. B. Illecille- The Quartz Age. Mines will Prove the Industry of the Future. The mining history (jf California and other gold producing states is being repeated in British Columbia. The placer n^ines, the tirst discovered, were for many years all that was thought of, but as they became gradually worked out and the bars and gulches yielded a steadily decreasing amount of the precious metal, the undaunted miner sought for the source of supply among the mountains on the head waters of the aur- iferous streams. It is useless to close C)ur eyes to the fact that the yield of the placer mines of British Columbia is growing less year by year, and if another Cariboo be not discovered, alluvial gold will not in the future constitute such a material source of wealth as it has in the past. But with the decline of the placer mines will come the deveh)pment of the inexhaustible wealth of our quartz veins, and with quartz mining will come permanency and stability in the most allur- ing of all enterprises. Difficulty of access and the lack of capital have been thus far the great obstacles to quarcz mining. Until the opening of the Northern Pacific, the rich mines of Montana, Idaho, etc., were practically unknown and the most of them still un- discovered ; to-day they yield many millions to the wealth of the countrj^ and afford remunerative employ- ment to hundreds of thousands of people. British Columbia is in a transition stage. The days of placer diggings, as our sole reliance, are passing away, and the quartz age is dawning. Across the boundary to i < i < jfvjLj r 16 THE QUARTZ AGE. I' ,' tho south of us, and in Alaska to the north, the rocks, obeclient to the demands of enterprise and cap- ital, are yielding up their treasures vith a profusion almost incredible. Nature drew no line of demar- cation at the boundary. The rocks of our three hundred thousand square miles of fnountain and valley are of a similar formation to those of the gold and silver pro- ducing districts of the United States, and the day must come, and that too before long, when capital and ej^erience combiiied will utilize the wealth which has been so lavishly bestowed upon us. FORMATION OF VEINS. iv \] Gold veins are the result of emanations from great depths below, which, ascending through rifts and fissures of the rocks, were condensed or deposited upon the walls. The great argentiferous lodes of Mexico and South America, the most productive of all known in history, can be followed not more than six or eight miles ; while in California a vein or mother lode is distinctly traceable on the surface a distance of more than sixty miles. The general course is nearly northwest and southeast, or 40 degrees west. The dip is usually eastward and at an angle of 45 or 50 degrees to the horizon. The quartz of the mother lode (west of the Rocky mountains, of which we are now writing) is JisUally hard and white, and in most of the pay chutes near one wall or the other ribbon rock, or rock with numerous black seams lying parallel with the wall is found. Streams seem to have made their beds in places where the mother lode is split up into a number of branches. True fissure veins are continuous in depth, and their metalliferous contents have not de- creased at any depth which has yet been obtained by mining. The great majority of the auriferous quartz lodes of California are gash veins. Segregated and )rth, the ind cap- )rofusion f demar- hundred 3y are of Iver pro- the day liial and hich has lis from gh rifts eposited lodes of ictive of )re than mother distance s nearly The dip degrees le (west writing) r chutes ck with wall is beds in number lous in not de- ned by 1 quartz ed and THE gi ARTZ A(iE. 17 I 'A gash veins, j^nd irregular c(e{)()sits cf ore, generally tliin out and disappear at a not inconsiderable dej)th. Pay chimneys are usually large? and regular, and are either vertical or have a slight dip to the north. Feldspar, carbonates oflime and tellurrets - When one of these metals is found there is a csse3ses men now as when in 1860 they pushed their way up to Cariboo. Perhaps some of those same pioneers, wearing the identical snowshoes, are retracing their steps over the mountains and through the gulches, creeks and ravuics, which latter shall again be made to yield their hidden treasures in shape more tangible, in extent more cer- tainly defined, and in exhaustable depth more prolific and almost everlasting. In prospectinir for quart/ if there is granite, slate, porphyry or limestcme, metalliferous veins may be found, but if the rocks are volcanic it it useless to look for anything valuable where it prevails exclusively. The color of the earth is also an important consider- ation, as over a metalliferous vein there is usually a strip of earth, about the width of the vein, different in color from the surrounding earth. In California nearly all of the gold-bearing veins are quartz, but gold is often found in shite. In Colorado it is found in feldspar and sandstone, and in Idaho in porphyry. QUARTZ PROSPECTORS fnllow the foot of the mountain range and examine the sand and gravel in the beds of streams. These beds are generally dry in summer. If the gravel con- .sists of granite or slate with quartz pebbles, they follow up the stream, breaking open every piece of quartz to see if it contains anything valuable. As they ascend the quartz is more abundant and the pieces become larger, until reaching a certain point, where no more is f(mnd in the bed of the stream. This shows' that r 20 l!fl p> THE t^UARTZ AUK. I II H n h the vein is nut ;ibove, but iu the sides of the stream, which are now carefully examined. MISTAKES MADE. Nine-tenths (»f the lodes which yiekl rich speci- mens do not })ay for milling. The j^reatest mistake made by (|uartz miners is that of eiectin<( a mill before the vein has been well ojjened and its capacity to yield a large supply of good rock established. It is better to pay for development and })ile uj) ' e quartz than to prematurely pay for machinery and le up the assess- ments. The litter is a suicidal course and too often pursued by incorporated companies. Custom quartz mill owners will as surely follow in the wake of developed mines and contract for the maiupulation of accumulated ore as does the heathen Chinese with a portable sawmill on his back follow a load of cordwood through the streets to its destinatif»n having a manipulating contract in view. THE FIRST QUARTZ MINING in California was by Mexicans in 1849-50, they intro- duced the arastra ( man or Mule power ), and by care- fully assorting the ores containing fine gold from the surface, obtained by this slow method very satisfactory results. The next epoch will be the quartz age. The new " Ophir " will be found in the mountains — the gold in its matrix quartz. This will be the future field for enterprise, labor and capital — the great, grand and glorious future for British Columbia. Already the vanguard is in the Held. Already the cry of "quartz,' and rumors of quartz tills the air, and soon the ring- ing bang of quartz crushing stamps will reverberate from the valleys, gulches and river sides, and the sta- bility of an enduring industry established in the pro i THE gUARTZ A<;K. 21 stiertiii, )Ii speci- niistake 11 bef(jre to yield is better (. than to e assess- oo often y follow ' for the heathen follow a tination vince, which, unlike exhaustible anJ inipoverishini; placer diggini^'s, will brinjj; population, weilth and permanency of occupation into the country. The public are invited to exannue the cabinet of ores as classitied in this catalogue, whilst mine owner^s and all who are interested in exhibiting the mineral resources of British Columbia, are again solicited (see tirst page) t(j send 8i)ecimens of interest from their respective localities, which will be properly displayed and jatalogued in the next (Jird) edition. 1 kindly thank those who have contributed si)eci- mens ard otherwise assisted me in making this collec- tion of minerals the most complete and attractive in the Provmce. J. KtTRTZ. y intro- by care- rom the J factory 'he new gold in ield for nd and kdy the uartz, ' le ring- rberate he sta- le pro N, *' ! I 22 ADVERTISEMFNT. TO CIGAR SMOKERS. WHY DO YOU PAY 12^ cents for cheap (often nasty) Eastern made Cigar, when you can get th<^BEST home manufactured article for the same monoy? We wish to bring TO YOUR NOTICE. 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