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 GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY OF CANADA. 
 ALFRED R. C. SELWYN, C.M.G., LL.D., F.R.S., Dikector. 
 
 CHEMICAL C( )NTlUBrT10NS 
 
 TO IBB 
 
 GEOLOGY OF CANADA, 
 
 FROM THE 
 
 LABORATORY OF THE SURVEY. 
 
 BT 
 
 G. CHRISTIAN HOFFMANN, F. Inst. Chem., F.R.S.C, 
 Chemist and Mineralogist to the Survey. 
 
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 F. D. Adams, M.Ap.Sc. 
 E. B. Keneick, B.A. 
 
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Alfred I 
 
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 Sir,— I 
 upon the ^ 
 date of m; 
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 sent — for i 
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 engaged i; 
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 woriv was 
 results her 
 
 Such exi 
 men have 
 otherwise ( 
 
 Ottawa, 
 
Alfred E. C. Selwyn, C.M.G., LL.D., F.R.S., 
 
 Director of the Qeological and Natural Hutori/ Survey of Canada. 
 
 Sir,— I have the honor of herewith laying before you my Report 
 upon the work carried out in the Tjaboratory of this Survey since the 
 date of my last. During the period embraced by this report, seven 
 hundred and twenty-one mineral specimens were rocoive<i — brought o" 
 sent— for identification or for information in regard to their possible 
 economic value. This entailed a very appreciable amount of work, 
 the nature of which was, in the main, of no great interest except to 
 those immediately concerned. Only such examinations and analyses 
 are here recorded as were <leomed likely to prove of general interest. 
 
 Mr. P. D. Adams having been for about the space of nine months 
 engaged in the discharge of other duties, in connection with the 
 Indian and Colonial Exhibition, the time devoted by him to chemical 
 work was necessarily very limited. A very large proportion of the 
 results here formulated were obtained by Mr. E. B. Kenrick. 
 
 Such examinations or analyses as were carried out by these gentle- 
 men have in all instances been duly credited to them: those not 
 otherwise designated were made by myself. 
 
 I have the honor to be, 
 Sir, 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 G. CHRISTIAN HOFFMANN. 
 Ottawa, December 31, 1886. 
 
 UNIVEHSITY OF WATEPLOO LIEHAnf 
 
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 Natural \> 
 
 Sal 
 
 Bal 
 Mi 
 
 Mi 
 
 Mi 
 
 Mil 
 
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 Mai 
 
 Ma; 
 
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 Mai 
 
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 Ma; 
 
 Maj 
 
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 Copper Ore» 
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TAULK OK CONTENTS. 
 
 MiOCBlLANEOfS MlNBRAUl 
 
 I'AI.H 
 
 Nativo platinum from Granlto Crook, Britixli Ci)liiinliia 7 
 
 Native urnenic Croin wosturn banl< of Fnuter Rivor, ubovo Lillooet, 
 
 British Columbia 1 1 
 
 Cinnabiir from tho Ebonoz.i Mino, Hector I'oss, Hocity MouiitairiM, 
 
 British Col)iml)iii 1 1 
 
 Apiitito, nortli Hide Ealmiimt Lako, Allians Uivor, Soverii District. 12 
 
 Cooitcito, BiK Beiiil, Colnmhiu Uivor, British Cdutiibia 12 
 
 Uraninit« from the township of Villennuve, Ottawa county, P.Q . . 12 
 
 Coracitt! and Uruconito l-j 
 
 Monuzitii from tlin towimhij) of Villonouvu, Ottawa county, P.Q . . Hi 
 
 Smaltito from the township of McKira, District of NipissinK, Ont . 13 
 
 Natural VVathhh. 
 
 Saliuo water from a sprinji near L'ANSomption, L'Assomption 
 
 county, P.Q 13 
 
 Saline water from a >'i)rinu' at Port Kltjin, llriicc < mmty, Ontario. . 14 
 Mineral water from Dougherty's Carlwnic Aciil .Spriujr, hetweon 
 
 Clinton and Carj^uilcs, British Coiimibia irt 
 
 Mineral water from ftulphur .spring' on Sulphur Coulee, Pembina 
 
 River, Manitoba 1,5 
 
 Mineral water from sprinj; at foot-hills of \Ve.st«rn Butte, Sweet 
 
 Grass Hills, District of Alberta, North-West Territory 10 
 
 Mineral water from hot spring near north end of Upjier Columbia 
 
 Lal<e, Columbia Valley, British Columbia ,... 17 
 
 Ikon Ores. 
 
 Magnetite from the Belvedere iron mine. Ascot, Sherbrooke 
 
 county, P.Q 17 
 
 Magnetite from the Stephen E. Smith mine. Ascot, Sherbrooke 
 
 county, P.Q 20 
 
 Magnetite from the i^duc ndne, Wakefield, Ottawa county, P.Q. . 18 
 
 Magnetite from vicinity of St. Jerome, Terrebonne county, P.Q. . . 18 
 Magnetite from vicinity of Little Gull Lake, District of Thunder 
 
 Bay, Lake Superior, Ontario 19 
 
 Magnetite from near Rainy Luke, near mouth of Seine River, Out.. 19 
 Magnetite from Sooke iron mine, Vancouver Island, British 
 
 Columbia — 19 
 
 Hematite from South Crosby, Leeds county, Ontario ' 20 
 
 Hematites and linionites from Big Island, Lake Winnipeg, Man. . . 21 
 
 Copper Orbm. 
 
 Specimen from the Sooke copper mine, Vancouver Island, British 
 
 Columbia 21 
 
 Copper ore from the township of McKim, District of Nipissing, Ont. 21 
 
VI TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Manoanbsb ORa 
 
 Bog Manganese from the head of Lewis Bay, Cape Breton county, 
 Nova Pcotia 
 
 Gold and Silver Apsays. 
 Of specimens from — 
 
 Labrador 
 
 Province of Nova Scotia 
 
 Province of Quebec 
 
 North-East Territory 
 
 Hudson's Bay 
 
 Province of Ontario , 
 
 District of Keewatin 
 
 North- West Territory 
 
 Province of British Columbia 
 
 21 
 
 Miscellaneous Exasiinations. 
 
 Shell-marl from the Island of Anticosti, P.Q 
 
 Carbonaceous schist, Ptar.nigan Bay, Lake of the Woods, District 
 
 of Keewatin 
 
 Cement-stone, Shagganappi Point, near Calgary, North- West Ter. . 
 Saline deposit from bed of lake near Maple Creek, North- West Ter. 
 
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 ' The earli( 
 JLs that by 
 Geological i 
 nentions th 
 lium, in thi 
 ipecimeufs h 
 wen found 
 »gether wii 
 rince of Qu 
 It has sii 
 iSBOciation 
 Columbia, i 
 which the 6 
 Di'oek, a bri 
 River, Th 
 r. Elwyn, : 
 las been exi 
 It weighe 
 latinum an 
 nd a few 
 jfollows : — 
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pe Breton county, 
 21 
 
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 Woods, District 
 
 43 
 
 orth-West Ter. . 44 
 
 Nortli-West Ter. 44 
 
 CHEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS 
 
 TO TUB 
 
 GEOLOGY OF CANADA, 
 
 FROM THH 
 
 LABOEA.TOEY OF THE SURVEY. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS MINERALS. 
 
 Native Platinum. 
 
 The eai'liest reference to the finding of native platinum in Canada 
 is that by Dr. T. Storry Hunt, in the Eeport of Progress of the 
 Geological Survey of Canada for the year 1851-2, p. 1' He there 
 Inentions that it had been observed by him, in association .Wth osmiri- 
 idium, in the gold washings of the Riviere du Loup ; likewise, that 
 ispecimeus had been submitted to him which were reported to have 
 jbeen found under like conditions in the Riviere des Plantes, which, 
 ^together with the preceding locality, is in the county of Beauce, Pro- 
 fvince of Quebec. 
 
 I It has since been met with, according to Dr. G. M. Dawson, in 
 lassociation with alluvial gold, in several of the streams of British 
 iColumbia, not the least noticeable in this regard being that from 
 Svhich the specimen under consideration was obtained, viz., Granite 
 K-rook, a branch of the Tulameen or North Fork of the Similkameen 
 iRiver. This specimen, which was presented to the Survey by 
 Elwyn, Esq., Deputy Provincial Seci-etary of British Columbia, 
 las been examined by me, and with the results hereinafter stated. 
 
 It weighed 18-266 grams, of which 17894 grams consisted of native 
 ilatinum and the remainder of rock-matter, magnetite, a little pyi'ite, 
 ,nd a few flakes of native gold. The material being made up as 
 IfoUows : — 
 
 Native platinum 97*963 
 
 Gold 0-225 
 
 Pyrite 0-219 
 
 Rock matter 1'593 
 
 100000 
 
 NiitiTe 
 platinum. 
 
 Looalities of 
 occurrence of, 
 in the ProTinoa 
 of Quebec. 
 
 Localities of 
 occurrence of, 
 in British 
 Columbia. 
 
 Analysts of 
 specimen of, 
 from Granite 
 Creel£, British 
 Columbia. 
 
8 T GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY OF CANADA. 
 
 Analysis of The platinum was in the form of grains and pellets varying in size 
 
 native iiom halt a miUimeti-e to eight millimetres in diameter, and in weight 
 
 platinum from n ,i ..,. , , ' o 
 
 gramte Creek, irom three milligrams to eight decigrams. The grains measuring 
 Columbia, cont.l^'ss than One millimetre constituted but a very small proportion of the 
 whole, there were only a few pellets measuring five millimetres, and 
 but two measuring eight millimetres, the bulk of the material being 
 made up of grains varying in size from one to four millimetres in 
 diameter. The grains, which were 'all very much rounded off as 
 ihough from attrition, had a lead-grey color and sub-metallic lustre, 
 they were all more or less tarnished, and the greater number con- 
 tained inclusions of chromite. A certain proportion of the same 
 proved to be readily attracted by the magnet, and of these all such as 
 were tried were found to possess polarity. After treatment with 
 dilute hydrochloric acid, which removed a little iron, the grains had a 
 steel-grey color and metallic lustre. The particles of foreign matter 
 having been carefully eliminated, the material, as a whole, was found 
 to have a specific gravity (temp. 15-6° C.) of 16-656. 
 
 The ore was separated by means of the magnet into two distinct 
 portions, a non-magnetic and a magnetic ; the latter constituted 31-88. 
 per cent., by weight, of the whole. 
 
 Portion I. — Non-Magnetic. 
 
 This weighed 11-115 grams and had a specific gravity (temp. 
 15-5° C.) of 17-017. The grains and pellets conposing it were of very 
 irregular shape: about one-third, by weight, of the same had com- 
 paratively smooth sui-faces, and were apparently quite free from any 
 foreign inclusions, the remainder were all more or less pitted, and in 
 most instances contained a little imbedded chromite. For the pui-pose 
 of analysis, this material was divided into several sub-portions. Add- 
 ing together the weights of the material constituting each sub-portion, 
 as likewise those of each of the various constituents found, calculation 
 showed the composition of this portion of the ore, as a whole, to be 
 as follows : — 
 
 Platinum , 68-19 
 
 Palladium o.26 
 
 Bbodium 3-10 
 
 Iridium 1.2i 
 
 Osmium 
 
 Copper 3-09 
 
 Iron 7-87 
 
 Osmiridium 14.^2 
 
 Gangue (imbedded chromite) 1-95 
 
 100-29 
 
 '■OFFMANN.'I 
 
 I The osr 
 |eales of 1 
 Colored pc 
 ftggregati 
 copic, tin- 
 nodules V 
 The grain 
 of the wh 
 
 Weight 
 16-095, a 
 pellets CO 
 gular sht 
 greater n 
 chromite. 
 'two sub-p 
 prising tl 
 ieeveral c 
 ?hole, to 
 
 I The 06 
 
 -form of n 
 
 I On coi 
 
 J magnetic 
 
 palladiun 
 
 Idium, bu 
 
 tmore iro 
 
 I former. 
 
 upon the 
 
 view of t 
 
 tion, and 
 
 8-90 per ^ 
 
y OF CANADA. 
 
 (llete varying in size 
 aaeter, and in weight 
 e grains measuring 
 all proportion of the 
 ive millinaetres, and 
 r the material being 
 
 four millimetres in 
 luch rounded off as 
 [ sub-metallic lustre, 
 greater number con- 
 ortion of the same 
 
 of these all such as 
 ter treatment with 
 3u, the grains had a 
 js of foreign matter 
 
 a whole, was found 
 8. 
 
 )t into two distinct 
 er constituted 37'88 
 
 ific gravity (temp.^ 
 iing it were of very 
 the same had com- 
 juite free from any 
 f less pitted, and in 
 e. For the purpose 
 sub-portions. Add- 
 ig each sub-portion, 
 » found, calculation 
 e, as a whole, to be 
 
 68-19 
 0-26 
 310 
 1-21 
 
 OFFMANN.] 
 
 CHEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
 
 9t 
 
 100-29 
 
 The osmiridium was partly in the form of minute steel-grey colored Analysis of 
 Icales of bright metallic lustre, and pert' .. a heavy, light steel-grey miUy"*" ""^ 
 (colored powder; there were also a few • il, tolerably tirm, skeleton f}om"oranite 
 Aggregations of minute scales, likewise tume minute, almost micros- cdumW^cont, 
 topic, tin-white grains, and some six or seven tin-white, cavernous 
 nodules varying in size from two to three millimetres in diameter. 
 The grains and nodules, which amounted to about fifty-five per cent, 
 of the whole, had a specific gravity of 18-742 (15-5° C.) 
 
 Portion II. — Magnetic. 
 
 Weighed 6-779 grams, had a specific gravity (temp. 15-5° C.) of 
 16-095, and was, as already stated, raagneti-polar. The grains and 
 pellets composing it were, as in the previous instance, of very irre- 
 gular shape: very few had perfectly smooth surfaces, by far the 
 greater number being more or less pitted and containing inclusions of 
 chromite. This material was, for the purpose of analysis, divided into 
 two sub-portions. Adding together the weights of the material com- 
 prising these two sub-portions, also the amounts found of each of the 
 several constituents, calculation showed this portion of the ore, as a 
 
 hole, to contain : — 
 
 Platinum 78-43 
 
 Palladium 0-09 
 
 I Rhodium 170 
 
 Iridium 104 
 
 Osmium — 
 
 Copper 3-89 • 
 
 ' Iron 9-78 
 
 i Osmiridium 377 
 
 Gangue (imbedded chromite) 127 
 
 J 99-97 
 
 ;; The osmiridium was in this instance present, exclusively, in the 
 
 ;form of minute, thin, shining, steel-grey colored scales. 
 
 I On comparing the analysis of the non-magnetic with that of the 
 
 I magnetic portion, it will be seen that the latter contained much less 
 
 palladium and rhodium and very considerably less included osmiri- 
 
 jdium, but contained somewhat more copper, nearly two per cent. 
 
 I more iron, and a little over ten per cent, more platinum than the 
 
 'former. That the magnetic property of Portion II. was dependant 
 
 upon the amount of iron which it contained may be questioned, in 
 
 view of the fact that one of the sub-portions of the nou-mignetic por- 
 
 ; tion, and which was not in the slightest degree magnetic, contained 
 
 1 8-90 per cent, of iron, whereas one of the eub-portions of Portion II., 
 
10 T 
 
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 mar 
 
 Analyaisof 
 Platinum ore 
 from Oregon, 
 Australia, 
 California, 
 Choco, and 
 Wischne 
 Tagilsk. 
 
 tinum. 
 
 Plati 
 
 ooonomio iiaes 
 of. 
 
 OEOLOaiCAL AND NATURAL HI8T0RV SUBVET OF CANADA 
 
 constituents foLdL these' "^L^ ""''"f*?^ ^'^'^^ of the several Ifermofsti 
 position of this ore-afLTcW^rT^^ ' /^'*^'" showed the com- Onmiridiu, 
 foreign matter-taken as a whoi? 7. *'' ''''''''"^ ^''"^^ "^ 
 grams material, to be as fdlows:-' " ''''"'"•^' "P*^" ^^« ^^"^^^ 
 
 Platinum 
 
 Palladium .*.".' ^^'^^ 
 
 Rhodium ^'^^ 
 
 Iridium [ ^^^ 
 
 Osmium ^'^^ 
 
 Copper ' 
 
 Iron ^'3^ 
 
 Osmiridlum ^^^ 
 
 «angue (imcedded chromite) .!..'.*." ..".'.'.'.','.'.'." \°JJ 
 
 10015 
 In common with the native platinum of Oregon and Austr.li« iU- 
 ore conta.ns a large proportion of osmiridium^rLTdiffr t. t 
 
 the 80-call( 
 it should b 
 lected, t 
 d of the 
 ^e one he: 
 12.92 to $ 
 ium, as o 
 ibove spec 
 
 ^^^^^:^^4:sv— -^r-^ 
 
 A specie 
 
 ^alf a poui 
 
 McCullo 
 
 |)eon found 
 
 ♦bove Lille 
 
 in com- 
 
 position to some Russian specimens of this mineral. 
 
 Ibe following analyses of platinum ores by Devill« fln,i n i 
 
 Platinum 51-45 
 
 Palladium q-i^ 
 
 Rhodium o-65 
 
 Iridium Q.4Q 
 
 Copper 2-15 
 
 ^''Oi 4-30 
 
 <5°W 085 
 
 Osmiridium 37'30 
 
 Sand. 
 
 300 
 
 1. Oregon, 
 
 100-25 
 North America. 
 
 100-20 101 -IS 
 
 America. 4. Choco, South Ameril't''"- '■ '^*"'°^"'^' ^"'^'^ 
 Russia. 
 
 100-25 100-50 
 
 . ISorth 
 
 Nischne Tagilsk, Ural, 
 
 Chemical .,„.. „ ™,„.b,c .„. Jm ^IZt ^1:2^71 
 
 ^ In his re 
 
 of Progres 
 
 Ippears cer 
 
 |n gold-wat 
 
 liutumn of 
 
 |)f rich cini 
 
 ihe vicinitj 
 
 ^nd further 
 
 Inercury sa 
 
 fiear Clint< 
 
 :|ninster, sei 
 
 |iave been f 
 
 I The pres 
 
 |vir. R. G. 
 
 |(KickingH 
 
 Mountains, 
 
 fcranular lir 
 
 Sf a bright- 
 
 A portio 
 
 showed it t 
 
T OP CANADA. 
 
 ed but 9-35 per cent. 
 
 sub-portions having 
 each of the several 
 on showed the corn- 
 associated grains of 
 d upon the lt-894 
 
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 CHEMICAL C0NTRIBUTI0N.S. 
 
 11 T 
 
 100-15 
 
 ind Australia, this 
 it differs from the 
 her percentage of 
 aproaches in com- 
 
 ville and Debray, 
 which, it must be 
 ' to analysis : — 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6-20 
 
 76-40 
 
 0-50 
 
 1-40 
 
 1-40 
 
 0-30 
 
 0-85 
 
 4-30 
 
 0-60 
 
 4-10 
 
 7-80 
 
 11-70 
 
 1-00 
 
 0-40 
 
 0-95 
 
 0.50 
 
 3-95 
 
 1-40 
 
 3I5 
 
 100-50 
 
 fornia, 
 
 ^orth 
 
 'agilak, 
 
 Ural, 
 
 temperatui-es and 
 he most powerful 
 manufactui-e of a 
 
 f 
 fj^-Q&t many forms of chemical apparatus, such as retorts, crucibles. Platinum, 
 <fraporating dishes, etc., etc. Large platinum vessels are also used inXerti"'"" 
 manufacturing operations on the large scale, more especially in t'.e 
 Hjrm of stills for the concentration of the acid in sulphuric acid works. 
 Osmiridium is employed for tipping the nibs of gold pens, constituting o,„iHdium 
 the so-called " diamond point." For this purpose it is necessary that^f ^'"'^'^ 
 it should be in the form of natural grains, and these are very carefully 
 
 fleeted, the requirements being that they should be solid, compact, 
 d of the proper size and shape. An ore having the composition of 
 e one here in question would, at this present time, be worth from 
 f2.92 to $3.65 per ounce, troy, in the English market. The osmiri- 
 dium, as occurring in it, was not in a form suitable for the pui-poses 
 4bove specified. 
 
 Native Arsenic. 
 
 A specimen of what proved to be native arsenic, weighing about Native arsenic 
 lialf a pound, was forwarded to the Survey in August last by Mr. W. Fr"^er''River 
 9. McCulloch, of Victoria, who informed mo that it was stated to have n''j''''l- 
 Deoii lound on the western bank of the Eraser River, a short distance 
 Above Lillooot, British Columbia. 
 
 Cinnabar. 
 
 In his report on the mines and minerals of British Columbia, Report 
 ^if Progress 1876-77, pp. 103-149, Dr. G.M.Dawson states that it'^'""'"'"- 
 Ippears certain that small quantities of cinnabar have been obtained 
 In gold-washing on the Fraser River, near Boston Bar; that in the Localities of 
 utumnof 1876 ho received a small but well authenticated specimen "nXmsT °^' 
 if rich cinnabar ore from Mr. Tiedemann, found by that gentleman {„ *^''''"'"'"*- 
 |he vicinity of the located line of railway on the Homathco River ; 
 ■nd further, that he has seen a rich specimen of cinnabar and native 
 aercury said to have been found on the west side of the FrasCr River, 
 |iear Clinton. In August last, Mr. A. J. Hill, C.E., of New West- 
 |nin8ter, sent to the Survey a rich specimen of cinnabar reported to 
 |iave been found (loose) in the immediate vicinity of that place. 
 I The present specimen was collected, during the past season, by 
 ^r. R. G. McConnell. It came from the Ebenezer Mine, Hector 
 |(Kicking Horse) Pass, two and a-half miles east of Golden City, Rocky 
 'Miountains, British Columbia, and consisted of a white, fine crystalline- 
 :ranular limestone, through which was disseminated small quantities 
 fa bright-red colored cinnabar and minute crystals of iron pyrites. 
 
 A portion of the specimen was submitted to assay; the results 
 >howed it to contain traces of gold, but no silver. 
 
12 T 
 
 I 
 
 Apatite from 
 Eabamet Lake 
 Albany Kiver 
 
 OEO.0OICAL .N. ..,,«,, „,,,,,^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ 
 
 Apatitb. 
 TVio fl->it^ • Mid to foi 
 
 ^-"''^'-'-.isted of small hewon^ t^i^l r^. ^''''■' '^^^"'''^ ^'«*'''''^- ^^ con-f '^ "^-^ 
 diameter, of bl«r;h '^^^^^^ to eT "" '•"' *" ^^^«" milli,net.es in^-^- J' ^ 
 light colored irrunitf wH k ^ ^^ "''" "P""'"' disseminated through ,•, ^racon 
 
 c'ti„gthoit;:r;;t;t;a\i?L^^^ *^ c.o„.titutevl;Hunt (g, 
 
 UB feiieitis at tHe locality m question. Blilphur-y< 
 
 Ae Seym 
 . . CooKEiTE. county, O 
 
 .t ":r;i:;"r-tlri/';r -_^« ^^«»««' --^ coo...*: — 
 
 Cookeito from 
 Big Bend, 
 Columbia 
 River, British 
 Oilumbia. 
 
 •he fl..„e intent ctSc ' Tn ° re^J'"," r,™'"""" »"- '""°-<" ' 
 the tube becoming sligtr ", 'h^ . ■' "°'""', '"f '' 8"™ "f ™'«'-. 
 will, cobalt selntiL at „ »:,„' .W 1 Z If^ h*' h""""' ""'' «"^^' 
 »f silica. Insufficiencv of Z,I f I'hospbora., , skeleton 
 
 cloeer examination ^ """" """'""«' "■» P^'biHty of » 
 
 This wai 
 
 id was al 
 
 was in t 
 
 luscovitfe 
 
 Structur 
 
 iravity, 5- 
 
 losition, ai 
 
 •y B. B. K 
 
 <e submitt 
 
 This is 
 
 tvith in Ca 
 
 Ubaninite, Coracite and Uraconite. 
 
 Uraninite from Amongst the specimens rGPfiiv«vi ;,, n *. u , 
 
 fcru„t.,^'as one which on r4minatioI n ^^f^^V' ^"'" '^^"tification 
 
 Q^Sr-'' obtained at the so<.airerVine?euve'r ^\™-'te. It was 
 
 thh-tieth lot of the first ragT^irruvT oh"'"' '' '''''''' °" *^^' 
 
 of Quebec. The vein in whioh th '"e^euve, Ottawa county, Province 
 
 a coarse pegmatite, c^ting^t'^^^^^^^^^^ '" '"" ''''''''' ^' . 
 
 posed of quart;, muscovift i ,• , ^™''^ ^°*''''«- It is com- I 
 
 black touLalin;rr^:;™S"'-"' '"'^^' "'^'^ occasionally! 
 little muscovite, weighed abouc oncT'T"' '^ "'"' ^'^^ ^"'^'^'^^ ^ This mi, 
 of the greater p^rtiof of what h^hP"^'"'!'^ consisted, apparently, iainute cr^ 
 n^assivi SpeL;;^^^^'f'!^^';*-"'--dule. Structu^ |vith chali 
 0-055. It hid on one^oScmt? i,^"^ 7 ^"^^''"^'"^'^ ^y Mr. Kenrick, Ontario, 
 tation, the prevaili^ ZTofJlZr ^^^^^^^'3^ ^hick incrus- ? So far a 
 a small potion of fhe t^ w w' ^^"'^^'^'^-^-^d to scarlet-red, |hi8 minen 
 color. This material ^hTismo;^^^^^^^^^^ P-e sulphur yellow I 
 M. Kenrick to have k spec!^"^'?;^^^'";";^!; "^« ^^^^ ^y I 
 
 -n met with at Mamainse, rSe;;^ ^^rX^'i^^Sj Si 
 
 Elver, 
 
 J-«tKBi3U| 
 
 Ontario. 
 
rSY OF CANADA. 
 
 f 
 
 MANN.] 
 
 CHKMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
 
 13 T 
 
 ^i<l to form a vein about two inches in width, at the junction of the conicite froa 
 by Dr. R Bell, on thr**"!' '*"'* «yenite (Geology of Canada, 1803). It wa«" first described, '^i^^U^Vior. 
 vorn District. It coii*"^^ named, in 1847 by Dr. J. L. Leconte, subsequently analysed by ^"""■'"■''°'"- ' 
 ) seven millimetres in^"f ^- ^: ^^hitney in 1849, and again by Dr. F. A. Genth in 1857. 
 
 sseminated thi'ou«?h i Uraconite, another uranium mineral, is mentioned by Dr T S ,. 
 11 ""gii ii._ /. .-1 , ,^,„„» J • '-'• I raconite from 
 
 3ll to constitute veins-**""*^ (Geology of Canada, 1863) as occurring in the form of a^,'^'/;"-, 
 lestion. sttlphur-yellow crystalline crust, lining fissures in the magnetite of "'""""'y^O"''"'''- 
 
 i^e Seymour ore-bed, lot eleven, range five of Madoc, Hastings 
 ^unty, Ontario; and more recently Prof. E. J. Chapman has noticed ^^^^^^.^^ ^^^^ 
 enticalwith Cookeitc ^^ occurrence of the same mineral with magnetite on lot twenty, «n»""p|* '""^ 
 minute greyish-white*"^^® °°® °^ Snowdon, Peterborough county, also in the Province of county .On twio. 
 
 ^ the Little Buntin^^f If'"; . 
 
 nbia (vide Gold an.l ^''.■"°'"'" '« "»* '•' ^^'T abundant element. The principal ore is uranium, 
 
 ^•aninite, which consists of more or less impure uranoso-uranic oxide. .""e^T'"' 
 
 'lee, found that when J '"* '\^ ^^•'"°™^'' importance, being employed in chemical operations,""""' 
 
 ' ftr painting on porcelain, and glass-staining. 
 
 MONAZITE. 
 
 i-miculite and colored 
 
 l>e it gave off watei', 
 
 tly fusible, and gave ; 
 
 losphoi-us, a skeleton '' ^^'« '^"^ received almost simultaneously with the last mentioned, Monazite from 
 
 the possibility of i *" ^^ ^^^^ obtamed at the Villeneuve mica mine, above referred to vi'ioneuve, 
 
 '' Tt. wn-inflio fi.,.^ ^P o _„J.,1„.. .-___.. 1 ... "^ ""• Ottawa county. 
 
 NITE. 
 
 i8t for identification 
 lu-aainite. It was 
 lich is situate on the 
 i'a county. Province 
 18 been described as 
 3 gneiss. It is com- 
 
 |t was in the form of a nodular maas, to which was attached a little P'-«'^*oe of" 
 liuscovite and felspar, weighing twelve and a quarter pounds. 
 
 Structure, compact ; color, reddish-brown ; lustre, resinous; specific 
 
 fravity, 5-138 (15-5° C.) Its blow-pipe characters and general com- 
 osition, as determined by a rough quantitative analysis, conducted by 
 y E. B. Kenrick, agree with those of monazite. This specimen will 
 |e submitted to analysis, and its exc^t composition determined. 
 I This is the first time that this interesting mineral has been met 
 |vith in Canada. 
 
 Smaltite. 
 
 i, with occasionally | 
 
 liich was attached a | This mineral was observed, by Mr. E. B. Kenrick in the form of 
 Zll ^ir'fy' 1^^' «'-y«*^'« -itl> well-marked octahedral cleavag^, in association ||^v" 
 nodule^ bt..ucture, *r.th chalcopyrite ft'om the township of McKim, District of Nipissing fe°2' 
 ^d by Mr. Kenrick, Ontario. ^^ "' ^^'P^^s'^g' Ontario. 
 
 So far as I am aware, this is the first notice of the occui-rence of 
 
 rately thick incrus 
 i-red to scarlet-red, 
 I'e sulphur j'ellow 
 mite, was found by 
 3-78. 
 
 3h-blende was not 
 lated mineral, has 
 perior, where it is 
 
 Jhis mineral in Canada. 
 
 i 
 
 Natural Waters. 
 
 Natural waten. 
 
 ^,— Saline Water.— The spring from which this water was taken was Water from 
 J struck at a depth of one hundred and fifty feet in sinking fori^l^S^on. 
 I water at a point three miles below the village of L'Assomption, l^^t "^ 
 and five hundred yards on the north side of the L'Assomption 
 
 River, L'Assomption county, Province of Quebec. 
 
14 T OKOLOOrOAL AND NATURAL HISTORV 8URV.V OF CANADA. 
 
 siJrinVneT ''"''^ Sample examined, which was received fm,^. n n 
 
 feoTo'r ' 'contained a small quantity of chocolate brown II . ' °'''-'' ^ 
 
 <J"ebeo. eon,. matter. This wa. removed by fi^ ^1„ 1 ' '"'P'°''" ' 
 
 a browni.sh-yellow tin.r«. J„ , ' ^^^^ '^'tered water hi. r 
 
 matter, dried at 180° C, equalled I'ssT^.ts^ "'!"' 
 
 contaned- acids—fiirhnr,;. „ m , , *" /^""^"'n 1WW«. The water 
 lime, ma^.,e a a i r ' '^"""'' base.-potassa, sodu, 
 
 baryta,8Si^' d 1 K-T'"' •"'*"fe"^'>«««. ^nd further- 
 
 apeftroscope ' No oth r c' "r? 7" '''"'^'"' '^^^ ^^^- ^^ t'"^' ^ 
 This wn/T K . constituents were sought for. f 
 
 -iliis water belongs to the third class of T),- T «♦ tt * 
 
 classification of mineral waters Thi .1 ^'^ ^V^^^^'^ hunt's 
 waters as contain besides eflH i , "*'' '"''"'^'^ '"^^ «»'in^' ■ 
 of potassium a noKion of T "^ ■''^''''"' ^^'^ « "">« «I>'o"d'.' ^ 
 lime and magnf a Sma^ '"^'' "'*' •>'«-bonates of 
 
 manganese afd of ho.n TT'' '^ ^'"•>'*"' «^^'«"tia. iron, ' 
 
 alumina and la ' ne .allt ^'"^^'"'^ ''''''' ^''^ ««-'' «-' 
 
 ides and iodides 2^:::^-^::- ^'-^ ---- -^ ^-. 
 
 SSo '""t M: ZtC^ "'^- ^-- -"-^•' -"-^^- collected I 
 
 water was 0X1^^0^"^^'^ ''''''' ''^'^'''''- ^i- filtere.1 i' 
 
 dried at 180° C in loorr^a \P''"^' "^ dissolved saline matter, 
 
 ■^ qualitative analysis, bv Mr F r ir • 1 , . i 
 
 contain •_ ' ^ ^- ^- l^cnrick, showed in to ^ 
 
 4.- 
 
 Potassa 
 
 Soda *''''ce- 
 
 Lithia ^^''''^ '^''8® quantity. 
 
 Strontia...*.'.'. t""**^®- 
 
 Lime small quantity. 
 
 Magnesia"*.. very large quantity. 
 
 Ferrous oxide. large quantity. 
 
 Sulphuricacid '.'. ^'^'^\ 
 
 Phosphoric acid ''^'■^ '"'^*' quantity. 
 
 Silica ^^''o- 
 
 Chlorine,...'.'.'. ^^^- f 
 
 very large quantity. f 
 
 ne most pai t of hme, with a very small quantity of j 
 
 FFMANN.j 
 
 mag 
 
 of p 
 
 -FroD 
 betv 
 Ml-. 
 
 T 
 
 of c 
 and 
 tion, 
 of 1 
 drie( 
 A 
 resu 
 
 Be 
 quan 
 smal 
 tity 1 
 
 -From 
 with 
 infor 
 sprin 
 to hy 
 Pai-a: 
 
 Th 
 ment 
 magr 
 matti 
 filter! 
 conta 
 1000 
 
t 
 
 SVir OP CANADA. 
 
 eived from Dr. Fore.t 
 rown colored suspendc 
 
 The liltei-ed water hit, 
 
 i; Jiad u saline taste 
 
 reddened litmus paper 
 
 urmoric paper; whoi 
 
 )n8i8ting, for the mo.-t 
 
 Total dissolved salin. 
 ■8 in 1000. The water 
 
 bases— potassa, soda, 
 fanese, and further— 
 siehed hy means of tht 
 sought for. 
 
 ' Dr. T. Sterry Hunt's 
 8 includes such saline 
 , with a little chloride 
 i, with bicarbonates of 
 aryta, strontia, iron, 
 acids, are often, and 
 3se waters, and brom- 
 
 , Ontario. Collected 
 
 f suspended mattei', 
 ydrate. The filtered' 
 c gravity, at 15-5° C, 
 solved saline matter, 
 the water, 
 firick, showed in to 
 
 i 
 
 ]4.—. 
 
 large quantity. 
 
 quantity, 
 arge quantity, 
 luantity. 
 
 irge quantity. 
 
 rge quantity. 
 
 precipitate, which 
 r small quantity of 
 
 '""*""■] riiEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONfl. 15 x 
 
 magnesia and a trace of iron, also some sulphuric acid and a trace 
 of phosphoric acid. 
 
 .-From Dougherty's so-called carbonic acid spring, mountains w«t.r from 
 between Clinton and Carguiles, British Columbia. Collected hy ij^'nuinr" 
 Mj\ a. Bowman. CargunoB'," 
 
 _, Uritish 
 
 £he water contained some suspended matter, consisting chiefly*^"'"'"'''*- 
 of carbonate of lime, with some argillaceous and organic matter, 
 and a little ferric hydrate. This having been removed by filtra- 
 tion, the water was found to have a specific gravity, at 15-6° C. 
 of 100090, and to contain 1-442 parte of dissolved solid matter 
 dried at 180° C, in 1000 parts, by weight, of the water. 
 
 A qualitative analysis afforded Mr. E. B. Kenrick the following 
 results : — 
 
 Potassa trace. 
 
 °^* small quantity. 
 
 ^"^^ large quantity. 
 
 Strontia trace. 
 
 *^»«ne8ia large quantity. 
 
 "^^"""^a very small quantity. 
 
 Sulphuric acid fairly large quantity. 
 
 Carbonic acid large quantity. 
 
 ^'^"'* small quantity. 
 
 <^^^OTiae small quantity. 
 
 Organic matter small quantity. 
 
 Boiling produced a copious precipitate, which contained a large 
 quantity of lime, a fairly large quantity of magnesia, a very 
 small quantity of alumina, and a trace of strontia ; a large quan- 
 tity of carbonic acid and a small quantity of sulphuric acid. 
 
 From so-called sulphur spring on Sulphur Coulee, near its junction Water from 
 with the Pembina Eiver. Procured by Di-. G. M. Dawson, who rulteoui^e. 
 mtorms me that it issues from shales of Cretaceous age. The M^uo'bk^''""'' 
 springs represented by this, and the following water, are referred 
 to by him in his Eeport on the Geology and Eesom-ces of the 49th 
 Parallel, 18*75, p. 146. 
 
 This water contained a certain amount of suspended and sedi- 
 mentary matter, consisting of carbonate of lime, with traces of 
 magnesia and fen-ic hydrate, some argillaceous and organic 
 matter, and a little sand. This was removed by filtration. The 
 filtered water had a specific gravity, at 15-5° C, of 1000-42, and 
 contained 0-862 parts dissolved saline matter, dried at 180° C. in 
 1000 parts, by weight, of the water. "' 
 
W»tor from 
 spring on 
 .Sulphur(>>uMo 
 Pembina River 
 Manitoba, oont, 
 
 Water from 
 "Prinit at 
 foot-hills of 
 Western Butte, 
 North-West 
 Territory. 
 
 18 T ««,t„„,„„ ,„„ „„„,^, ,„,^^__^ ^^__^_^ ^ ^^ ^^^^^^ 
 
 Potassa 
 
 Soda suittll quantity. 
 
 Lithia rsther larj^re quantity. 
 
 Lime very small .^-jintity. 
 
 MaxnoHia jaiye quantity. 
 
 Sulphuric acid "''**« quantity. 
 
 Carbonic acid . . , '^*' quantity. 
 
 Chlorine large quantity. 
 
 Organic matter. ...'.'.' '"'^f, <l"'>»t'ty- 
 
 small quantity. 
 
 little Hulphate of lie ' '" '"' ™^«'"^'"' ^^^'^"-' -'"' 
 
 .—From spring at foot-hills of Western Rntfn <a . r, 
 
 District of Alberta, North-WerTritf ' J''"''' ^"''' ^"'' 
 M. Dawson, who inform me that i^'"^' * "'^ ^^' ^'"^ ^ 
 
 Cretaceous age. ^ '* "'°« '^•«'" ^ark shales „ 
 
 gas' Itcontain'ed rei; r^^^^^ « la-.e.quantity of tha- 
 sisting of carbonate of lin^^^Tim e "l "r"'"'^ '"""^'•' '''' 
 together with urgillaceor'and o ' '"^ ''P'"'""''"^ ^'P*^"' 
 
 The filtered watef had a 'ec^fl. ^"''•? "'"'''' ""'^ ^'''"^ «^"'' 
 
 Total dissolved. aline l:terL'ar;^^^ 
 
 in 1000. ' ^^" ^•' equalled 0-85r part- 
 
 Potassa 
 
 Soda ^'■'*™- 
 
 Lithia small quantity. { 
 
 Lime .".* very distinct trace. 
 
 Magnesia ^*''"'^' '^'Ke quantity. 
 
 Alumina very large quantity. 
 
 Ferrous oxide ... . ^^""^ ^'"*" quantity. 
 
 Sulphuric acid....!!] *■"**-'!; 
 
 Carbonic acid .... ^'"*" 1»ant'ty- 
 
 Chlorine ^^'^^ '*'"^® quantity. 
 
 Hydrosulphuric" 'acid ! ! ! T'''" <l"a""ty. 
 
 Organic matter 'arge quantity. 
 
 -p . small quantity. 
 
 little Jn.L a„/a trtr^f ™rzr"':^r''°°^°"'''' » 
 
 ,.a„.i.y ofcrbonio acid and a .^ SX^d """'' '"^^^ 
 
 I 
 
 c 
 
 oxa 
 a si 
 and 
 sul] 
 1 
 pro 
 
 -Maj; 
 nin 
 Col 
 
SURVET OP CANADA. 
 
 litative unttlyMiH, made 
 
 HUittll quantity. 
 father lar^»e quantity, 
 very small qy-uitity. 
 larjfe ([uantity. 
 larKe quantity, 
 largo quantity, 
 largo quantity, 
 large quantity, 
 small quantity. 
 
 pi-ooipitato, which coi 
 lagnesia, together with 
 
 utte, Sweet Grass Hill- 
 ■y. Procured by Dr. G 
 '08 from dark shales <> 
 
 ' spring is char^'od wit! 
 » large.quantity of th;r 
 lediineiitui'y matter, con 
 and separated sulphui 
 matter, and some sand 
 _ at 155° C, of 1001'3(i 
 'C., equalled 0-85t part- 
 
 aminatiouof the water 
 
 ice. 
 
 >all quantitj'. 
 ry distinct trace, 
 rly large quantity, 
 ry large quantity. 
 fy small quantity, 
 ce. 
 
 all quantity, 
 •y large quantity, 
 all quantity. 
 ?e quantity, 
 ill quantity. 
 
 te, containing a some- 
 lantity of magnesia, a 
 9i' with a very largo 
 huric acid. 
 
 ••i""*""-] CltEMICAIi OONTRIHI TI0N8. I7 f 
 
 #- Water from hot spring one and a-lialf miles north of the north end Wuterfrom 
 of rpj)er Columbia Lake, Columbia Valley, British Columbia. near"i'plf,r 
 Collected by Dr. (t. M. Dawson. <;"iutiihi)iUko, 
 
 Inis gentlemai informs mo that "the sprir.g is about half a*^''""'*'*- 
 mile oast of the trail, on the slope of a hill, and issues in several 
 plac.'s from the summit and sides of a rounded, calcareous knoll 
 formed by its deposit. The main ettlux, at the summit of the 
 knoll, has produced a raised basin, which within measures about 
 eight by four feet, and is two leot deep, forming an a<lmirablo 
 natural bath. The discharge at this place is probably not less 
 than twenty gallons per minute, and the temperature of the 
 
 I water at this, the hottest, point was found to be 112" F. There 
 
 f is no discharge of gas, but the water has a slight styinic saline 
 
 ! taste." 
 
 I This water was found to have a specific gravity, at 15-5° C., of 
 
 I 1001'48, and to contain 2-177 parts of dissolved saline matter, 
 
 I dried at 180'' C, in 1000 parts, by weight, of the water. 
 
 I A (lualitativo analysis, conducted by ili-. E. B. Konrick, showed 
 
 it to contain : — 
 
 Potassa trace. 
 
 ^^^ rather small quantity. 
 
 i^Jthia trace. 
 
 Baryta trace. 
 
 Strontia very small quantity. 
 
 ■'^'™® very large quantity. 
 
 Magnesia large quantity. 
 
 Ferrous oxide trace. 
 
 Sulphuric acid very large quantity. 
 
 Carbonic acid large quantity. 
 
 Silica trace. 
 
 Chlorine fairly large quantity. 
 
 Organic matter small quantity. 
 
 On boiling it deposited a very copious precipitate, which on 
 examination was found to contain a very large quantity of lime 
 a small quantity of magnesia, a very small quantity of strontia] 
 and traces of baryta and iron, together with large quantities of 
 sulphuric and carbonic acids. 
 
 This water may not improbably be found to possess therapeutic 
 properties, and hence be worthy of notice as a remedial agent. 
 
 IRON ORES. Iron Ores. 
 
 [l.-Magnetic iron-ore from the Belvedere iron mine, lot eight of the feeivcdeT 
 ninth range of Ascot, county of Sherbrooke, Province of Quebec. b'mrii'e«;"nty. 
 Collected by Mr. R. W. Ells. Examined for Mr. E. Clark qu^^""* "^ 
 
' OlOLOOIOAL AND NATHRaL HISTORY SURVEY OF CANADA. 
 
 A fine granular oiv of a pu.T,li«h, .laik-groy color. The nid 
 m^. ewhuh in vo.y rtne-oryHtalline, in vo.y evenly diH«omi„,.;1 
 
 A partial .umlyBis, ^.y Mr. P. 0. Adanis, ^uvo (after drying at lOd 
 
 — ilygroBcopic wHtvi 
 
 Ferric oxide.. . . 
 Ferroiw oxide , . 
 Titanium dioxide 
 fnsoluble rrtatter. 
 
 Ingall 
 
 Sfni 
 
 by Ml 
 
 100" C 
 
 Magnetite from 2.- 
 the Leduo 
 mine, Ottawii 
 county, 
 Provinoe of 
 Quebec. 
 
 VHANN.] 
 
 Tl.o 
 tiiOHe 
 forrio 
 , iigat 100 ] 
 0056 per cent.) the following rosuItM #— M»Knm 
 
 L.«.«69 ^ ^^""'' 
 
 12 602 
 
 none. 
 
 46m 
 
 Metallic iroh "tal amount of 28^ 
 
 In view of the snmil percentage of iron, determinations 
 phosphoric acid and Ht.lphur wore not carried out. 
 
 -Magnetic iron-ore from the Ledue mine, lot twenty-three of 1 
 
 zl■T/^'^'^'''' ''''""^^ "^ ^^^-«' ^--°c« or Qu bj 
 
 Jixamined for Mr. J. Lambe. 1 
 
 Htrt'Tr' T^''i^ '"'"'■• S'-^y^'^-blaok: lustre, metalli, 
 Htiongly magnetic. Detorminations-by Mr. E. B Konrick- 
 the more important constituents gave (after drying at 100° C - 
 Hygi-oHcop.c water = 0-069 per cent.) the following^esults :_' 
 
 Ferric oxide 
 
 Ferrous oxide 
 
 Titanium dioxide '.!!..!.... 
 
 Phosplioric acid 
 
 Sulphur ' 
 
 Insoluble matter 
 
 Metallic iron, total amount of. 
 Phosphorus 
 
 -Magnet 
 l.'.iiny 
 lected 
 green ( 
 Stru 
 specim 
 groenit 
 Eeiulil; 
 a part 
 (after c 
 follows 
 
 Terrebonne 
 county, 
 rroviuce of 
 liuebee. 
 
 ftriV""^— ""«"»"« '"n-M-e «-om about two and ..half miles .oulh of II 
 
 Of Terrebonne, Province of Quebec. 
 
 JofT TfT*"''* "'"''''"'^ crystalline, and possessed an ind. 
 tinct banded structure. It was found-by Mr. F. D Adams- 
 contain (after drying at 100" C.-Hygroscopio water ' 
 cent.) as follows :_ 
 
 ] 
 
 Ferric oxide 
 
 Ferrous oxide 
 
 Titanium dioxide. 
 Phosphoric acid .. 
 
 Sulphur 
 
 Insoluble matter. . 
 
 59-069 
 
 26-807 
 
 non& 
 
 015 
 
 0-001 
 
 ''■■•''7 
 
 Metallic iron, total amount of. , > . i o . 
 
 Phosphorus ' " 'X ixi 
 
 s^'p*^- ::::::::::::;;:;;:: tZ 
 
 ■ — Magneti 
 0058 pt I de Fuci' 
 I (juestioi 
 i minatio 
 
 magneti 
 amount 
 
 H 
 
 II.— i 
 
RVEY OP CANADA, 
 
 tgiey color. The nm 
 try evenly diHoominii 
 v«)iy extenitivo depn. 
 e (after drying lit 100 
 he following results 
 
 2«-Oflo 
 
 12 602 
 
 none. 
 
 45- 7m 
 
 28-392 
 
 ron, determiimtionM 
 iod out. 
 
 3t twenty-three of tl 
 a, Province of Quebe 
 
 ick: lustre, metallii 
 Hr. E. B. Konrick— 
 ter drying at 100' C- 
 tbilowing results :— 
 
 64-593 
 
 30-819 ,. 
 
 trace. I 
 
 027 1 
 
 1-561 
 
 69-186 
 
 .... 0-012 
 
 ilf miles south of til 
 > North Eiver, couna 
 
 id possessed an indi 1 
 Ml-. P. D. Adams— 1^ 
 »ic water = 0058 pel 
 
 ... 59-059 
 
 ... 26-807 
 
 ... none. 
 
 ... 015 
 
 ... 0-00) 
 
 ... 'V.'^'.7 
 
 ... G219i 
 
 ••. 0-007 
 
 ... 0-001 
 
 ••] OHEMrrAI, COXTRIBlrTIONS. 19 j 
 
 The proportions of ferric and forroiin oxi.la are voiy nearly 
 thoNo .(..(uirod by thoory for magnetite, the iti.. of ferrous to 
 fon-ic o.\i(lo being 1 ; 2-20 instead of 1 : 2-22. 
 
 -Magnetic iron-<..-o from th.- vi.-inity of Little fiuli Lake, DiMtrict ofM««n..i.ef,om 
 Thundor Bay, Lake Huporior, Ontario. R-.-oived b\ M K. D Jl'i'; 'it'lnot 
 Ingall from Mr. P. Luplante. * V'"'"''.!;'"'" 
 
 £,. ' llin. Ontario. 
 
 StruHuro (.ompa.-t; color, dark nted-grey. A partial analysis, 
 by Mr. L. «. Konru-k, showod it to contain (nt\*iv Irying at 
 100° C. -Hygroscopic water = 0-195 per cent.) as tbilows:— 
 
 ^""'c"^'''" 56-4,56 
 
 ForroUH oxide jg , 970 
 
 Titanium dinxide none' 
 
 luxoluble matter 23-450 
 
 Metullic iron, total amount of 53.03,, 
 
 -.mo Lake, near the mouth of the Seine Kivor, Ontario Col- ?lT>' '-'''••• 
 locted by Mr. A.O. Lawson, who informs me that it occurs in " """ 
 green Nchi.sts of j)i-eHumed Iluronian age. 
 
 Structure, compact; color, faint purplish greyish-black -many 
 specimens exhibit a greeninh tingo, duo to the presence of a 
 greenish chloritic mineral whi.h is disseminated tiirough this ore 
 J?omlily attracted by the magnet. Agreeably with the results of 
 a partuil analysis, conducted by Mr. E. B. Kenrick, it containe<l 
 (after drying at 100 C-Hygroscoj.ic water =z OOGO per cent ) as 
 follows : — 
 
 Ferric oxide ''7-277 
 
 Ferrous oxide ^ 3''-089 
 
 Titanium dioxide 21-378 
 
 Insoluble matter 10-436 
 
 Metallic iron, total amount of 44.050 
 
 -Magnetic iron-ore from the Sooke iron mine, on the Strait of Juan M«.„eti,o froo. 
 de Fuca, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The specimens in ^{IJ'e' '"'"' 
 question were received from the Minister of Mines. The deter- J'r"^''i"'l^^ , 
 minations of the iron were made by Mi-. E. B. Kenrick. " imui.ii"""'' 
 
 I.— Consisted of an intimate mixture of a very tine c.-ystalline 
 magnetite and earthy hematite : it contained a somewhat lai-Lre 
 amount of iron-pyrites. 
 
 Metallic iron .' 58-49 per cent. 
 
 II.— A very fine crystalline magnetite. 
 
 Metalliciron 55-83 per cent 
 
 2 
 
20 T 
 
 OKOLOOICAL AN1> NATURAL HISTORY 8URVEV OF CANADA. 
 
 Maatictitc from 
 Sooke iron 
 mine, 
 VancouTer 
 Inland, British 
 (olumbia, oont. 
 
 fFUANN.] 
 
 was (iif».— Iletnf 
 toba. 
 
 f 
 
 Ferric 
 Wtttoi 
 In sol I 
 Metal 
 
 was 
 
 Hematite from 7. 
 omitli Cniaby, 
 Ihio(Ik (•luiiity, 
 Ontario. 
 
 Magnetite from 8 
 Stephen C. E. 
 omitli mine, 
 Hherbrooko 
 county. 
 Province of 
 Quebec. 
 
 III.— A fine crystalline magnetite, through wliich 
 seminatod a somewhat largo amount of iron-pyrites. 
 
 ^°^*'"^''«" 63-04 percent 
 
 IV.— A fine crystalline magnetite. 
 
 Metallic iron «•> r>7 
 
 fi3-ri7 per cent. 
 
 v.— A very fine crystalline magnetite. 
 
 ^^'''^"'•'''•*^" 48-94 percent 
 
 Vl.-Magnetito, together with u little coppe.-pyrites 
 ganguo consisting almost oxcluHively of actinolito. 
 
 Metalliciron '>».<>a ^ 
 
 -'s'28 per cent. 
 
 VII._A fine crystjillino magnetite, through which 
 Bcmmated a little iron-pyritos. 
 
 Metallic iron Ko.ni- 
 
 59'06 per cent 
 
 VIIL— A very fine crystalline magnetite. 
 
 ^^^^^'"•^'••«" 52-03 percent. 
 
 Red hematite f.-om the nineteenth lot of the ninth range of Sonit ^ 
 Crosby, a^,out one mile from Chaffby locks, Rideau Canal, Leed. 'i 
 connly, Ontario. Kxamined for Mr. N. Brown. The spocimo, i 
 e^m.ned h,«l a somewhat large amount of calcite disseminata J 
 thi-ough It. Mr. K. B. Konrick found it to contain :- " 
 
 ^«**"''^''«" 2814percent 
 
 -Magnetic iron-ore from th., Stephen E. Smith mine, lot lwenty-or„ 
 
 01 t^ie sixth range of Ascot, Sherbrooko county, Province o-^-From t 
 Quebec. Collected hy Mr. E. W. Ells, who informs me Zt i 
 constitutes an extensive deposit. 
 
 Massive very fine crystalline; color, greyish-black with • 
 greenish tinge. Mr. E. B. Kenrick has made a partial analysis . 
 this ore, determining the more important constituents, and foun, 
 
 t2uZT\^fZ y'""^ '"' ^^'" ^■-^lyg>-««copic water. 
 Z16 per cent.) as follows :— 
 
 A sj 
 pure c 
 to cont 
 netic-p 
 examii 
 
 Ferric oxide 
 
 Ferrous oxide . . . . 
 Titanium dioxide. 
 Phosphoric add . . 
 
 Bulphnr 
 
 Insoluble matter.. 
 
 Metallic iron, total amount of 
 
 riiosphoniB 
 
 Sulphur 
 
 I.— Bog mil 
 Hroton 
 Thei^ 
 color fr 
 the sam 
 cent. — 1 
 
 i 
 
RVEY OF CANADA. N<^r«NN.] CHEMICAI, CONTRIBUTIONS. 21 T 
 
 brough Which was .li^.-IIomatito. and limonitoH IVo.n Rig Inland, Lake Winnipeg, Mani- „e..,,H. and 
 'iipyiucb. tolia IJecx'ived Ironi Mr. F. Promifoot liincmite from 
 
 33-04 per cent § ^ ' uiltuuA,,,. 
 
 I II. III. IV. V. Munituba. 
 
 Ferricoxide 77-i;i 50-,'!7 73(i4 30-;54 17'19 
 
 i3-57 per cent. 1 Water •[ ^'^'^'L^'.^'^T'' •• • 'J" ''••1 4-74 1-20 -Sfi 
 
 \conibmoil — _ 13.57 ,j.45 ,„„,gt 
 
 Insoluble matter 3it0 I4-X() 2-23 48-12 77-03 
 
 18-94 percent Metallic iron 53-99 35-2(i ol-55 l^bl 1?03 
 
 e copper-pyrites, in ; I— Hematite, botryoidai : ganJ^'lIo, ealcilo with a little ([uarlz. 
 
 ^'" '^®- II.— Hematite, ochreoiis: gangiic, calcarcouH and siliceous. 
 
 8-28 per cent. III. — Limonitc. 
 
 rough which was die IV.— Limonitc, through which was disseminated rounded grains 
 
 of quart/-. 
 
 9-06 per cent f V.— (^lart, with limonite and a little hematite. 
 
 I COPPER ORES. eoppcrOre... 
 
 .'•03 per cent. l._From the Sooko copper-mine, on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Van- cumier.,,!, 
 
 3 ninth range of Sout} ; ''"."''*"' ^"''^"*'' ^'■'*''''' Columbia. Eecoived from the Minister of sdlr"" 
 
 p:,i„„„ /-i„ IT , ? Mines. Viuioouvor 
 
 , Kideau Canal, Leed. ? „ . island. British 
 
 Jrown. The speciraoi J specimen examined consisted of a dark-green chloritic ''""""'''"■ 
 
 )f calcite dissominatoi, .1 ^'^^^' ^'*''*^"S'» ^'^ich was disseminated veiy thin scales of native 
 
 contain :— ^ copper. Agreeably with the results of a determination made by 
 
 ■14 per cent J ^"^ '''• ^- ^^«"'''cl<, it contained :- 
 
 . mine, lot twenty-o, J ^ ^'^''^'' l-02,.,rcent 
 
 count}-, Province oi^I'^om the township of McKim, District of Nipissing, Ontario. Coi,,.cr-,.vritc9 
 
 informs me that i; ; A specimen of what, at a first glance, appeared to be a very l)i;^^ol'■,^f'"'' 
 
 J pure copper-pyrites— but which on close examination was fbundtfeil'*' 
 
 greyish-black with :. I ^.o contain a very appreciable amount of rock-matter and tnag- 
 
 e a partial analysis o: | netic-pyrites disseminated through it — from this locality was 
 
 )nHtituL.nts, and founc | t'xamined by Mr. E. B. Kenrick and found to contain :— 
 
 lygroscopic water ;r I r- 
 
 ^ I topper 24-62percent 
 
 •- 49-776 1 MANGANESE ORES. Man«»„oso 
 
 24 - 725 t * T) ^"'^- 
 
 none. T" i'*'' ™'«>t"^"««« f'-o™ the h«"'l of Lewis Bay, Grand Mira, Cape b«k ma„gane,e 
 
 . . . . 1 -512 I ^'■*'*"" county. Nova Scotia. Examinetl for Dr. M. A. McDonald, idcupj' 
 
 024 j The sample was in the foi-m of porous friable lumps, varying in Nova Scot!."''' 
 
 11-235 H color from dark-brown to brownish-black. A partial analysis of 
 
 54-074 M *^® s'lmo- after drying at 100" C— Loss by moisture = 22-22 per 
 
 ■6«0 m cent.— aftbrde<l Mr. E. B. Kenrick the following results :— 
 
 Manganese dioxide— available 44 • 99 per cent. 
 
 Insoluble matter 12-26 " 
 
22 T 
 
 I 
 
 Gold and Silver 
 Assays. 
 
 liii! 
 
 OE0L0aiC/.L AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY OP CANADA. HdrrM»NN.] 
 
 GOLD AND SILVER ASSAYS. 4-From 
 
 These were, ivith one exception, all conducted by Mr. E. B. Kenrick. 
 
 Labrador. 
 
 Collected by Dr. } 
 
 in ant 
 quani 
 peroj 
 poun< 
 
 assoc 
 conta 
 stain( 
 six ai 
 
 Labrador. 1.— From first cove south side of Nachvak Inlet 
 Bell. 
 
 A white translucent quartz, in parts stained with hydrated pe'g-rrom 
 oxide of iron, with here and there small quantities of al.rM | 
 green chloritic mineral. The sample, which consisted of fiv | 
 fragments, weighed two pounds six ounces, 1 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 1 
 
 2.— Fi-om the south side of Jfachvak Inlet, opposite Skynner's Gov, ' 
 Collected 1^/ Dr. R Bell. i 
 
 A white sub-translucent quartz, seamed and, in parts stainM 
 with hydrated peroxide of iron. Weight of specimen, three an"' 
 a-halt pounds. It was found to contain :— 
 
 Gold.;. trace. 
 
 ^i'^'er 0-041 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 Province op Nova Scotia. 
 
 myTsZtL. ^""^ Fo7us^'^'''""^ ^''^' ^"''^'■"^'' '"'""^>'- Examined for Mr. J. I, 
 
 A dark-grey limestone, carrying a little galena. Weight 
 specimen, five pounds two and a-half ounces. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 4.-This and the five following specimens are from exposures on tli 
 Sissiboo River, about seven miles above Weymouth Dio-i, 
 county. They were examined for Mr. J. Robertson 
 
 From old camp.-A faintly pinkish-whito sub-transluccr^ 
 quartz, associated with a small quantity of a dark bluish-gro 
 shale. Some fragments were, in parts, coated with hydrated pe' 
 oxide of iron, and also contained cavities holding the same mat. 
 rial. Weight of specimen, six pounds one ounce. 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 5.-Prom foot of new road.-A milky white quartz, associated witl, 
 dai-k bluish-grey shale. Some of the fragments contained i 
 trifling amount of iron-pyrites, and were more or less staino- 
 with hydrated peroxide of iron. Weight of specimen, nearl 
 tour pounds. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 —From 
 
 and (1 
 pyrit 
 and V 
 of spi 
 
 —From 
 bluisl 
 more 
 specii 
 
 [O.— FroE 
 count 
 It( 
 pero3 
 matte 
 pyriti 
 
 [l.— Frou 
 An 
 small 
 of wh 
 eight 
 
IVKY OP CANADA. m#fm*nn.] 
 
 YS. 
 
 'y Mr. E. B. Kenrick. 
 
 et. Collected by Dr. I 
 
 CHEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
 
 23 T 
 
 ft|— From foot of Schooner pastsago.— A faintly greyish-white quartz, goM and Silver 
 
 in aHSOciation with a dark bluish-grey shale. It contained a small *^*"*''°' """'■ 
 \ quantity of iron-pyrites, apd was, in parts, coated with hydrated NovaScotil, 
 peroxide of iron. Weight of specimen, five and three quarter '^'"''" 
 pounds. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 ined with hydrated po1| — From head of Schooner passage. — A white sub-translucent quartz, 
 I quantities of a brigl I associatetl with a small amount of a dark bluish-grey shale. It 
 vhich consisted of tiv Is contained a trifling amount of iron-pyrites, and was in parts 
 '. I stained with hydrated peroxide of iron. Weight of specimen, 
 
 six and a-quarter pounds. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 ilver. 
 
 pposite Skynner's Gov. J 
 
 d and, in parts, stainej 
 of specimen, three an 
 
 n of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 A. 
 
 Examined for Mr. J. l| 
 
 le galena. Weight 
 
 s, 
 
 i'er. 
 
 -From Wagner's Rips. — An association of while and grey quartz, 
 and dark bluish-grey shale. It contained a small quantity of iron- 
 pyrites, numerous cavities lined with hydrated peroxide of iron, 
 and was also, in parts, coated with the latter material. Weight 
 of specimen, six and three-quarter pounds. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 I —From Gates No. 4. — A white quartz, in association with a dark 
 bluish-grey shale. It contained a little iron-pyrites, and was 
 more or less coated with hydrated peroxide of iron. Weight of 
 specimen, twelve and a-half pounds. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 rom exposures on tli Iq, 
 ■e Weymouth, Digl);| 
 obertson. 
 
 white sub-translucor, 
 of a dark bluish-gro 
 ted with liydrated pe 
 aiding the same ma(. 
 unce. 
 
 Province of Quebec. 
 
 — From the first lot of the tenth range of South Metgermette, Proviree of 
 county of Beauce. '^"°''"=- 
 
 It consisted of a white quartz, in parts stained with hydrated 
 peroxide of iron, associated with a small quantity of chloritic 
 matter, and containing, here and there, a few specks of iron- 
 pyrites. Weight of specimen, seven ounces. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 .'er. 
 
 1.— 
 
 irtz, associated witli 
 agments contained 
 more or less staino 
 of specimen, nearl 
 
 er. 
 
 From the township of Risborough, county of Beauce. 
 
 An association of galena, copper-pyrites, iron-pyrites, and 
 small quantities of tetrahedrite and magnetic pyrites, in a gangue 
 of white translucent quartz. Weight of specimen, one pound 
 eight ounces. It contained : — 
 
 Gold traces. 
 
 Silver 43 ■ 633 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
24 T GKOLOOICAr. AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVET OP CANADA. <*^«-"] 
 
 Al 
 
 l^Ko1,'{:"'2-^;;°'" *•>« t«°th lot of the tenth range of Wakefield, county 
 Provinoeof ^"'''^"- I^^'^m'ned for Mr. W. A. Allan. ^ 
 
 Quebec, oont. A white tranelucent quartz in association with a little felspa 
 
 It was found to contain :— '■ 
 
 aere 
 
 one 1 
 
 Gold . 
 Silver 
 
 minute trace, 
 none. 
 
 13.-F«,m veins traversing the Gasp^ limestone at Indian Cove, t,v ^ 
 
 and a-half miles ft-om Ship Head, Gasp6 Bay, Gaspd county W the 
 
 The occurrence^of galena at this place has been referred to i#"-^- ^ 
 the Geology of Canada, 1863, pp. 400, 516 and mi, and mcif^Wal 
 recently m the Report of Progress for 1880-81-82 p 15 dd Tl 
 specimen, which weighed four and a-half ounces, was collected 1, i 
 Mr. A. P. Low. It consisted of a somewhat coarse crystallh, i 
 galena, m association with a veiy trifling amount of calcite I 
 Assays gave :— ^»n-iit ,5 
 
 Gold none. Ig.- 
 
 ^''^®''; • 146 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 North-East Territory. 
 
 l4.--From veins at Stuparfs Bay, south side of Hudson's Strait ■ 
 
 Collected by Dr. R Bell. ^^""'^ ^^i-oi 
 
 A white, sub-translucent to translucent quartz carrying iron 4 ofLs 
 pyrites; some of the fragments were much stained withhySrate J 
 
 A^^^'!!"' ^"'^'"' "' '^''™'°' '^'''' P""'^'^^ nine ouilc^l 
 
 . — Froi 
 
 speci 
 
 Ar 
 
 spaci 
 
 A 
 
 semii 
 sevei 
 
 -Veir 
 
 Ba 
 
 stain 
 
 ounci 
 
 It 
 ounc 
 
 Gold . , 
 Silver 
 
 trace, 
 none. 
 
 Collects I 
 
 15.-From Port Burwell, Cape Chudleigh, Hudson's Strait, 
 by Dr. R. Bell. 
 
 ciatcfrHJ?'!^'*? sub-translucent quartz, with which was ass. ^ 
 ciated a little barite, carrying small quantities of pyrite; some of 
 the fragments were stained and coated with hydrated peroxide 1 
 uon. Weight of specimen, one pound fifteen ounces. It wt ' 
 found to contain :— 
 
 Gold . . 
 Silver 
 
 trace, 
 none. 
 
 Hudson's Bay. 
 
 Hudaon'aBay. IG.-Veinstone from' small veins cutting diorite, Ottawa Islet 
 lected by Dr. R. Boll. 
 
 1 
 
 i 
 
JRVET OP CANADA. tflfFMANN.] 
 
 s of Wakefield, county r .^^ 
 tion with a little felspa ' 
 
 CHEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
 
 25 T 
 
 Anintimata association of calcite and plagioclase, containing, ooidaud Silver 
 here and there, a few specks of iron-pyrites. Weight of specimen, ^*'**'^' '"^''^■ 
 one pound thirteen ounces. Assays showed it to contain : 
 
 Gold distinct trace. 
 
 Silver • 069 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 minute trace. 
 
 none. 
 
 Province op Ontario. 
 )ne at Indian Cove, tw | 
 Jay, Gaspd countv ^^ the following specimens, Nos. 17 to 50, inclusive, were collected 6w Province of 
 
 has beei referred to if'-^' ^- ^«^«"- "■""'"• 
 
 516 and 6!)1, and moiif^— Wall rock from a vein at Little Trout Bay. 
 
 i0--81-82, p. 15 DD. Til J A dark-greyish, highly siliceous rock, through which was dis- 
 ounces, was collected li * seminated a small quantity of iron-pyrites. Weight of specimen, 
 what coarse crystallin j seven and a-half ounces, 
 ing amount of calcite ;« 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 )n of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 18. — Veinstone from foregoing vein. 
 
 Barite associated with a little quartz ; it was, in parts^ slightly 
 stained with hydrated peroxide of iron. Weight of specimen, six 
 ounces. 
 , „ ,T . . k It contained neither gold nor silver, 
 
 lie of Hudson's Strait J 
 
 1^. — From a vein at the eastern end of Jarvia Island, north-west shore 
 t quartz carrying iron > "f I^ake Superior, between Thunder Bay and Pigeon Eiver 
 I stained with hydrate s " . . - . . 
 
 ■ee pounds nine ouncej J 
 
 trace. 
 
 none. 
 
 ion's Strait. Collecte. 
 
 with which was assoj 
 ties of pyrite; 80meo< 
 1 hydrated peroxide o 
 fteen ounces. It Wii 
 
 trace, 
 none. 
 
 e, Ottawa Islet. Col 
 
 It consisted of barite. Weight of specimen, seven and a-half 
 ounces. 
 I It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 t).— Fi'om a vein at the western end of Jarvis Island. A selected 
 specimen. 
 
 An association of calcite, barite and iron-pyrites. Weight of 
 specimen, ten ounces. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 —From a vein on Prince's location. A selected specimen. 
 
 An association of calcite and quartz, carrying a little galena . 
 Weight of specimen, one pound eleven ounces. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 !. — From a vein east of the one last mentioned. 
 
 A coarse crystalline calcite associated with a little quartz ; it 
 contained, here and there, a few specks of bornite and chalcocite. 
 Weight of specimen, ten ounces. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
26 T 
 
 OEOLOOIOAL AND NATUEAL HrSTORT SURVEY OF OANADA. 
 
 A?ltrl'n^'^^-/™'° a ^ei" at the northern end of Spar Island TJ h p i" 
 Province of ^^'^^ Hni>enov. ''P^' ''''*°'^' TImnder Ba,|_From 
 
 Ontario, cont. An asBOciation of calcifn .inH K.. •* . ' Lake f 
 
 of»pmn,e„,fo„ ..da-half ounces. Il contained _ *■ If 
 
 ^ , , ■ ^ nve an 
 
 ^°'"^ distinct trrc 8. 
 
 ' ^^'' 2" ^5S ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 taitrri^:£:,-rn:'-^ts.T'''"^ ^"' "- 
 
 a-half ounces. ^^* of specimen, twelve an 
 
 It contained neither gold gor silver 
 
 '^'~aftW Tf ""' '^T ''""^'"^' "'-^ ««'-^«d specimen,, from a ve, 
 at the eastern end of Pie Island, Thunder Bay, Lake Supelr *' 
 
 iv • u.,. Vp "'b-'v oiui;euu8 rocK, carrvinir * semiui 
 
 Weight of specimen, one pound eleven und th?e. ' ^-inc-bl 
 . Assavs showpfl if t^ ««„.^„- 
 
 little galena. 
 
 quarter ounces. Assays sh^wedTtlo^con^'aTn • 
 
 f'old none. 
 
 ^'^^®'" 0- 175 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs 
 
 It contamed neither gold nor silver. 
 
 21-Iron-pyrite8 associated with a little dark-grey shale 
 specimen, four and a-quarter ounces. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 galena. Weight of specimen, eight and a-quarter ounces. ' 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 29._FVom a vein about half a mile south-east of that from which th 
 four preceding specimens were taken. 
 
 A dark-grey shale, associated with a little nnnrt^ «„ ■ 
 I...I. galena and a very trifling a.„„„.of TX^' wSf.'! 
 epecmen, three and a-qnartei- ounce,. It containT- It 
 
 Weight o1 
 
 Gold none. 
 
 ^'^''^' ^"^^^ of an ounce to the ton of 2.000 lbs. 
 
 I 
 
 It was 
 
 -Barite 
 pyritei 
 peroxii 
 ounces 
 
 -An ast 
 specks 
 a-half ( 
 
 -Barite 
 pyrites 
 to cont 
 
 -Fi-om 
 A CO 
 dark-g: 
 
V OP CANADA. ni»N».] CHEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 27 T 
 
 par Island, Thunder Ba,|_Prom a vein on the south shore of Pie Island, Thunder Bay, (,oi,i and SiWer 
 
 I' Lake Superior. A«flHya, cont. 
 
 SnlZiL'^T'-"; I ^" '''"""""" "^ '"•"'" ^""^ 1""'-^^' ^^"-y'"^ '^ little galena SS::i«,t. 
 cont ^ ^ "" '^ ""^'"^ *'''''"^' ''"''""'*^ *"*" "'O^-Pyit^s- Weight of specimen, 
 
 '°® ■ i five and a-quarter ounces. 
 
 ton of 2 000 lbs ^ ^' contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 ath shore of Sua • T 1 ^'t"^'"""^ ^ ^'^i" °° ^^® '**'"*^ ^'^'^''^ of Thompson's Island, Thunder 
 J •■ 81'1'i * Baj', Lake Superior. 
 
 alcite and barite it r,., ^ Ii-on-pyrites associated with a small quantity of coarse crystal- 
 
 X specimen ;^;^ Z^ | '^"^ ^^'^'^^- ^^'g^* ^^ «?---' ^»'- — • 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver, 
 silver. 
 
 2^This, and the three following, are selected specimens from a vein 
 i specimens from a vti '^ o" McKellar's Island, Thunder Bay, Lake Superior. 
 Bay, Lake Superior. ? ^^ association of barite and calcite, through which was dis- 
 liceous rock, carrying ; i seminated a little iion-pyrites and a few specks of galena and 
 lound eleven and three 1 zinc-blend". Weight of specimen, fifteen and a-quarter ounces, 
 ain : — It was foun I to contain : — 
 
 S Gold none. 
 
 m of 2,000 lbs. ■ Silver 0-233 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 le colorless cry8talliii.S|— Barite, through which was disseminated a few specks of iron- 
 c-hlendo and a trifling I pyites and zinc-blende, with, here and there, a little hydrated 
 ine ounces. • pero.xide of iron. Weight of specimen, thirteen and a-quarter 
 
 ijygy I ounces. Assays gave :— 
 
 , I <Jold none. 
 
 ?i-ey shalo. Weight c | silver 0-233 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 Iver. l4^An association of quartz and calcite, with, here and there, a few 
 
 I specks of zinc-blende and galena. Weight of specimen, nine and 
 rying a trifling amoun | a-half ounces, 
 a-qnarter ounces. a ^*' co"taiued neither gold nor silver. 
 
 ver. ^ — Barite, with which was associated a trifling amount of iron- 
 
 ,^ ., , „ , i pyrites. Weight of specimen, seven ounces. Assays showed it 
 
 )t that fi-om which th.| to contain :— 
 
 tie quartz, carrying i | ^°^*^ "'*"«• 
 
 inc-blende. Weight o I ^ 058 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 »— I^'om a ». .1 near Little Gull Lake. A selected specimen. 
 ;J A coarse crystalline calcite associated with a little quartz and 
 I of 2,000 lbs. M (lark-green chlorite; it contained a trifling amount of zinc-blende 
 
28 
 
 Oold and Silver 
 Assays, oont. 
 
 Province of 
 Ontario, oont. 
 
 OEOlOarOAL and natural history SURVEV of CANADA. 
 
 H.] 
 
 and iron-pynten. Weight of specimen, ten and a-half ounces 1 u 
 was found to contain :_ ^^n^m. | speck>' 
 
 I peroxi 
 
 Sf*^ »o»«- I ounce. 
 
 °"^®'' • <^J8 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lb«. I 
 
 31-Prom the same vein as the lant. Taken from bott-.m of shaft 
 A coarse crystalline calcite in association with a small quanu 
 of quartz and fluorite, with, here and there, a little zinc-blen^ 
 and a tew specks of galena. Weight of specimen, one pound. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 38.- 
 
 J'rom a v^in near to, running parallel with, and north of til 
 fiom which the two p.-eceding specimens were taken. A sele., I 
 specimen. «. ooitu | 
 
 An association of a dark-grey shale and amethystine quarf 
 carrying a little iron-pyrites. Weigh, of specimen, seven :. | 
 a-quarter ounces. , ou ,. j 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 -From 
 ; specin 
 An 
 
 quanti 
 ^ spec in 
 
 39.-From a vein near Whitefish River, north of Whitetish Lake 
 
 Calcite through which was disseminated a little zinc-blen 
 Weight of specimen, six ounces. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 -From 
 
 selectc 
 Qua 
 it cont 
 hydra 
 ounces 
 
 ^<f— From 
 
 selecte 
 
 40.-From a vein on location 96 T., Rabbit Mountain district. wat^'d 
 
 quantities of zmc-blende, galena, iron-pyrites, copper-pynt 4 
 
 copper-glance and bornite, with, here and there, a little gu I 
 
 carbonate of copper and hydrated peroxide of iron. Weight A-From 
 
 specimen, one pound one ounce. It contained •_ 1 a ^, 
 
 I -^ s' 
 Gold trace. f of iron 
 
 ^'^^®'" • 175 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 41.-From a vein on location R. 95, Silver Mountain district 
 
 Bai-ite associated with a little quartz and fluorite. It contained 
 here and there, a trifling amount of zinc-blende and a few speci 
 of silver-glance and native silver. Weight of specimen, one poun m 
 It was found to contain :— ^ 1 
 
 Gold none. 
 
 ^"^®' 14-292 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 42.-Prom a vein on location R. 10, Silver Mountain district *l~/'^™ 
 
 An association of calcite, quartz and fluorite ; it contained a tb^ | "^^ 
 
 -From 
 selecte 
 A g 
 a litth 
 three-( 
 
SURVEV OF CANADA. 
 
 ten and a-half ounces. 
 
 5 ton of 2,000 11)8. 
 
 I from botU)ra of Hhafl. 
 tion with a smail quaiiL 
 there, a little zinc-bloM 
 specimen, one pound. 
 
 r silver. 
 
 ttLxx.] CHEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 29 T 
 
 IspeckK of iron-pyrites, and was, in parts, coated with hydrated a„i,iandSil7er 
 I peroxide of iron. Weight of specimen, one pound two and a-half 
 (• ounces. Assays gave : — 
 
 J Gold distinct traces. 
 
 f Silver 0-525 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 Assnya, cont. 
 
 Province of 
 Ontario, cont. 
 
 From a vein on Whitefish River, location R. 135. A selected 
 
 specimen. 
 
 An association of calcito, quartz and fluorite, carrying small 
 
 quantities of zinc-blende, galena, and iron-pyrites. Weight of 
 
 .. ^1 J , „ I specimen, one pound, 
 
 with, and north of tl il ^ . ^ 
 
 s were taken. A seleei J It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 and amethystine quai^^^'^™ "' ^^^^ '"^ location R. 79, Silver Mountain district. A 
 of specime^i, seven';. | «elected specimen. 
 
 - Quartz, associated with a small quantity of a dark-grey shale; 
 \ it contained a little gaiona, and was in parts slightly stained with 
 hydrated peroxide of iron. Weight of 8i)ecimen, live and a-half 
 ounces, 
 i It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 silver. 
 
 1 of Whitefish Lake, 
 ated a little zinc-blen 
 
 silver. 
 
 )untain district. 
 
 |— From a vein on location R. 115, Silver Mountain district. A 
 
 I selected specimen from north vein. 
 
 I An association of calcito, fluorite, and quartz, through which 
 
 ! was disseminated a small quantity of zinc-blende. Weight of 
 
 ittle fluorite, also sni; | specimen, six and three-quarter ounces. 
 
 ■pyrites, copper-pyrit I , 
 
 md there, a little gre I * contamed neither gold nor silver. 
 
 ide of iron. Weight i(|— From a vein south of that last mentioned. A selected specimen. 
 
 A greyish-white quartz, in parts coated with hydrated peroxide 
 of iron. Weight of specimen, thirteen and three-quarter ounces. 
 
 on of 2,000 lbs. m It contained i...ther gold nor silver. 
 
 intain district. If— From a vein on location R. Ill, Silver Mountain district. A 
 
 1 fluonte. It containe^l selected specimen. 
 
 )iende and a few specl| A greyish-white to white crystalline, translucent (|uartz, with 
 
 a little iron-pyrites and galena. Weight of specimen, six and 
 
 three-quarter ounces. 
 
 ined : — 
 
 of specimen, one poun ^ 
 
 a of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 ntain district. 
 
 fite ; it contained a fel 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 -From a vein on location R. 51, Silver Mountain district. Sample 
 from main branch in shaft, at a depth of about eighteen feet. 
 An association of barite, coarse crystalline calcite, fluorite, and 
 
30 T 
 
 floIdnndSil 
 AM8y(, oont 
 
 Province of 
 Ontario, cont. 
 
 ver 
 
 0«Or.O,HCAL AND NATURAL HI8T0BV BURVEV OF CANADA. #"" ] 
 
 a dark-«rey.shalo, carrying a littlo iron.pyrito« and xinc 1,1,,, 
 «^ .0.0 silvor-Klanoo and native silve.-'^ VVeigho^e 
 one po,uul ten ounce.. AnnayH showed it to contain .- ' ' 
 
 t»old none. 
 
 '^"^*"" ^-^"342 ounces to the ton of u',000 lbs. 
 
 *'"~t!kr %' '"""' •?'". ^ '^'' ^'''"^'' '"«^ ■"«"''«"-* specimen 4 
 
 An association of quartx, calcito, barite, and fluorite. wi.i 
 
 Weight of spec.men, thirteen ounces. It was found to contti,. 
 
 Gold trace. 
 
 ^''^''^'" • 758 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 50.-From a vein on location R. f)8, Silver Mountain district 
 
 An association of quartz, caicite, fluorito, an.l a dark-grey sl,t 
 with, here and there, a few specks of galena. We■d^t oJ * 
 men, one pound two and a-half ounces. ^ ' 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 The sample, which was stated to consist of material taken frJ 
 vanous parts of the working, weighed ten pounds six ounces.^ 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 i^xamined for 
 
 62. 
 
 Watte '^''''' ■^''^""' '"''*'' °^ Babbit Hoantain. 
 A coarsely crystalline galena in a highly siliceous gangue* 
 
 Weight ot specimen, half an ounce. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 ^^'~ilZ ^'"T" :^"'''" ^'^'•""^'^ «^>' ^'"« "«'-tl> of the township! 
 Badgerow, District of Nipissing wnsnip 
 
 Jenratr'" "' '" "^'"'^'*""" '' « ^^'^^^^h^* ^ne crystall 
 
 S^talL sul^^^^^^^^ ' 
 
 cent bv Ji t' Tl'"''''''^' ^PP'-«--i'"'^tely, ninety-three ri 
 
 thiee-quarter ounce.. Assays showed it to contain :- ^ 
 
 g °'.'' "e. y distinct traces. 
 
 ' ^^'" ^5 ■ 750 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
lURVBY OP CANADA. 
 
 OHEUIOAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
 
 31 T 
 
 ton of U.OOO lbs. 
 
 ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 ain. Examined for : 
 
 hFrom tlu' tiftoontli lot of the ninili liini^e of Bagot, county ofooMandSiiv* 
 i IfentVew. Kxaminuil Ibi- Mr. 0. F. (rildfrnk-ovo. A«iya.cont. 
 
 Iron-pyritoB in n Kaii^'uo conhisting of white and red calcite, SSur"S"oout. 
 ■ quartz, and mica. Weight of Mpocimon, eiglit and tliree-quarter 
 louncos. 
 
 It contnineil neitlior tfold nor silver. 
 
 -From nn o])oning about ton milcH from Port Arthur, Thunder 
 Bay, Lake Superior. Examined for T. S. Sproulo, Ewq., M.I'. 
 
 It consisted of galena, as.sociatod with a little iron-pyritos, in a 
 gungue of quartz. Weight of spoeimen, three ouncos. It was 
 fouiul to contain : — 
 
 Gold none. 
 
 Hilver 1 .458 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 District of Keewatin. 
 
 -Fi'om bay south of Cape Jones, north-west side of Hudson's Bay, District, of 
 nearly o])po8ito Marble Island. Collected by Dr. R. Bell. Keewutiu. 
 
 Massive, vorj' fine crystalline iron-pyrites, through which was 
 di.Hseminated a light-greyish colored quartz, The lattei- consti- 
 tuted, appvoximatol}', twenty per cent,, by weight, of the whole. 
 Weight of specimen, six and a-half pounds. It contained :— 
 
 Gold trace. 
 
 Silver • J "5 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 This specimen waj also examined for copper — the i-esults were 
 negative. 
 
 -This and the following specimen is from the Minerva location, 
 Minerva Island. The latter lies about nine miles south-west of 
 Eat Portage, Lake of the Woods. They were examined for Mr. 
 G. Donison Tajdor. 
 
 This specimen was stated to have been taken from near the 
 surface, and to constitute a continuous streak of from one to two 
 inches in width near the northern wall. 
 
 A white translucent quartz, in association with a small quantity 
 ofa greenish-grey chloritic mineral; the whole was more or less 
 stained with hydrated peroxide of iron ; it contained a little iron- 
 pyi-ites, a few specks of galena, and an occasional speck of gold. 
 Weight of specimen, one and three-quarters ounces. Assays 
 gave :— 
 
 Gold 7-696 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 Silver 0-671 of an ounce " " 
 
32 T OEOLOaUAL AND NATDRAL HrHToRT 8.IRVIT OK CANADA 
 
 A«tro "„','.''•' '^^•-^''" '"'''«'•'"' ^•onMti.uiing tJuH .uinplo ..onHiHtod of «pecim 
 DUTicof taken from: 
 
 Ke..w«,i„,c.„„,. «._Tho Hhaft, at a .lopth of eight foot : consisting of a grey 
 
 white tranHiucoiit quartz, in aHsoriation with a Nomew 
 • iftrif, greeninli-groy chioritic ro<k, through which was 
 nominated a Hmall .,uuntitj of irou-pyrites. Woight of »p, 
 men, two and a-half pounds. 
 b.-Siuift, hanging wall: an association of a greyish-wl. 
 •luartz an<l a dark, nlightiy grooaish-groy chioritic rock, . 
 taming a small quantity of iron-pyrites. Woight of «,„ 
 men, one pound two ounces. 
 c— The shaft, at a depth of Hfteen feet. This consisted n 
 greyish-wliite translucent quart/, in association with a sni 
 (|uantity of a bri-ht green chioritic mineral, and a trifl; 
 amount of calcite. It contained, in parts, a little iron-pyii, 
 Woight of specimen, one pound one ounce. 
 The whole was reduced to powder and intimately mixed 
 oi-der to obtain a fair average sample. It contained :— 
 
 ^"''^ • 145 of an ounce to tJie ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 Silver 0'017 " " « « 
 
 69.— This, and the following specimen is from the Gold Hill Alii 
 Gold Lake, Big Stone liny mining district, Lake of the Woo 
 They were collected by Mr. A. C. Lawson. 
 
 Fi-om Shaft No. i._A greyish-white to white, very fine en 
 talline quartzito, traversed by a few thin seams of a dark-grc' 
 chioritic mineral. Weight of specimen, one pound ten ounces 
 was found to contain : — 
 
 Gold none. ' 
 
 ^'Iv^' 0117 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 eo.-From Combination lead. -A white translucent quartz in associ 
 tion with a dark-green chioritic schist. Weight of specimen fi, 
 ounces. Assays gave : — ' 
 
 <^old distinct traces. 
 
 ^'^^SJ" 0-233 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 61.— From the west side of Hudson's Bay, south of Chesterfield Inh i 
 Collecteil by Di. E. Bell. 
 
 Iron-pyrites. Weight of specimen, eight ounces. As«u 
 showed it to contain : — 
 
 Gold trace. 
 
 ®"ver 0-233 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 [■From t 
 
 »bout te 
 
 flowing I 
 
 A mi 
 
 nth uy 
 
 leix oun( 
 
 From tl 
 
 A gre 
 
 ,|much fi 
 
 *iboth ins 
 
 specime 
 
 From tl 
 f known i 
 A fint 
 interrai: 
 amount 
 pound t 
 
 G 
 
 S: 
 
 -I'Vom a 
 by Mr. u 
 A wli 
 shale ; i 
 specime 
 
 G 
 
 8 
 
 -From t 
 North i 
 (section 
 District 
 The 81 
 ir\g in ( 
 very fini 
 of a pai 
 with the 
 
UBVIT OK CANADA. 
 
 I conMiHtod of 8i)ecim| 
 
 : consiHting of ii grey 
 iatiotj with a HomoUi 
 
 through which wiis 
 )yrite8. Weight of »pi 
 
 tion of 11 groyish-wL 
 ■groy eliloritic rock, i 
 •ritoa. Weight of wpd 
 
 eet. Thi8 con.Ninted n 
 aHMoci.ition with a «ni 
 J mineral, and a trifli 
 larts, a little iron-pyriii 
 >unce. 
 
 id intimately mixed, 
 contained : — 
 
 «n of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 m the Gold Hill Miij 
 ct, Lake of the Wooj 
 
 white, very tine cnj! 
 weams of a dark-grj 
 le pound ten ounces. 
 
 n of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 iicont quartz in associl 
 eight of specimen, foi 
 
 a of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 1 of Chesterfield Inlt 
 
 sight ounces. Astsm 
 
 I of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 CHEHirAI. CONTRIBUTION!. 88 f 
 
 North- Wist 'Ikbhitort. 
 
 From township 26, range 15, west of Sth priiu ^.a! meridian— ooid iu.<i siirer 
 bout ten milet) Mouth-wost of Silver City. TIiIh and the two fo). *»»»>". eont. 
 owing HpecimenH were e-xaminod for Mr. G. L. Lecomto. TBrri^ory*" 
 
 A milky-white quartz, > intuining cavitieH and HwHuroH lined 
 with i.ydrated peroxide of iron. Weight of specimen, one pound 
 
 six ounces. 
 
 It containi .1 neither gold nor silver. 
 
 From the same locality as the preceding. 
 
 A greyiwh-white to white Hub-tranHluccnt (|uartz. It was very 
 much tiMsured, and contained numerouM cavities; these wore, in 
 both instances, lined with hydrated peroxide of iron. Weight of 
 specimen, two and three-ijuarter pounds. 
 
 It contained neither )J!old nor silver. 
 
 -From the south slope of the second mountain east of what is 
 [known as "Castle" Mountain, Rocky Mounta -s. 
 
 A tine lo coarse crystalline calcite, containing a good deal of 
 intermixed hydrated peroxide of iron, and a very appreciable 
 
 amount of green carbonate of coppei . Weight of specimen, one 
 [j»ound two and a-half ounces. Assays showed it to contain: — 
 
 Gold trace. 
 
 Silver • 700 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 -From a wmall island at the outlet of Burntwood Lake. Collected 
 I by Mr. A. S. Cochrane. 
 
 A white translucent quartz in association with a dark-grey 
 I shale; it contained, in parts, a little iron pyrites. Weight of 
 
 specimen, five and a-quarter ounces. Assays gave : — 
 
 Gold trace. 
 
 Silver none. 
 
 -From the James Haney claim on Discovery Creek, north side, 
 North Saskatchewan River, about sixty miles above Edmonton 
 (section 35, township 50, range 4, west of 5th principal meridian) 
 District of Alberta. 
 
 The sample consisted of a light, earthy, friable material, vary- 
 ing in color from pale yellowish to light reddish-brown, and a 
 very fine-grained, hard, apparently baked, arenaceous clay shale 
 of a pale dull yellow to light reddish-brown color. Agi-eeably 
 with the results of an assay conducted by Mr. B. B. Kenriok, 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
34 T 
 
 OEOLOaiCAL AND NATURAL HISTORY StJRVET OK CANADA. 
 
 ^'arl^n't':"^^-^'^^ 1ft '"«"t'«ned was accompanied by another sample con J 
 P.-U^e.t-- '"■'-' 'I '^ d'^'-'c-colored sconaceous mass, stated byZ s'em 1 
 TerHto^.eon.. cons.H of material similar to that just described, after it had 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 In the course of a geological examination of the Distri,,! 
 Alberta, during the past summer, Mr J B Tvrrpll v- 
 Hite of Mr. James nancy's claim, ;eferrcd 'to in^he t"!;' | 
 one, and collected good representative specimens of the mall 
 wlncMnh,.s return, were placed in my hands for xL™';^ 
 and It ,s to these specimens that the following six a. "vs 
 reference. Mr. Tyrrell informs me that whft llZ^n. 
 Haneys first claim is in a ma.s of ddbris fallen f om tr^ 
 bod of hgn.te, while his second claim is in the burned out e ^ 
 hgn.te itseif-the two claims being about a mile apa. t n r i 
 hat at about two miles from the Ste of these clah^ ami" I 
 hes amof J,gn:te remains intact, the same has a thid ne 
 t-nt^.x feet ten inches, including one foot ten inche:^?:^! 
 
 A good deal of information in regard to the combustion of] 
 mte beds w: I,e found in Dr. G. M. Dawson's Eepo t on 
 Geology and iiesources of the Forty-ninth Parallel, p. ^64 
 
 '''~lltZ' ''""''7 f '"" '^" '°'"'"^«°" °f t'- «->" of ligni 
 llaneys second claim. ^ 1 
 
 Gold . 
 Silver. 
 
 trace, 
 none. 
 
 69.-Shale overlying the seam of lignite. Haney's second claim 
 
 An arenaceous clay-shale, very fine-grained and of cbse H 
 tare; color, pa e dull yellow to light, and occasionally d^k 
 dish-brown. It boro evidencs of having been submitted .n „ ! 
 or less intense heat. Assays gave ;- «»bm,tted to a m^ 
 
 Gold 
 
 Silver [[ '''«ce- 
 
 none. 
 
 '"•1^;? Brit? "■"" "" ""'^""'» °^ "" «™ °f "«4 
 
 A clinkored raa«, in prnt. acorinceou,, e„clo.ing f,..gm.nt. | 
 
 Iann.] 
 
SURVEY Of CANADA. 
 
 by another sample, con^ 
 188, stated by the Mendc" 
 desci-ibed, after it had I 
 lis was also assayed byj 
 
 lor silver. 
 
 lination of the Districtl 
 '• J. B. Tyrrell visite.! 
 !-ed to in the last assay 
 
 specimens of the mateii 
 my hands for examinatil 
 
 Ibllowing six assays 
 that what is known i 
 bris fallen from the bu 
 
 in the bui'ned out scan 
 lilt a mile apart ; furil| 
 »f these claims, and wiij 
 ' same has a thiclvno.s.<i 
 le foot ton inches of si 
 
 to the combustion of I 
 Dawson's Eeport on 
 tli Parallel, p. 164. 
 
 ■ANN.] 
 
 OHEMIOAI, CONTRIBUTrONS. 
 
 35 T 
 
 of the seam of ligui 
 
 ble, material, varjim,'! 
 ish-brown. It was foiT 
 
 trace, 
 none. 
 
 tney's second claim. 
 :rained and of close ti* 
 id occasionally dark A 
 been submitted to a md 
 
 trace, 
 none. 
 
 of the seam of ligni' 
 enclosing fragments | 
 
 burnt shale; the cementing material, which varied in color from ooia and Silver 
 bluish-asb to ash-grey and brownish-red, had a more or less 
 
 Assiiys, oont. 
 
 vesicular structure ; portions of the mass presented, externally, Territoryrcont. 
 the appearance of a glassy slag. It contained : — 
 
 Gold trace. 
 
 Silver none. 
 
 -Material found lying on the surface of the ground at the foot of 
 the slope in which the seam of lignite is exposed. 
 
 A clinkered semi-scoriaceous material; color, externally, for 
 the most part, grej'ish-black with a slight brownish tinge ; that 
 of freshly fractured surl'aco, ash-gi'cy and brownish-red. Assays 
 showed it to contain : — 
 
 Gold trace. 
 
 Silver none. 
 
 -Boulder clay overlying Laramie sandstones, clays and lignite. 
 From mouth of creek on which llaney's tirst claim is situated. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 -Shaly parting occurring, about eight feet from the top, in seam 
 of lignite. Near Hanoy's tirst claim. 
 
 This material, which bad a clove-brown to blackish-brown color, 
 was also found to contain : — 
 
 Gold traces. 
 
 Silver none. 
 
 PrOVINCK of liRITISII COLUMBIA. 
 
 I — This, and the two following specimens are from fifteen milew west Province of 
 of summit of Selkirk Eango, and three miles north of the line ofooiJ.'rabia. 
 the Canadian Pacific Railway. 
 
 A coarsely crystalline giilena, in association with a trifling 
 amount of calcite. Weight of specimen, nine ounces. Assays 
 showed it to contain : — 
 
 Gold traces. 
 
 Silver 74-321 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 . — A white translucent quartz, in parts stained with hydrated per- 
 oxide of iron, carrying galena and a small quantity of zinc-blende. 
 The metallic sulphides constituted, approximately, thirty-seven 
 per cent., by weight, of the whole. Weight of specimen, eight 
 and a-half ounces. Assays gave: — 
 
 Gold none. 
 
 Silver 142-187 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
36 T 
 
 GEOLOOIOAL AND NATUItAL HISTORY SUHVET OP CANADA. 
 
 &riom:"'^^-~'^'''''''"'^'y''''y«*"'""« gale-. a, almost entirely free from gan. 
 Provinoeof ^^'^^^ ""^ Specimen, tw. and a-half ounces. Ft was fou.,. 
 
 British Contain : — 
 
 Columbia, oont. 
 
 Gold none. 
 
 ^''ver 66-354 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 77.— Pi-om about ten miles west of summit of Selkirk Range 
 within one and . :,alf mile of the line of the Canadian pJ 
 Railway. Examined for Mr. W. A. Aliiin. 
 
 A coarsely ciystalline galena in association with a little cii! 
 and quartz. Weight of specimen, one pound nine ounces, 
 contained : — 
 
 Gold k 
 
 Silver 
 
 minute trace. 
 
 74-;i75 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 78.— This, and the three following specimens ai-o from (he ZeH 
 mine, .Scotch Creek, Shuswap Lake. The lirst three wl 
 examined for Mr. A. .J. Hill, the fourth for Mr. B. Bailey. 
 
 Taken from the outcrop.— A moderately coarse crystiil 
 galena, through which was disseminated a few particles of copjl 
 pyrites, in association with small quantities of white translucl 
 quartz and calcite. The metallic sulphides constituted, appq 
 mately, ninety per cent., by weight, of the whole. Weight! 
 specimen, three ounces. Assays gave : 
 
 Gold distinct traces. 
 
 S'lvor 11-667 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 79.— Taken ten feet in from mouth of tunnel.— A moderately 
 crystalline galena, in a ganguo of white translucent quartz ' Tl 
 galena constituted, approximately, forty-tivo per cent., by wak] 
 of the whole. Weight of specimen, nearly two ounces. It ' 
 found to contain : — 
 
 Gold distinct traces. 
 
 S'ilyoT 36-000 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 80.— Taken forty-eight feet in from mouth of tunnol.-A raodoratei 
 coarse crystalline galena, in association with a white translucel 
 quartz. The galena C(mstitutcd, approximately, eighty per cenl 
 by weight, of the whole. Weight of specimen, seven and a-ii' 
 ounces. Assays showed it to contain :— 
 
 Gold distinct traces. 
 
 Silver 4C -667 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
iURVEY OP CANADA. 
 
 intirely free from gan 
 unees. ft was foun 
 
 ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 t of Solkirlv Range, 
 of the (Janadian Pat 
 
 n. 
 
 atioii with a little ca: 
 pound nine ouncoN. 
 
 ton of 2,000 11)8. 
 
 iH are from the Zor 
 The fii-8t three w 
 )r Mr. B. Bailey, 
 •ately coarse crystal 
 * few particles of cop] 
 ties of white transhui 
 los constituted, appn 
 the whole. Weight 
 
 on of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 lol. — A moderately li 
 ransliicent quartz. T^ 
 ve per cent., by wci^' 
 ly two ounces. It , 
 
 u of 2,000 11)9. 
 
 tunnel.— A raoderato 
 ith a white transluct 
 lately, eighty per <•( i 
 inion, seven and a-h;| 
 
 [1 of 2,n00 11)8. 
 
 WJiwN."] CHEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. S'J T 
 
 #Talven fifty-two feet in fi-om mouth of tunnel. — A moderately (i„irt and Silver 
 ino crystalline galena, t^u-ough which was disseminated a trifling ^'■'"'■''*' *"'"'' 
 mount of iron-pyrites, in association with a white translucent ]^'",^jX'' "' 
 uartz. The metallic sulphides constituted, approximately, ^*'''""'*'''''"'"'- 
 eventy-two per cent., hy weight, of the whole. Weight of 
 
 ispecimen, nine and a-half ounces. Assays gave: — 
 
 (lold distinct traces. 
 
 f^ilvor 10-208 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 This, and the following specimen are from Nicola Valley. They 
 Avero examined fur Mr. J. Crawfonl. 
 
 It consisted of an association of totrahedrite, galena, iron-pyrites 
 Sand zinc-blonde, in a gangue of quart/,. Weight of specimen, two 
 iiid a-half ounces. It was found to contain : — 
 
 Gold • 729 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 Silver 39-521 ounces " " 
 
 A fine crystalline galena in association with a little iron-pyrites, 
 n a gangue of quartz. Weight of specimen, two and three- 
 quarter ounces. Assays gave : — 
 
 Gold distinct traces. 
 
 Silver 20-927 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lb.-. 
 
 This, and the three following specimens are from the Selkirk 
 Range, and within fifteen or twenty miles of Golden City, on the 
 lino of the Canadian Pacific Railway. They were examined for 
 Mr. F. N. Gisborne. 
 
 A white translucent quartz, more or less coated with hydrated 
 peroxide of iron. Weight of specimen, three and a-quarter ounces. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 A white ti-anslucent quartz in association with a small quantity 
 of a dark-grey hydrous mica. It was for the most pai-t thickly 
 coated with hydrated peroxide of iron. Weight of specimen, four 
 and three-quarter ounces. Assays showed it to contain : — 
 
 Gold none. 
 
 Silver 0- 974 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 The sample was made up of fragments of a white quartz and a 
 
 dark grey limestone ; the former were much honeycombed, the 
 
 cavities holding hydrated peroxide of ii-on. Weight of specimen 
 
 two ounces. 
 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
Province of 
 British 
 Columbia, coct 
 
 38 T OBOLOfllCAr, AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY OK CANADA. 
 
 ZtyTcoi!^''^'^-~'^^'Sh\7cn\caveom, ami very fen-nginous, readily friable . 
 stone, enclosing nharp angular fragments of a light grey 1.1 
 ferruginous limestone. Weight of specimen, eight ounces. 
 It contained neitlier j;old nor silver. 
 
 88.-This, and the two following specimens a-o fi-om exposures in 
 vicinity of the Eig Jiend, Columbia Eiver. They wore exan, 
 for Mr. E. A. McVitty. 
 
 A white translucent quart/-, for the most part thicklv .- 
 with hydrated peroxide of iron. Weight of specimen, \,uv 
 a-half ounces. 
 
 It contained neitlier gold nor silver. 
 
 8!).-A moderately course crystalline galena, in a ganguo of -.vi 
 translucent quart/.; the latter was moi^e or less stained v 
 hydrated peroxide of iron. Weight of specimen, three and ••. i 
 ounces. Assays showed it to contain :— 
 
 ^°^^ very distinct traces. 
 
 ^''^'^'■; 43-750 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 90.-A white translucent ,,uartz, in parts thickly coated with hvdi i 
 peroxide of iron. Weight of specimen, three ami a-quarter ou,u 
 It contained neither gold nor silver. 
 
 Ol.-From the "Moberly lead," ten miles west of summit of SclL 
 Kange, and ten miles from the line of the Canadian Pacific I; 
 way. 
 
 Galena, associated with a small quantity of zinc-blende ami 
 little iron-pyrites, in a gangue of white translucent, occasion, 
 ti'ansparent, (quartz. The gangue amounted to 59-5 per cent 
 weight, of the whole. Weight of specimen, eight and thi 
 quarter ounces. It was found to contain:— 
 
 ^ol'i distinct traces. 
 
 ^"^®' 2-917 ounces to the ton of 2,000 llw. 
 
 92.--From the "Silver King Mine," McCulloch Creek, Eig Ecri 
 Columbia Eiver. *^ 
 
 Galena, associated with a small amount of specular iron ini 
 gangue of white translucent quartz; the latter contained nunu 
 ous cavities holding hydrated peroxide of iron, and was also 
 ])art8, stained with this lattei. The gangue amounted to 88 -.5 ,4 
 cent by weight, of the whole. Weight of specimen, four al 
 a-Halt ounces. Assays showed it to contain .— 
 
 Gold distinct traces. 
 
 ^'^^®'" 21-875 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 '«i»NN.] 
 
 t,- l'"ion 
 
 IVom 
 MP. 
 It ( 
 sialic 
 tritliti 
 staiiu 
 with 
 three 
 
 5.— The 
 ,i|rara- 
 iiaifa 
 ible. 
 
SURVEY OK CANADA. 
 
 ?inous, readily friable siij 
 3nt8 of a light grey, hij;! 
 ioimen, oight ouncen. 
 lor silver. 
 
 s are fi-om exposures in 
 ver. They were exaniiii 
 
 most part thicitly coiJ 
 iglit of specimen, one | 
 
 or silver. 
 
 na, in a gangiio of -Ail 
 lore or less stained «| 
 specimen, three and a-lj 
 
 B ton of 2,000 II )s. 
 
 ickly coated with hydral 
 hree and a-quarter ouncj 
 r silver. 
 
 '■est of summit of Seikl 
 he Canadian Pacific bM 
 
 itity of zinc-blende andl 
 translucent, occasional 
 ited to 59-5 per cent.. | 
 cimen. eight and tlirf 
 n: — 
 
 ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 illoch Creek, Big Bob| 
 
 nt of specular iron, ini 
 i latter contained nuiikl 
 of iron, and was also, i 
 ;ue amounted to 88-5 |.J 
 it of specimen, four al 
 in : — 
 
 on of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 Inn.] 
 
 CIIKMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
 
 ilO T 
 
 j-Said to have been collected at a point five miles east of Laporte,o„id ami silver 
 IColumbia Eiver. Vein twenty-seven feet wide. '^'""*"'' ™"'- 
 
 A white sub-translucent quai'tz, thickly coated with hydratcd i!Htii,'i°" "' 
 [peroxide of iron ; a certain propoi'tion of the latter, in a loose |,ui.<^'"'"i"biii,cimt. 
 Iverulent form, al.so accompanied the specimen. Specks of motal- 
 llic gold were readily discernible in the loose material. Weight of 
 I specimen, four ounces. It contained: — 
 
 Gold 40-542 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 Silver 0-700 of an ounce " " 
 
 -From Hixon Creek, Upper Fraser River, Cariboo District. T.iken 
 [from a depth of one hundred feet. Examined for ,1. IJeid, Fs(^., 
 M.P. 
 
 It consisted of a white sub-translucent quartz, carrj-ing copper- 
 glance, a small quantity of copper-pyrites, a little galena, and 
 trifling amounts of bornite and iron-pyrites. It was in parts 
 stained with hydrated peroxide of iron, as also, hei-e and there, 
 with a little green carbonate of copper. Weight of specimen, 
 throe and a-quarter pounds. Assays showed it to contain : — 
 
 Gold 0-583 of an ounce to the ton of i',000 lbs. 
 
 Silver 29-983 ounce " " " 
 
 -The foregoing was accompanied by a small quantity— 0-2332 
 gram — of material, which was seated to be the concentrates of 
 half a pound of the rock. In this native gold was readily discern- 
 ible. It contained : — 
 
 Gold 2-659 per cent 
 
 Silver 4 . 181 " 
 
 -Hub8e(piently another sample of concentrates of the ore from 
 Ilixon Creek (Assay No. 1)4) was received for examination ; it 
 weighed five and three-quarter ounces. ' Assays showed it to con- 
 tain : — 
 
 Gold, equal to 8-021 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 Silver, " 18-229 " " " 
 
 of concentrates. It was not stated how many tons of ore a ton of 
 such concentrates would represent. 
 
 -From the property of the Nicola Milling and Mining Company 
 
 south-east side of Stump Lake, Nicola Valley. Examined for 
 Mr. A. E. Howse. 
 
 It consisted of galena in association with tetrahedrite, small 
 quantities of iron-pyrites, copper-pyrites, and a little bornite, in a 
 
40 T 
 
 Oold undlSilvcr 
 Assays, cont. 
 
 Province of 
 British 
 Columbia, cont. 
 
 i ' '■"im 
 
 OEOLOOrOAL AND NATUKAL IHSTORT SURVEY OP CAffADA. 
 
 waHfortho most part coated with hydmted peroxide of ir,,,, 
 pm- ts With carbonate of load, and here and thole with I lit 
 
 and a-half ounces. Assays <,'ave :— 
 
 ^^"''^ • 720 of an ounce to the tor. of 2,000 lbs 
 
 S'lvor 104-271 ounces •' « .. 
 
 na-This ,ud the following specimen, is from the southern oxtren. 
 of^htump Lake, N:cola Valley. They wore examined for M,- 
 
 A Hno crystalline galena, associate.! with a little iron-nyritc 
 a gangue of greyish-whi(o translucent quartx. The meC. 
 u! th T '^T'T'' ••'PP----^t«'y. ono-founl., by wei^ 
 
 fouann] 
 
 )2. -Fro 
 An 
 
 (■i»ar8( 
 speck 
 miner 
 Misce 
 carbor 
 It con 
 
 Gold...!. 
 Silver . . . 
 
 0-729 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 15-094 ounces " " 
 
 trT """"""■ ''"^'^'"'"^ ^'^'^"'^' '" association with ir 
 
 pyntes, copper-pyrites, and a white translucent quartz 1 
 Utte,- constituted but a very small proportion of'he wh 
 
 ll:!^^^''" '''- -' -^"-- --«• As«^s ^^ 
 
 mt : : : : :; : : : : i]'Z """ "" *'.' '°" "' 'r ''^^• 
 
 ''"Thfr'? I?' '"'•''"' '"''' ^'^ ^^'"^' ^'^'"-'''^ «-er. This and .^ 
 th,^e fo lowing specimens were examined for Dr. U T Orton 
 
 y."'^ C - 1 75 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 ^dver 0-641 " « , „ 
 
 '"'■ whirtrl''/'"'; ^""""^ ''''' ^'^' ^^""' ^'«'-'l- River. 1 
 
 It w.is for the most part coated with ferric hydrate. Weieht? 
 specimen, two ounces. Assays gave:- ^ 
 
 J°'*^ 1 ■ 9"5 ounces to tho ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 ^"ver 175 of an ounce" 
 
SURVEY OP CANADA. 
 
 RNN,] 
 
 OHEiirOAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
 
 41 T 
 
 e ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 U 
 
 \ 
 
 in association with irrf 
 
 translucent quartz; i^ 
 
 iropoi'tion of the wlni 
 
 ounces. Assays nhow.; 
 
 ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 on of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 u of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 -From Otter Tail Creek. 
 
 , . . ... QolilandSilver 
 
 An association o( a fabrous, tinely crystalline, and a somewhat ^''"'*''' """*• 
 .oiu-sely crystalline galena, through which was disHeminated a few ES"" "'' 
 sju^cks of copper-pyrites and a trifling amount of a micaceous *-'"'""''''''•''""'• 
 mineral which gave all the reactions of Cookeite (see under 
 Miscellaneous minerals, p. 12t) ; it was in parts coated with 
 (uiri)onate of lead. Weight of specimen, two and a-quarter ounces. 
 It contained : — 
 
 Gold none. 
 
 ^'^ver 16 • 771 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lis. 
 
 -Fi'om Otter Tail Creek, 
 
 An association of galena and tetrahedrite, together with a little 
 
 copper-pyrites and quartz; it was, here and there, coated with 
 
 carbonate of lead, and green and blue carbonate of copper. A 
 
 I small quantity of the micaceous mineral, referred to in describing 
 
 J the preceding specimen, was also observed in this one. Weight 
 
 [of specimen, three-quarters of an ounce. Assays showed it" to 
 
 contain : — 
 
 Gold none. 
 
 ^'1^'er 1 13 • 749 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 I— This, and the following specimen, is from the Columbia claim 
 McUulloch Creek, Big Bend, Columbia Kiver. They were examined 
 for Mr. R. A. McVitty. 
 
 From the North load.— A white translucent quartz, carrying a 
 httlo galena ; some pieces wei'e very much honeycombed, the 
 cavieties holding hydrated peroxide of iron; all the fragments 
 were more or less stained with the latter. Weight of specimen, 
 four and three-quarter pounds. It contained :— 
 
 Gold distinct traces. 
 
 ^i^^^"" 16-975 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 I— From the South load.— A white translucent quartz, seamed and 
 I stained with hydrated peroxided of iron; it contained a little 
 I iron-pyntes. Weight of specimen, two pounds two ounces. 
 Assays gave : — 
 
 Gold noue. 
 
 ^''^®'" -525 of an ounce to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 I— Prom thirty-three miles east of Bevelstoke (formerly Farwell) 
 neai' the line of the Canadian Pacific ftailway, Selkirk Range' 
 hxamined for Mr. A. F. McKinnon. 
 
flold and Silver 
 Asaays, oont. 
 
 Province of 
 Britisli 
 Columbia, oont. 
 
 42 T OHOLOOIOAL AND NATUEAt HISTORY SUftVBY OP CANADA. 
 
 A fine to modoi-atoly coarse ciystallino galena, in associ!., 
 with a little calcito. It wan found to contain :— 
 
 t>old none. 
 
 ^''v*" 53-230 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 107.— From the Maple-leaf claim, Illecillevvaot River, about tlii 
 three miles oa>^t of Kovelstoko (formerly Furwoll), and will! 
 mile of the lino of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Selkirk JJa J 
 Examined for Mr. J. Boyd. 
 
 A ('oarne crystalline galena, through which was diNsominat , 
 trifling amount of ganguo, consisting of calcite ; it was, in ]d 
 stained with a little green carbonate of copper. Weigli 
 specimen, ten ounces. It contained: 
 
 Gold none. 
 
 Silver 05-625 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 ll 
 
 108._From the Shamrock claim, which is in close proximity to i| 
 claim whence the preceding specimen was taken. Examineii I 
 Mr. J. Boyd. 
 
 Galena, exhibiting a somewhat fibrous structure, in asssocia-,, 
 with a little calcite; the latter constituted but a very small -d 
 portion, bywcght, of the whole. Weight of specimen, one 
 a-quarter pound. Assay gave : 
 
 Gold none. 
 
 ^^'Iv®' 78-750 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 109.— This, and the following specimen is fi-om within three milut,^ 
 Field Station, on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, K 
 ing Horse Pass, Rocky Mountains. They were examined for J 
 G. B. Pattee. ^ 
 
 A moderately coarse crystalline galena in a ganguo of doloii| 
 Weight of specimen, four pounds three ounces. The galena, ci 
 fully freed from the gangue, was found to contain :— 
 
 Gold none. 
 
 Silver 3-646 ounces to the ton of 2,000 lbs. . 
 
 1 10.— A fine to moileratoly coarse crystalline galena. It contain.'d ^ 
 a very trifling amount of gangue. Weight of specimen, 
 pounds two ounces. Assays showed it to contain :— 
 
 Gold none. 
 
 Silver 6-503 ounces to the ton of 2,000 1 bs. 
 
 111.— From Goat River, Kootenay, Received from Mr. J. 
 Eidgway. 
 
SURVEY OF CANADA. 'O""* 
 
 lino galena, in ehhoc 
 contain: — 
 
 ("llEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
 
 43 T 
 
 the ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 ivvuot River, about tin 
 ivly Parwoli), and will 
 c Railway, Solivirk I{ii 
 
 I which was diHHominm 
 >f calcite ; it wuh, in in 
 e of copper. Weigli 
 
 le ton of 2,000 lbs. * 
 
 in close proximity to 
 was taken. Examinoi 
 
 18 structure, in asHsocini 
 uted but a very small -.a 
 ight of specimen, ono 
 
 A fine to modonitoly coamc erystallino galena in association 
 with u little iron-pyrites, in a gangue ot'rjuartz. Weight of speci- 
 men, fifteen oun>.es. It contained : — 
 
 Gold n<ine. 
 
 Silver 14 • 583 ounces to tlie ton of 2 000 lbs. 
 
 I.— From the Stoadman ledge, Kichfiokl, Cariboo District. Exam- 
 ined foi' J. Reid, lUq., M.P. 
 
 A white translucent (]uartz, traversed by thin seams of car- 
 bonaceous matter, with, here and there, a few specks of iron- 
 pyrites. It WHS found to contain : — 
 
 Oold distinct trace. 
 
 Silver none. 
 
 ;.— From the Ebor\e/,or Mine, Kicking Horse Pass, two and a-half 
 miles east of Golden City, Rocky Mountains. Collected by Mr. 
 R. G. McConnell. 
 
 A white, fine cr^'stallino-granular limestone, through which 
 was disseminated small quantities of a bright-red colored cinnabar 
 and minute crystals of iroii-pyrites. Assays showed it to con- 
 tain ; — 
 
 Gold trace. 
 
 Silver none. 
 
 Gold and Silver 
 Asaiiys, oont. 
 
 Prcivinco of 
 
 Brili!<li 
 
 Ciiliimbia,cont, 
 
 he ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 
 from within three mikja 
 ian Pacific Railway, K ■ 
 ley were examined for j 
 
 la in a gangue of doloii| 
 ounces. The galena, oi 
 to contain : — 
 
 (ton of 2, 000 lbs. . 
 
 ) galena. It contained 
 height of specimen, 
 » contain : — 
 
 ton of 2,000 lbs. 
 eived from Mr. J. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS EXAMINATIONS. ... „ 
 
 Miscellaneous 
 examinations. 
 
 -Shell-marl from the Island of Anticosti, Province of Quebec. j.|,(,||,„^j| 
 Examined for Mr. F. W. Stockwell. from tiio Island 
 
 ot Anticosti, 
 
 This material was found by Mr. F. D. Adams to contain— after Quebe"c? °^ 
 drying at 100° C, whereby it lost 20'897 per cent, of water — 
 0-008 per cent, of phosphoric acid, which would represent 0*017 
 per cent, tribasic phosphate of lime. Or — in the condition in 
 Wijich it was received — 0'0063 per cent, of phosphoric acid, repre- 
 senting 0'0137 per cent, tribasic phosphate of lime. 
 
 -A carbonaceous schist from one mile south of Ptarmigan Bay, (,,j^(,p^^^g^ 
 Lake of the "Woods, llistrict of lieewatin. Collected by Mr. A. C. sfhistfrom 
 
 ' •' Vlarinigan 
 
 Lawson. 
 
 It had a blackish-gn, 
 texture. Mr. F. 1). Adams found it to contain — after drying at 
 100° C, whereby it lost 0'094 per cent, of moisture — 5*773 per cent, 
 of carbonaceous matter. 
 
 iigan 
 Bay, Lake of 
 the >Voods, 
 
 olor, was fine-grained, and earthy inKee™tj^|^ 
 
44 T 
 
 Cement-itono, 
 from vioinity 
 of Cftlgiiry, 
 Norlh-We»t 
 Territory. 
 
 Saline depoilt 
 from vioinity 
 of Maplo Crook, 
 Nordi-Weit 
 Territory. 
 
 OEOLOajOAf. AND NATURAL IIIHTORY 8UHVEV OV CANADA. 
 
 3.-Comont.stono. I-Von. Shaggunuppi Point, about two miles wc^t 
 OalKuiy, on tlio lino of tho C.vnii.lian PnclHc ll.iilway, North-W , 
 Torntoiy. Goologiinl position— Laiamio. 
 
 A very fine-grained, bluinh-groy limestone from thin local, 
 yielded, when calcined, a lime of very marked hydraulic char- 
 ter, setCng underwater in from fi,ur to five minutes, and ml 
 acquiring a conHidorable degree of solidity. 
 
 ^'~ N'T.'lrfr,/''"'" '^' ^"'^ '^ ^ '''•'°^'-"P '«l<o near Maple Crc 
 North-Wost Territory. Collected by Mr. R. G. McConnell. 
 
 Mr. McConnell states that the lake, which has an area of ahn 
 one hundred acren, is annually Hlled in the spring, and dries , 
 towards autumn ; also that the saline deposit exceeds four feet 
 thickness. 
 
 This latter has been examined by Mr. E. B. Kenrick A snvP 
 proportion of the same was insoluble in water ; this was compose^ 
 of clay sand and organic matter, and a little carbonate and su 
 phate of hme. The balance consisted almost exclusively of m: 
 
 quantity of chloride of sodium. 
 
URVEY (IK CANADA. 
 
 , about two miles wo-r 
 iHc Railway, North-\V. 
 
 3. 
 
 (8tono from thin loculr 
 larked hydraulic chin,: 
 o five minutes, and socj 
 
 ■y- 
 
 < I like near Maple Crt\ 
 R. G. McConnoll. 
 lieh hart an area of abn 
 the spring, and dries i: 
 )08it exceeds four foot, : 
 
 E. B. Ken rick. A sina 
 liter ; this wan compusc- 
 little carbonate and sii 
 nost exclusively of mi 
 magnesia, and a smaJ