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NAME OF PROPERTY
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HISTORY OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT
The Something Good and Great Eastern claims a r e located
at
elevations
of-2,500 t o 3,500 f e e t on the west side of
OBJECT L O C A T E [ ~ C ~ ~of
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Good Claim LO^ 1451).
Keremeos Creek, about 3 miles north of Keremeos.
UNCERTAINTY I N METERS-100.
Lat. 49°14'40"
Long. 119O50' lof'
The Something Good claim, owned i n 1899 by G.B. Naden
and
E.
Bullock-Webstsr, had been developed by an 80 foot
Mining Division
OSOYOOS
District
Similkaneen
adit. The claim, Lot 1451, was Crown-granted i n 1900- The
t
w a s Crown-granted
adjoining Great Eastern claim ( ~ o 3437)
County
Township or Parish
t o L.W. Shatford and Stephen Xangott i n 1906. The claims
Concession or Range
Lot
were acquired by W.C. IcDougall, of Olalla, i n about 1931.
Olalla Gold Xines, Limited, was incorporated i n 1935 t o
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acquire t h i s , and the Sunrise property (82 ~ / 5 , Au 2) ; the
company name-was changed i n 1936 t o Hedley Crest Xines,
Limited.
Gold Valley Xines, Ltd., incorporated i n 1936,
OWNER OR OPERATOR AND ADDRESS
acquired 19 claims and fractions. The workings on t h e Somet h i n g Good and A.C. Fractional clairns a t t h a t time %otalled
about 550 f e e t i n 2 a d i t s . Pevelopment work was reported by
the company i n 1931 and 1939. The workings a t t h a t l a t t e r
date comprised 3 d r i f t a d i t s , t h e no. 1, Intermediate, and
DESCBIPTIOX OF DEPOSIT
No.
2; the lower (NO. 1 ) a d i t was extended 500 f e e t during
A shear-zone i n a r g i l l i t e s and q u a r t z i t i c sediments outcrops
1939
on the face of prominent b l u f f s at an elevation of about 2,600
Hedley Monarch Gold Pines, Limited, incorporated i n 1945,
f e e t and upwards f o r 100 f e e t and more. A t the base of t h e
acquired
the claims a s part of a groupisg of 72 claims and
b l u f f s t h e rock i s pyroxenite, which consists of one large body
fractions.
No development work was reported on t h e Something
with an offshoot 100 f e e t wide i n the angle between which l i e s
Good.
t h e shear-%one, apgarently i n both v e r t i c a l and horisontal
section.
The shear-zone, a t t h e lowest point seen, a t go. 1 a d i t , i s
about 4 f e e t wide and widens upwards t o 16 f e e t , 40 f e e t above
the adit.
Ro. 1 a d i t , elevation 2,541 f e e t , i s driven 360 f e e t i n a
direction changing gradually from south 75 degrees west t o south
55 degrees west. The p o r t a l i s immediately west of s large body
of pyroxenite. This a d i t follows t h e foot-wall of a sheared and
brecciated zone i n argillaceous and cherty sediments which dips
steeply northward. For the first 110 f e e t the back i s breccia t e d and cemented with c a l c i t e and some quartz. The material i s
The shear-zone continues beyond this
s o f t and non-coherent.
point t o t h e face but contains l i t t l e or no introcluced material.
Sampling indicates that gold values a r e confined t o t h e breccip.t.0.
Associated minerals or products of value
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Mineral Resources Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa.
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HISTORY OF PRODUCTION
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REFERENCES
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Reports of Minister of Mines, B r i t i s h Columbia t 1899,
P* 776; 1900, P* 9923 1906, P o 255; 1925, P* 4495
1932, p. 138; 1936, P - D-13; 1937, P* D-17; 19399
P* 75; 1945, P* 92; 1946, P* 130Mineral Resources Branch; Corporation Files:
Monarch Gold Nines, Limited".
MAP REFERENCES
Yap 628 A, Olalla, (Geol.),
Sc. l w r l mile.
(1941).
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Map 15-1961, K e t t l a River, ( ~ e o l . ) Sc. lW'04miles.
"DESWmON OF DEPOSIPP (continued )
ated zone i n the first 110 f e e t of the a d i t , Assays ranged
from n i l t o 2.2 ounces gold per t o n over widths of from 7 t o
56 inches.
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