. Transactions. side Goat River flows parallel to it. At itsbase on the west side is a large creek known as Arrow Creek, andaround the north end is a pass connecting the two. The original surveyfor the Crows Nest line was around this pass, and it was only aban-doned because it involved a detour of 20 miles. In view of thedevelopment of the property under consideration, this point is worthremembering, as the possibility of constructing a railway of easy gradeall around the mountain was demonstrated by the survey referred to.(Fig. 2) Shows the elevation of the mountain from Goat River to itsextr
. Transactions. side Goat River flows parallel to it. At itsbase on the west side is a large creek known as Arrow Creek, andaround the north end is a pass connecting the two. The original surveyfor the Crows Nest line was around this pass, and it was only aban-doned because it involved a detour of 20 miles. In view of thedevelopment of the property under consideration, this point is worthremembering, as the possibility of constructing a railway of easy gradeall around the mountain was demonstrated by the survey referred to.(Fig. 2) Shows the elevation of the mountain from Goat River to itsextreme northern limit. The character of the ore is chiefly hematite,and upon a few claims this has been found to be slightly magnetic, butover the bulk of the property it is pure hematite The occurrence isin a large body of quartzite approximately 500 feet in width runninglongitudinally with the mountain, and along the eastern side co-exten-sive with the quartzite is a green stone dyke of gabbro-diorite. The 7i •. Plate I.—Illustrating Mr. William Blakemores papeon The Kitchener () Iron Ore Deposits. Iron Ore Deposits Near Kitchener, 77 property consists at the present time of fifty claims, each 1500 fr. sq.,upon which the ore has been located, an area which embraces practic-ally the whole of the summit of the mountain. The property has beenheld for some years as a copper proposition, and probably from $10,000to $12,000 expended in prospecting for that mineral. In the spring of1901, however, the iron ore seems to have aitracted attention, and forthe first time the holders began to realize that it might possess aneconomic value. It came under my control last May, and from thenuntil the 30th November I expended about $30,000 in prospecting andproving the property, the result being that the capitalists whom I re-presented have purchased twenty claims, and hold an option on theremainder. Our seasons work has proved that the ore is of the highest(juality, that there is suf
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