. Annual report . of a mile, discoveries of native silver or smaltitehave been made in both formations. The Wettlaufer veins are in the diabase, whereasthe Keeley veins are in the Keewatin. Toward the north end of this belt the discov-eiies so far consist of smaltite and niccolite. Small showings of native silver have 1913 The Outlying Cobalt=Silver Areas 141 been found in other isolated areas of the Keewatin or diabase. The writer docs notknow of any discoveries of native silver in the conglomerate or quartzite, althoughboth these rocks are seen in contact with the Nipissing diabase. In this
. Annual report . of a mile, discoveries of native silver or smaltitehave been made in both formations. The Wettlaufer veins are in the diabase, whereasthe Keeley veins are in the Keewatin. Toward the north end of this belt the discov-eiies so far consist of smaltite and niccolite. Small showings of native silver have 1913 The Outlying Cobalt=Silver Areas 141 been found in other isolated areas of the Keewatin or diabase. The writer docs notknow of any discoveries of native silver in the conglomerate or quartzite, althoughboth these rocks are seen in contact with the Nipissing diabase. In this respect theconglomerate of South Lorrain resembles that around Elk lake, in which no nativesilver discoveries, as far as is known, have been made. In the following is a description of a few of the promising veins on some of theproperties: — Wettiaufer On the Wettiaufer claim, H R 85, there were found three parallel veins with astrike and Of these, the two northerly veins had rich shoots showing native. Fig1. 60.—A vein showing in pit on the Wettiaufer property, South Lorrain, October, 1908. silver in sheet form, while the south vein carried smaltite with low silver values. Theveins were narrow, but parts of them attained a width of six inches. Flake silver isshot into the diabase wall rock from one to three inches. The distance from the northto the south vein is about ninety feet. The following information on development is taken from Mr. E. T. CorkillsReport on Mines of Ontario, in 21st Annual Report Bureau of Mines, 1912. The Wettiaufer is the largest and the only steady producer in South Lorrain. Itis owned and operated by the Wettiaufer Lorrain Silver Mines, Limited, which havean authorized capital of 1,500,000 shares, of a par value of $, and have paid $450,000in dividends to June 1st, 1912. On the advent of electric power to the camp from the British Canadian PowerCompany, a new plant was installed, consisting of a 12-drill compressor, driven by
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