;$ ,? ;: 8 1 4 3 I PREL~INARY IEPOIIT ON HCfLDIESGS OF GQD KING ALASKA,

INC,, NZIHA W I N G DISTRICT, ALASKB, 13, 1936.

Location and Accessi b i l i tg :

The p l ~ p e r f y held by the Gold King Alaska, Inc. uonsiats of e7 claims and is located on the western slope of Williams Peak in central Nizina d i s t r i c t . The claims extend f ' o m lower camp on the BIIcCarthy-Dan Creek road a t the 17-mile poat, eas t up the slope to an elevation of 6400'. The ebowings a r e located near the top of the peak between eleva- t ions o f 5880 and 6400'. This location is approximately 2 miles i n a s t ra ight l i n e south o f the Dan Creek placer oamp, To reach t h i s pmperty the road from BBcCarthy t o Dan Creek is followed to the 17-mile post, In swmner t h i s road is maintained i n a fair condition f o r automobiles by the Alaska Road Gomission, The cast of auto h i re is $10 each way t o Dan Creek. From lower camp, elevation 02 nearly 220OV, a horse trail hae been bui l t up the side of the mountain a distance of 3 to 4 miles t o upper camp, elevation 5&40t. The upper @amp consists of a 1 6 ~ 2 4 ~ tent and a small rock cabin and occupies a f a i r l y leve l posit ion on a bench i n a small glacial pocket, A trail along the s l ides from camp leads up the mountain t o the workings, The last 2000' of horse trail is steep a d makes traveling ~ 5 t h horses dangerous due t o loose s l ide mck*

History and O w n a s :

This pmgerty mas staked i n 1930 by J. E. Barret and consisted m s and called the Gold King. Barret claims the original

a short crosscut tunnel near the vein shows evidence tunnel was known as the E;nthm tunnel, Information

as t o the year this tunnel was s-ted, together with any account written regarding a discovery prior .t;o 1930, dg+ lacking.

In May, 1932 M. &I. Iteese v is i ted this property and a copy of his report is held on file, This property was referred t o a s Gold King Mines. Reese returned in March, 1933 and sampled the tunnel mrk com- pleted since h i s v i e i t i n May the year before. Reese aoquired half i n t e re s t i n the property and Barpet held €he remaining; half. In 1935 the Gold King Alaska, Inc. %as formed within the Territory under Alaskan l a w s . The capi tal izat ion was 10,000 shares a t one dol la r par value. The t o t a l shares were transferred to Vancouver and the Alaska Gold Ring Mines, Ltd. was organized under Bri t ish Columbia laws, authorized capi tal izat ion of two million shares at 50 cent8 par value. F. R.

M~cDonald is president, J, E. Barmt, vlce m s i d a n t and M, M. Reew, managing director. The o i r i ce is 475 Hoae Street, Vaneoarar, B. C. Included i n the -up of 27 claims are a f e r placer bench claims held along the iace of Williema Peak adjoining the lode claims. This seaeon the pmperty ras examined by R, C. I)eEBoane of Vancouver, The lode showings were resampled and the placer holdings investigated, Thi8 euamlnation had just been caaapleted on the date of the writer's v i a l t , and no one representing the company was present on the property on t h i s date. A s a result aome of t he ahodngs on tbe pmperty were not 8em.

Gemlogy and Shorings:

The gmmral geology of t h i s d i s t r i c t is contained i n U. 8. 0. S. Fbtllntin No. 448, *Geology and Miaer6l Rewurcee o f N i ~ i l r s M8trlct, Alaalca,w by &fat and Capps, and Bulletin No. 675, "Upper Chitina Belley, dla&aU by Moffit and Overbeck. The fonaations of Williams Peak are referred t o a s Kennecott fonaation which c o n ~ i s t s of &ales, sandstones and conglomerate which contain p r t z dforl te , a Jurasic Intrusive, The mountain itself represents a segment of a limb of a great synclinal fold. Its present existence a s a mountain is due to a central granit ic stock that has meEamorphosed the surrounding ctsdiments making a e t e r degree of hardness tha t has rithstood the erosion ef fec ts of severs ice and rater action, !his granite is ex- posed a few hundred fee t east of the shorings a t an elevation of 6000' i n the mall glac ia l cirque, and it is exposed for a length of 500'. The mountain top contains a few d l renmants of overlying limestone rhiah is underlain r i t h shales and a r g i l l i t e s containing thin beds of quartzite, M y contact phases are present about the granite stock and l a t e r granitoid dikes cut the flat-lying sediments in a north t o north- r e s t direotion.

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Top of W i l l i a n a Peak Shoring Upper Camp and Trail, hgnite atock and Flat-lvlnn draillites w i t h Interbsnded Quartzites.

The main shoring conaists of a -1 persistent re in In a ahear zone. This vein was traced over 800' and reported tzaceable on the east side of the glacial cirque a distance of 2000' t o 3000'. The north side of the peak ie lnaceasible due to s t eep bluffs. The expomd portion of the vein ex i s t s betreen elevations of 5880 and 6400' t o within a f e w f ee t of the top. Small outcroppings of parallel veins containing a different mineralization rere noted betreen the s t ibni te vein and the granite 8bCk over a distance of 400' t o 500'. Developmsnt ha8 been confined t o the s t ibn i t e vein which consists of three tunnels w i t h several rock cuts and trenches. No./+T tunnel o r 10-r tunnel (Note position on fol loring photo) is located a t an elevation of 5880'. It raa driven on the vein and has a leagah of 74' (Note accompanying sketch).

Position o r ~olc~-bstimony vein Acroau ' ~ o p or ~ i ~ i s m s Peak, Locally norm a s Gold King, lZ1. 5880' to M O O t .

Its s t r ike is N. 2 8 O to 30' W. and digs 76O %o 780 SW. The hanging vall contains a gou@;e and bmciat&d pieeea of l i&f yelloa t o li#tt greenish color which resembles a highly al tered dike mhich has a width from a fee inches to 2'. The vein consists of a highly al tered and mineralized ahear zone. This zone contains a small band of quartz %hat mntains a considerable amount o f s t ibni te , !Phis s t ibni te vein Bariss from 2 inches t o a wid* of 8A and is exposed for a distance of 40* i n the knnel. The sheared wall rock is deofdsdly al tered and lmst of the mineralization is oxidized. T t var ies in width f r o m 1 €0 2' on each s i d e of the quartz. T w chamel samples mere taken (Note sketch and assay sheet).

No. 3 tunnel at an elevation of 6220' was inaccessible on the date of v i s i t due to the a d i t being f i l l ed with ice. It was reported 80 be nearly 200' in leagkh and followed the vein. The dump ahowed the same charaoteristic altered dike and m i l l rocks rl€h pieces of quartz and skibbnite s i x Go eight inches i n vSdth betareen walls . & outcrop a t the Bop of adft shows 6" of al tered dike miter ial on the hangwall and on footwall w i t h 4& inches of quartz. 2he footarall rock is a small m i t o i d dike mass. Two samples were taken a t %his point (Note assay sheet).

KO, 2 tunnel located El. 6190' and 50' east of Ho. 3 is an old tunnel crosseut tunnel of earlier date. f t mas driven t o cut the s t ibni te vein a t a depth of 90 t o 00'. It lacks a few fee t o f inter- secting the vein, however, a faa rpnall gash veitllets and blebs of quartz p r i th digbt mineralization were eecougtered.

The vein outcrops i n several trenches and rook cuts above No. 3 tunnel t o within a eouple of hundred fee t o f the top. The quartz and a t ibni te band varies from 4 to 8" i n width and the walls are more o r l e s s al tered as noted in the tunnel. Various phaees of metamorphosed s e 8 W n t s and dike masses are cut along its course. One channel sample of the quartz (Note asaay aheet) was taken 100' above No, 3 tunnel.

Generally t h i s vein may be classed as a f issure vein with a l i t t l e horizontal mvemnt. It cuts through shales below, then a r g i l l i t e s and quartzites and numerous m i t o i d dikes showing a much l a t e r origin thetn the granite stock t o the east. It paral lels a Ii&t yellow colored dike #at also cuts through the above mentioned sediments and grani t ic dikes. This dike contains abundant f e l d s p a ~ is porphyritic and appears very much l i k e a mononfte dike. Bstween the dike and s t ibni te vein are amall veins containing realgar and orpiment. It is the belief of the writer tha t both types of veins a r e essocfated with the l a t e r monzonite (7) dilee.

Mineralization:

The mineralization i n the veins represent two types and both c w gold and a l i t t l e s i l v e ~ . The s t ibn i t e is confined to the quartz band and carr ies the hi@;hest gold values. The pyrite with its oxidized products is meinly i n the altered wall rock, gouge and a t e r e d dike material, The p n i t e crystals are medium t o f ine while the rstibnite crystals are medium t o large and have an interlocking structure, St ibni te erystala 1p long and 2" wide were noted. The quartz i s f inelg crystalline and contains numerous rsmall vugs which a re lined with pro- truding crystal faces having the appearance of a quartz geude. Both the large s t ibni te crystals and numerous quartz arys ta ls represent a long 810s period o f growth and fomned under low cryetallfzation tempera- ture@. Occasional d l specka of realgar and orpimant were noted as- sociated with the st ibni te . GalciteJand other lime eontact minerals m contained i n the altered -11 rock, the greenish dike minerals and the quartz - make up the gangue minerals.

The smaller veins seen contained realgar and orpiment i n a gouge of quartz, calc i te and other l i m e contact minerals.

!the development thus f a r accomplished has been done by hand methods, and periodically. Ein$er conditions are severe due t o high elevations and steep slopes covered with snow, Water is scarce during summsr months, a small amunt being found by digging into the ta lus slides. Timber and wood are laeking, but found below 3000' elevation.

The mount of samples taken are not suff icient t o arr ive at an average value for the vein. They do &ow values i n gold from 0.14 t o 0,72 oz. per ton, and its presence both i n al tered w a l l ruck and as- sociated with the s t fbe i t e , the amount of antimony and a general repre- sentation of widths. One factor t o bear i n mind is the technical problems encountered i n t reat ing t h i s ore.

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Zames A , Williams Di rec to r Div is ion of Mines. and Minerals

, DATE May 1-4, 1968

d FROM: Tho-s '. Kex SUBJECT; Local Se rv i ce Road

Cornmics ionor Georgu G i l b c c t s o ~

Yesterday, a M r . George Gi lbe r t son , a prospec tor from t h e McCarthy a r e a , v i s i t e d my o f f i c e seeking a s s i s t a n c e i n t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n of a i o c a l s e r v i c e road t o h i s c laims on Dan Creek nea r McCarthy. Although t h e r e a r e no funds appropr i a t ed t o implement Senate B i l l 636, 1 was i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e s t o r y he had t o t e l l about t h e poten- t i a l gold, s i l v e r , and copper d e p o s i t s on h i s p rope r ty . I agreed t o send one of our mining engineers t o i n s p e c t h i s c l a im and f u r - n i s h us a r e p o r t , a f t e r which, i f f avo rab le , we would t r y t o h e l p him out i n some manner,

P r i o r t o t h e s t a r t o f t h e f i e l d season, I would l i k e f o r one of your engineers t o p l an a s h o r t t r i p t o v i s i t Ere G i l b e r t s o n ' s prospec t . As I unders tand i t , a ma i l p l a n leaves Ch i t i na on a n d a y morning a t 10:OO a.m, f o r t h e May Creek A i r p o r t , Passenger r a t e s a r e $7.50 opposed t o $100 a i r c r a f t c h a r t e r . I sugges t t h a t you con tac t M r . Gi lbe r t son by ma i l i n c a r e of May Creek A i r p o r t , Alaska; s o t h a t he may be a v a i l a b l e t o f u r n i s h ground t r a n s p o r t a t i o n t o h i s c la ims .

I f t h e r e i s any s u b s t a n c e , t o h i s s t o r y , and i f t h e c la ims warran t i n t e n s i v e i n v e s t i g a t i o n , I may be a b l e t o i n t e r e s t a l a r g e indepen-

' dent company i n coming i n t o Alaska t o a t tempt t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n h i s venture . You may be f a m i l i a r wi th M r . G i l b e r t s o n and have some o t h e r background on h i s c a p a b i l i t i e s . I f s o , p l e a s e adv i se .

Oz. Per Ton Location Description - Width Gold Silver

No. 1 lower tunnel 50' Across quartz only. Con- 8" 0.54 0.10 from adit, back of drift, tains stibnite. 3 $3 !c; !, El. 3880'.

No. 1 lowr tunnel, face of tunnel, 74' f r o m adit, El. 5880'.

Surface, outcrop 100' above No. 3 tunnel, EL. 0320'.

outcrop at flg+&-zof NO . B tunnel, El. 6328*.

Same as No. 51, Z o s t ~ l l and bangingarall.

Aaross altered dike, gouge 17" 0.24 0.28 and quartz. -' " F B .'

Aoross quartz amd massive 5& 0.36 0.20 stibnf te. 4 , : c?

Amos@ maasive atibnite and &' 0.72 0,30 qursrtz. 2i; t o o

Across 6p altered gouge u 0.14 0.30 hangrsall and 6" altered foot- /+/ *! wall.

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Across quartz vein onlg Back of d r i f t .

Gold 0.54 oz. Per Ton Silver 0.10 oz. " * Antimony .3 Peroent, 1

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Width, 17" (3018 0.24 0%. Per %on Silver 0.20 08. Betimny %eeo

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Axgi l l i t eo

Quartz & St ibn i te

Sheared & Altered Axgillites

Vein

8heared & Mineralized Wall 4ook

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Altered Dike &terialrs (Llmj Nature).

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REPORT OY COLD KING M I N E , ALASKA

In support of the r~uammondation submitted a t tho end 'of' ~ i a ropart, X am glvAng a Bhort aynopals of the roaulta of my fnvoat igut lon

, of the Gold King Llino.

I left Seattle on April 30th, and arrived on the proper ty M a y 14th. I opent nine days with M r . Reese and Mr. Mitchs l l on tho propar ty , o x r u n i n i ~ and aampl111g t h e Vein, and doternininq tho lo- oation for tunnela, m i l l s f t s and tram from tunnel to rnf l la l te . IYo left hloCarthy M a y 27th, and arrived in 8oa' t t le June l a t .

. z The ropresonta t Ions of the owner of t h e Go112 King P:lno, . . John E. Barrett, wore not only borne out in, d o t a i l , but in somo

r oagao ta my P i n d i n ~ s exueedbd niy expSd8htioh. Tho vain 13 rcmerk- able and unusual I n its persl3tonce and continuotion. The ~ i d t h on , ' . , t h e aouth olono vsrias from 12 inohes to 25 incthoa, and averages 16 inchos over a dlatanoe of 1300 f t . against only 12 Inohon olnimed by tho owner. The vein appoara on tho nor th side of t h e .omo uhasuo te r but was inaceeaelble f o r sam$ling on aooount of ntoopness. A heavy atreak of antimony averaging 4 3/10 inohes runs thru t h e sentor of tb ve in fcr it8 e n t i r e length.

PP,OW,N TOKlJ!iGE :

The tonnage was f lgursd i n blauka of 100 f e e l vertical t o a dogth of 600 feet. The om shuto at this d e p t h i a 1750 Post long. T h i s givss a tonnage st t h i s level of 81,852 t o n s ~ i c h comparos with 83,000 t o n s es t imatsd by the ovaor t o the 1000 P t . l eve l . In a d d i t i o n

, t h e r e is probable om t o t h e ex ten t of double t h i s amount below the f ., - ,,.., - 800 ft. l eve l as the ve in oontinues to lengthen t o a t l e a s t 2000 it.

- , X h v b ovor~v reason t o bel ieva that this oro body will continue Lo & r e s t depth due t o psreiatonoe and u o n t i n u i t y of the vein.

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I t o o k 28 Ramploa vjhioh huvo b ~ s h aaonyod by R r o l o n a n r Ooroy of tho Unlvorsity of !Yeahfn&on. Mr. R ~ O B B took 17 at~mplos vjhlch woro aaaayed by Balkenburg & GO., comneraial assayers of Soo-Ltle, a d oheoked by Profeosor Corey. Twelve of M r . Reeoets umplos woro twkon from ide l l t ioa l plaoes where X oamplod. Therofore, i n those 1 2 plaoda mo have dup l ioo to sarcgling and assays i n t r i p l l c a t a . To our s w p r i ~ e t h D returno of t h e assays show e x t r a o r d i n a r y vtlriution no% only of my samples against Ur. Reoee's samploa aesayed by P r o f a s s o r OoXey b u t ~ Z e o in the returno 0% %ha wasnya o f Wr Rao~otb) ,elampla@ by Proioseor Corey aompsred with thoso by Falkenbur,? & Co.

My hie;hoet sumplee, asuayins:' .$93.60 should hnvo bson i(1ontianl with Roo~ole sample uaanyod by Profea~or Corey $117.20, and by Fnlkonburg $203.20. 1Jy lowest usaay of ".b2.80 ahows for Mr. Boosols earqle frcm the idon t ioe l plaoe, $36.00 by &sf essor Coroy and 74.80 by Dalkenburg. Fihere I obtained $32.60, Roeos shows $112.00 by Profoaaor Corey mi $63.20 by Fallsenburg, whore Z show $57.60 obtained $8.80.

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f rsocunmend t h a t p a r t of the reloaaod funds of $2600. bo u ~ o d for oxpenoos i n uonnootion with tilo propooed m i l l t o e t o . Suoh uxponooo ~ h o u l d not oxoeod 812S0. Tho bulanoe would bo avuilablo ao ompitul after aooeptunao o f tha property,

1 lwko t l ~ a abova rooommonduLions bsouuae X am not sat i s P i e A xtth the a s s q results duo to no faul?c of tho uaseyess, and 1 roll that the m i l l t e s t s w i i l show tho tru~reoovorubl.o gold contont of tho ore. If wo atop where we are now, wo w i l l not know whether t h l o property is o r i e not a mine. If the tes ta show favorable, then we have a profitable mine with long l i f e .

(signed) 0. L. Sovoryk Consulf ing CoologlaQ.

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--.-. 4 $ , . * - 1 a , Copy of assays made by Prof l Corey Assayest U. of v*.

Juno 4th, 1932

0. I. Severy Ssrnplas o f ore Gold King propertie8

Oze Gold Valuo 0 20.00 per Ton

Above assays from seinplee South side vein 1300 down from top,

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Above assays from samples South s i d e vein below 1300 ft* 24 0 e l2 2 e40 25 0.70 14eW 2 6 0 e20 4 e00 27 0 e30 6 e00

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Signed by Ce Re Corny

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