In summary, the historic reports show the nature of mineralization on the property as follows:
A 50 ton bulk sample was sent in 1967 grading 83.1 g/t gold, 354 g/t silver, 9.9% lead, 7.4% zinc, 0.30% copper per ton to the East Helena, Montana, smelter from the Silver Tunnel and Main Zone (Melling, 1994, Walus 2011).
A 500 ton sample grading 14.2% lead, 12.5% zinc, 339 g/t silver, and 2.57 g/t gold per ton was sent to the Cominco Smelter in Trail in 1977 (Walus, 2011, Melling, 1994).
Prior bulk sampling mining at the Tedi Pit reportedly produced 11,045 ounces of gold, from a 10,000 ton bulk sample, (Minfile reports 1977). |
