Lectures to the ~Prospectors a - i serles of lectures. relating ta,’ “pros. ‘pecting, were hela* at: “Hozelton. under ; the ausplees. ‘of - “the “Department ~. of Mines, Victoria... These.” legture’s during ‘his. search for tnineral.- The -. ject more from the abstract sie, show- afternoon, Sessions “were devoted to the gg determination ‘of the mare common: “Ore forming minerals ‘and dealt more. dir-. ectly on the. problens of- prospecting. me} Questions after the dléferent:. talks, were relicd upon to. bring out in detain! the problems “ond difficulties of the: “individual prospector.” er The: first Jecture Was. a general tail. on the earth, . In = particular the outer crust from which* aye ‘derived. - the various inetals ' ‘and materials that |: are in common use today,-: This show- ed that the metals so lnuch in. demand today are present in. surprisingly small amounts and ‘that: the metal mining: in- dustry is in a subordinate position: re- lative to that. of - -the- non-metallic and. building material phase of mining. Y | The coniposition and - structure “of |. the structure was also analized show- @ ing that there two main: types of rocks ‘f ‘ A. . ca fg spending upon the type. of. material ‘fur- ~ enuse: it to; break and ‘in the: following: — . 4° “iso described. J and distinguishing - characteristics: of: namely, igneous and sedixnentary. Of these two.the igneous family constl- : tutes the vast majority of rocks. It “Was. also ‘pointed, “out, ‘that the ‘metal mines of the ‘country. ‘were: found in, adjacent to. large’ masses of igneous or intrusive rocks are the. source’ -of- the metals, A very: -genergl ‘revlew, ‘of: ‘the ' alfferent types. of deposits * was given: Anasmuch a3 indst of- ‘these’ deposits ; - are apparently formed. at considerable. , depth within the crust they-would not i be available to us unless ‘they -became } exposed to. the suitface in” some way. The removal ‘of: the overlying rock’ ma- terial is brought: about by’ erosion. ; . This implies: that the rocks ‘of ‘the j earth, at and near the. stirface are; constantly under » the influence » -of _ weahering and decomposition’ which | * resuts in ‘thelx disintegration. ° The broken up. material is . removed by. the rivers and finally deposited - in the ad- joining oceans where. ‘it forms sedi- Inentary ‘rocks: such as conglomerates, ' sandstone, shales’ and limestones: de: | nished ‘to: the -sea, ~The. transfer -of this amatérial from ‘one ‘section: of ‘the > erust “ta anoher finally: reswis: in sut- ‘- flelent ‘strains within ‘the -erust: to readjustments ‘the - sedimentary = TOCKs ‘found today.) =": _ The different. kinds of Jgneous; sedi.’ mentary ati: netamorphie’ rocks. were The: texture, structure “these rocks. were taken’ “Up. in. some: de. ‘tall. The different: rock | atrudtures ‘vere defined and . described ‘nnd algo “the: various ways in’ which: favorable (Placer 3 Mini ‘Profitable Lot) Duving the’ week: of. ‘March. 4 ‘to, |. are designed ° to: ‘assist ‘the prospector in the many, probleins + encountered. what ; hidden. secrets the ‘old river ed ‘ing the general geologic setting. The; touring * ‘abroad, -a' sort. of: official: ére- impressive looking’ document’ with a an ubeied ‘courtesy for: the. for ‘the ‘holder. | There . was. the. imaplication. that any: are folded, faulted ind raised into the! "apprecelated by: Canada. . _ various attitudes” iii which - they. are. ‘| , thing done ‘for these pilgrims would be passport, ‘but’ ‘often: thoge. who: ‘flashed, it Upon a: Bulropean : ‘customs - ‘officer immediately: got the solute ‘iecorded: a distinguished ‘visitor. - THE * value © of these: “missives, - it. ‘Seems, has deprecia- ted. because, of ‘the -nuinber ‘issued by |: yarious comntrdea ~ Mr, ot ha ning © For quite: ‘donie time. ‘and: ‘in: a most | ‘anobstrusive manner a: number of. ‘the boys: ‘of the. immediate - district: haye been. employed’ along. the. ‘banks of. the Hazelton. They - ‘are’ gl working ° on: their own. and endeavoriig to: find. out contains; if-any.:: Of course: the’ poys expect to be- pata and: expect the’ ‘Skeena. river to do: the ‘paying, whether. it-bé union - avages;: OF more, : or, less. -Gold, that ‘magic word ‘that ‘sets ‘whole : populations.” on edge, jis the object of the.searchings, the dig. -gings. and” the washings. : “That. thers is gold in the. Skeenn bottom, Jhas been ‘known. ‘for ‘many. years,” ‘and . many a time the black. sands along the -shores “have been: ‘disturbed by’ the’ eurious| a "s and “bythe needy. Gold has’ been foun but in-very small: ‘quantities, thus..far. In- the past it’hag. ‘never been found .a profitable -oceupation;. even -for the need y—wages : were . always too high and work too ‘plentiful,. to bother. with Skeena. rlyer gold. « Some few. years, ago a “syndicate % was formed and. large areas of the Skeena; ‘both ‘up : and: down from Hazelton, were Staked’ with the- object of AWworking- on a large scald, But ~that. ‘moverient never came to. anything. But gold .is where. you “find, it, and because one mak ‘did not hit ‘the right spot is no~ reason avy another, man Will. not hit it. In’ ‘patches along the ‘Skeena are; deposits of. -black :sand of varying depths ‘and, these are. what the sid DOTS: ‘Aresrorklng.- a ‘As-ypt