Work History

The earliest staking records found are for the Cariboo Group, staked about 1927 by T. Brooke, who hand trenched and drove a 4.6 m adit in 1931-39. Two old adits are now present. Restaked as Betsy cl by C. Hankins in 1951; Ral cl (91519) in Dec/64 by Yukon Antimony Corp L, which bulldozed in 1965; as Glad cl (92113) in May/65 by W. King; as Rita cl (Y25348) in Jul/68 by F. Smith; and as Dumb Donkey cl (Y75438) in May/73 by D. Baird, who carried out road building and bulldozer trenching and transferred the claims to a new company, Dumb Donkey ML in 1973. The property was explored with more bulldozing and hand trenching in 1974, 1976, 1978 and 1979, was enlarged in 1979 and transferred late in the year to Annie Lake ML, which performed mapping, geophysical and geochemical surveys in 1980 and trenching in 1981. DuPont tied on Ollie cl (YA61020) in Jun/81 and performed mapping and sampling later in the year. The Dumb Donkey group was transferred in 1982 to D. Baird and in 1983 to Avid Gold Res Inc.
Partially restaked as Gap cl (YB24186) in Nov/88 by E. Bergvinson, who added more Gap cl in Jul/89.

Capsule Geology

Trenching near the old workings exposed a 15.2 by 76.2 m mineralized zone which consists of disseminated galena, sphalerite and chalcopyrite in quartzite. A specimen collected by Baird assayed 336.0 g/t Ag, 7.0% Pb, 2.0% Zn, 2.2% Cu, 0.05% MoS2 and 0.34 g/t Au. A chip sample assayed 27.4 g/t Au, 7.5 g/t Ag, trace Pb, 0.01% Zn and 0.02% Cu across 3.7 m.
DuPont's claims were staked on geochemical anomalies. Further sampling and mapping found only barren quartz veins although one specimen from a rhyolite dyke assayed 0.2% Cu, 13.7 g/t Ag and less than 0.34 g/t Au.

References

DU PONT OF CANADA EXPLORATION LTD, Jun/82. Assessment Report *#091046 by D.M. Strain and J.T. Neelands.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Summary Report 1930, p. 10-11.

YUKON EXPLORATION 1985-86, p. 179-180.