JEWEL MINE - EARLY DAYS OF A REVIVED GOLD PRODUCER.

An examination of the history of one of the small mining camps in the Greenwood District of British Columbia gives an insight into the varied conditions needed to encourage small mine development. The Jewel Lake mining camp is located around Jewel Lake which lies about six miles northeast of the town of Greenwood. The camp is a gold-silver property, the precious metals being found as gold-silver tellurides in quartz veins. The main vein of the camp, the Jewel vein, strikes approximately north-south and dips an average of 40 degrees to the east. The vein, where exposed on surface, is bounded by greenstone. The southern section which is bounded by granite is covered by deep overburden. Occasional bonanza shoots are characteristic of the damp and several of these outcropped. With record gold and silver prices, it is almost certain that a detailed examination of these gold and silver veins by modern methods would re-open many of these camps. A number of them are located in developed areas of British Columbia and, being underground and on a small scale, the environmental impact would be minimal.