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GEOLOGY,. 3 <br />A geological survey of the district has,been made <br />by the U, S. Geological Survey, during the year ].904, but <br />same is not available as yet; as it is still in the hands <br />of the printer. <br />The country rock consists of a gneissic, or banded <br />granite, out by a fissure vein system, having a general north <br />(,easterly and south vaeaterly course, and in some cases, accompanied <br />~Iby porphyry dykes. <br />The veins vary iri width from a few inches, to twenty <br />',feet, and consist of a quartzose and feldspathic material, <br />(impregnated with, and accompanied by mineral streaks, consisting <br />of galena and sphalerite, (lead and zinc sulphides) carrying <br />Ilsilver. <br />