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Historic exploration for gold and development were focused on 3 principal areas including the Elizabeth Mine, Adit and Rebair Occurrence within the Fern Elizabeth claim group. Shafts were sunk and no-doubt extensive prospecting was done in these areas with the most extensive early work done at the Elizabeth Mine. The following history, including the discovery and previous exploration work on the Elizabeth property by various owners is modified from Larouche and Clark (1988).
1900: Anglo Canadian Gold Estates
Discovery of gold
Minor trenching and diamond drilling
1902-13: Elizabeth Gold Mines Ltd
2 shafts sunk to 270’ and 110’
1205 feet of lateral work on 2 levels
10-stamp mill constructed
411 ounces of gold produced in 1908, and 20 ounces in 1913
1923: Golden Mining Co. Ltd
Purchased property
1925: T.L. Tanton, Geological Survey of Canada
Visited the mine site and estimated 20,000 tons of reserves at 0.40 ounces gold per ton
1935-37: Elizabeth Gold Mines Ltd
-dewatered the workings and did 1591 feet of diamond drilling
-constructed a 25 ton per day mill
1937-70: Various reports with no detailed work
1973: University of Toronto
Seismic test in #2 shaft
1974: Cornel-Pope Exp. Co.
405 feet of diamond drilling
1978: Mitch Wicheruk options property to Fern Elizabeth Gold Exploration Ltd.
Trenching, stripping and geological mapping
589 feet of diamond drilling
1981: Camflo Mines Ltd
Geological mapping, geochemical and geophysical work
Drilled 4 boreholes (2310 feet)
1984: Bankit Resources Ltd
14 boreholes totaling 1745 feet of diamond drilling
1985-88: Societe Miniere Mimiska Inc
Geological mapping, geochemical and geophysical work
Drilled approximately 66 boreholes
Estimated possible reserves of 211,465 tons of ore grading 6.73 g/ton (Larouche and Clark 1988)
2007-13: VenCan Gold Corporation (renamed Red Pine Exploration Inc.)
Soil geochemistry and 8 boreholes
2015: Fern Elizabeth Gold Exploration
Geologic mapping and spectrometer survey
2016: Fern Elizabeth Gold Exploration
Geologic mapping of northern Elizabeth mine
Reference:
Stone, D. 2015. Geology of the Mining Claims of Fern Elizabeth Exploration Ltd. Atikokan, Ontario
1930s Reports
