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Gold/Mining/Energy : WINSPEAR FACTS-NOT HYPE
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To: Tomato who wrote (111)7/11/1998 10:42:00 AM
From: E. Charters  Read Replies (1) of 135
 
1. There were 2 pipes found on the property, I do believe. They were either non-diamondiferous or had non-economic diamonds. Does his imply anything about the possibility/probability of finding more pipes, since they generally come in clusters? What do the location of those pipes tell us about "The Source", if anything?

# it implies there are more pipes. The pipes tell us nothing of the diamond source.

2. Does the fact that there are 2 pipes on the pty. mean that there's probably a bigger source? What about this source thing anyway? Can't the source ave been eroded away? Couldn't the dykes be the only diamondiferous part left?

# yes, sadly nothing guarantees any more diamonds.

3. If the dyke outcrops on the NW peninsula, would any "Source" be west of there? Can you find it by following the dyke? If so, why the talk about exploring more in the SW part of the pty.?

# The source of the boulders would be upice which is east to
south east of the boulders.

# yes it can be found by following the dyke or dykes maybe but maybe not as it may be part of an unrelated system 6 miles away. It's a toss of the die.

4. Kaiser implies that bigger bulk samples will raise the per tonne valuations. Do people agree or disagree with this theory?

# it ain't necessarily true. It is so variable that the next sample in the same rock could be barren. It happened to Shore Gold.

5. If they want to bulk sample A186, can they do that without RC drilling and the destruction of big stones? Is there another non-destructive way to do it without digging or tunneling down? Would they use a model like MPV and DeBeers to account for destruction of large carat diamonds?

# dicey without a budget to come up with questionable results.

6. It seems that originally the down dip was stated at 10 - 12 degrees, but then 15 degrees was used? Which one is it?

# who cares? Can you mine either one? It would be the same thing to mine. 3 degrees only counts when you get near 45.

echarter@vianet.on.ca

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