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To: aknahow who wrote (62306)11/21/2008 9:24:05 PM
From: E. Charters  Respond to of 78412
 
There is always additional value to seeing the bride with her clothes off before you marry. But don't put all your stock in appearances. Try her cooking too.

I have seen deposits that looked easy once stripped. But they defied explanation on drilling. Still it is like a drift, you can sample more closely and learn the structure to a degree. The third dimension is always missing, so it helps to drill vertical sometimes, even if ostensibly you are in a narrow shear zone.

It is temping to ascribe the structure to what you see on the surface. Don't fall for that until much more work is done. Even if there has been some production and allegations of a structure. I have seen miners misinterpret even after mining quite a few tons. Or at least the descriptions can be misleading.

You might be able to get a better handle on grade, assuming surface showings agree with some interpretation of structure that proves true. Closer spaced samples and bulk sampling and metallurgy are always more instructive than drilling.

Rules are:

Trust close channels more than drilling.

Trust bulk samples more than channels.

Also trust cuttings in gold more than core. Never mind what psuedo geos say. Cuttings are more accurate as they have more gold. They cannot concentrate gold and the smearing effect often talked about is minor, and more to the point cannot concentrate gold. Lights will be only marginally more than heavies if at all.

The smaller the field sample in relation to the laboratory sample, the better the accuracy. However in extremely nuggety properties only bulk milling will elucidate grade.

There were I believe 13 mines over one million ounces in Timmins. I don't know all of them, but Broulan, Buffalo Ankerite, Dome, McIntyre, Hollinger, Kinross 1060, Hoyle Pond, Aunor, Paymaster, Preston East Dome, Pamour are 11. Hollinger and McIntyre are together 36 million ounces production at an average grade of 0.39 ounces per short ton.

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To: aknahow who wrote (62306)11/21/2008 10:55:14 PM
From: E. Charters  Respond to of 78412
 
Porcupine Production

The value of porcupine gold production at this minute is $68,795,568,780.00 CDN.



Mine Township Years of Production Tons Milled Prod Au Grade ozs/T

Ankerite/March Deloro 1926-1935 317,769 61,039 0.19
Aquarius Macklem 1984, 1988-1989 139,634 27,117 0.19
*Aunor Pamour (#3) Deloro 1940-1984 8,482,174 2,502,214 0.30
Banner Whitney 1927-1928, 1933, 1935 315 670 0.13
Bell Creek Hoyle 1987-1991, 1992-1994 576,017 112,739 0.196
Bonetal Whitney 1941-1951 352,254 51,510 0.15
Bonwhit Whitney 1951-1954 200,555 67,940 0.34
Broulan Porcupine Whitney 1939-1953 1,146,059 240,660 0.21
Broulan Reef Mine Whitney 1915-1965 2,144,507 498,932 0.23
*Buffalo Ankerite Deloro 1926-1953, 1978 4,993,929 957,292 0.19
Cincinnati Deloro 1914, 1922-1924 3,200 736 0.23
Clavos Stock 2005, 2006 94,437 14,355 0.178
Concordia Deloro 1935 230 16 0.07
*Coniarum/Carium Tisdale 1913-1918,
1928-1961 4,464,006 1,109,574 0.25
Crown Tisdale 1913-1921 226,180 138,330 0.61
Davidson-Tisdale Tisdale 1918-1920, 1988 53,221 2,438 0.26
*Delnite (open pit) Deloro 1937-1964 3,847,364 920,404 0.20
1987-1988 56,067 3,602 0.064

DeSantis Ogden 1933, 1939-1942, 1961-1964 196,928 35,842 0.18
*Detour Lake2 Sunday Lake Area 1983-1999 16,005,557 1,781,858 .111
*Dome Tisdale 1910-2006 100,093,311 15,675,367 0.156
Faymar Deloro 1940-1942 119,181 21,851 0.180
Fuller (Vedron) Tisdale 1940-1944 44,028 6,566 0.15
Gillies Lake Tisdale 1921-1931, 1935-1937 54,502 15,278 0.28
Goldhawk (open pit) Cody 1947 636 53 0.08
1980 40,000 3,967 0.10
Halcrow-Swayze Halcrow 1935 211 40 0.19
* Hallnor (Pamour #2) Whitney 1938-1968,
1981 4,226,419 1,690,560 0.40
Hollinger- Schumacher Tisdale 1915-1918 112,124 27,182 0.24
*Hollinger Pamour Timmins Property Tisdale
1910-1968 1976-1988 65,778,234 19,327,691 0.29
2,615,866 182,058 0.07
Hoyle – Falconbridge Whitney 1941-1944,
1946-1949 725,494 71,843 0.10
*Hoyle Pond Hoyle 1985-2006 6,087,040 2,316,346 0.38
Hugh-Pam Whitney 1926, 1948-1965 636,751 119,604 0.19
Jerome3 Osway 1941-1943, 1956 335,060 56,893 0.17
Joburke3 Keith 1973-1975, 1979-1981 440,117 43,571 0.10
Kingbridge/Gomak3 Chester 1935-1936 1,387 98 0.07
Marlhill Hoyle 1989-1991 156,800 30,924 0.199
* McIntyre Pamour Schumacher Tisdale
1912-1988 37,634,691 2,549,189 0.29
ERG Tailings recovery)
1988-1989 2,549,189 18,260 0.01

McLaren Deloro 1933-1937 876 201 0.23
Moneta Tisdale 1938-1943 314,829 149,250 0.47
Naybob (Kenilworth) Ogden 1932-1964 304,100 50,731 0.17
Nighthawk Macklem 1995-1999 1,479,607 175,803 0.12
Owl Creek Hoyle 1981-1989 1,984,400 236,880 0.12
*Pamour # 1 (incl. pits 3, 4 & 7 and Hoyle)
Whitney 1936-1999 2005-2006 45,795,863 4,078,525 0.09
2,837,570 145,852 0.05
Pamour (other sources) Whitney 1936-1999 7,416,634 676,645 0.091
*Paymaster Deloro 1915-1919, 1922-1966 5,607,402 1,192,206 0.21
Porcupine Lake (Hunter) Whitney 1937-1940,
1944 10,821 1,369 0.13
Porcupine Peninsular Cody 1924-1927, 1940,
1947 99,688 27,354 0.27
*Preston Tisdale 1938-1968 6,284,405 1,539,355 0.24
Preston NY Tisdale 1933 2,800 153 0.05
Preston/Porcupine Pet Deloro 1914-1915 NA 314
Preston/Porphyry Hill Deloro 1913-1915 46,312 6.78
St. Andrew Goldfields – Stock Stock 1989-1994,
2000 815,429 129,856 0.16
Tionaga/Smith Thorne3 Horwood 1938-1939 6,653 2,299 0.35
Tisdale Ankerite Tisdale 1952 14,655 2,236 0.15
Tommy Burns/ Arcadia Shaw 1917 21 14 0.28
Vipond Tisdale 1911-1941 1,565,218 414,367 0.26
Young Shannon3 Chester 1937, 1975 3,265 91 0.028
Total 343,767,617 67,712,174 0.197




To: aknahow who wrote (62306)11/21/2008 11:53:56 PM
From: E. Charters  Respond to of 78412
 
Value of Kirkland Lake Production to 2007 at this minute is $42,696,706,070.00 CDN.

43 billion CDN.

Gold production in the Kirkland Lake District to 2007

Mine Township Tons (oz.Au) Grade
(oz./T)
Aljo Beatty 2,333 42 0.018
American Eagle Munro 60 40 0.667
Argyll Beatty 12,455 851 0.068
Armistice McGarry 8,282 1,035 0.125
Ashley Bannockburn 157,076 50,123 0.319
Barber Larder McGarry 30,118 3,072 0.102
Barry Hollinger Pacuad 267,741 77,000 0.288
Bidgood Lebel 586,367 160,184 0.273
Blue Quartz Beatty 500 81 0.162
Bourkes Benoit 1,298 277 0.213
Buffonta Garrison 117,013 12,139 0.104
Canadian Arrow Hislop 279,593 17,045 0.061
Canamax (Matheson Project)
Holloway 38,675 5,391 0.139
Cathroy Larder (Mirado)
McElroy 89,719 10,231 0.114
Centre Hill** Munro 327,007 422 0.001
Cheminis McVittie 179,013 17,530 0.098
Chesterville McGarry 3,260,439 358,880 0.110
Croesus Munro 5,333 14,859 2.786
Eastmaque (tailings) Teck 1,051,744 28,740 0.027
Ethel Copper** James 17,477 115 0.007
Gateford (Swastika) Teck 103,684 30,068 0.290
Glimmer Hislop 1,212,592 209,926 0.173
Golden Summit Maisonville 737 57 0.077
Gold Hill Catharine 4,616 660 0.143
Gold Pyramid Guibord 175 36 0.206
Goldpost Hislop 9,403 2,913 0.310
Hislop Mine (Hislop East)*
Hislop 424,103 50,386 0.119
Holloway Mine Holloway 5,460,399 881,963 0.162
Holloway-Holt* Holloway 105,102 10,791 0.103
Holt-McDermott Holloway 8,178,999 1,322,332 0.162
Hudson-Rand Teck 6,496 483 0.074
Kerr McGarry 40,336,512 10,457,441 0.259
Kirkland Lake Teck 3,140,283 1,172,955 0.374
Kirkland Lake Gold* Teck 600,594 201,000 0.335
Kirkland Townsite Teck 4,230 1,921 0.454
Laguerre McVittie 40,514 7,568 0.187
Lake Shore Teck 17,208,323 8,602,791 0.500
Macassa Teck 7,877,532 3,525,389 0.448
Macassa (Tailings) Teck 3,240,890 173,659 0.054
Matachewan Consolidated
Powell 3,631,908 385,503 0.106
McBean Gauthier 557,621 45,900 0.082
Miller Independence Pacaud 31 59 1.903
Moffat-Hall Lebel 16,388 4,780 0.292
Morris Kirkland Lebel 127,253 16,999 0.134
New Telluride Skead 104 62 0.596
Newfield Garrison 55,000 9,680 0.176
Omega McVittie 1,615,081 214,098 0.133
Queenston Gauthier 1,054 177 0.168
Ronda Macmurchy 24,592 2,727 0.111
Ross Hislop 6,714,482 995,832 0.148
Ryan Lake** Powell 188,790 1,352 0.007
Stairs Midlothian 15,835 3,573 0.226
Sylvanite Teck 5,049,536 1,674,808 0.332
Taylor* Taylor 8,971 1,357 0.151
Teck Hughes Teck 9,565,302 3,709,007 0.388
Toburn Teck 1,186,316 570,659 0.481
Tyranite Tyrrell 223,810 31,352 0.140
Upper Beaver Gauthier 580,562 140,709 0.242
Upper Canada Gauthier 4,648,984 1,398,291 0.301
White-Guyatt Munro 50 10 0.200
Wright Hargreaves Teck 9,934,327 4,821,296 0.485
Young Davidson Powell 6,218,272 585,690 0.094

Total including tailings 144,751,696 42,024,317 0.290
Total excluding tailings 140,459,062 41,821,918 0.298


* Producer in 2005
** Base Metal Production
*** Intermittent Production

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