The Hutchinson Mine property is comprised of 48 claim cell units totaling approximately 2300 acres. It was mined underground on and off for gold and silver from 1937 to 1947 until the mine became inactive due to a lack of financing after the war. Copper and Zinc are also present in the northern part of the property. The property has only seen shallow drilling and was only mined to a depth of around 400ft.

The map above shows proposed areas of mechanized stripping and the proposed drill hole locations.

Going Forward – High-Grade Zones to be Followed Up

We have identified many high-grade areas of interest that will need follow-up, including the workings of the historic Hutchison Gold Mine and many other gold showings covering the western area of the property, indicating a gold trend for a strike length of about 2.5 kilometres.

The Results that will need to be followed-up include 11.6 oz/ton/gold (360.80 g/t/Au) across 1.3 feet, 1.84 oz/ton/gold (57.23 g/t/Au) across 2.25 ft, vein number 1 located 100 ft due south of the shaft in surface pits which gave results of 0.87 oz/ton/gold (23.63 g/t/Au) across 2.67 ft plus vein number 4 located 130 ft north of the shaft which yielded results of 0.55 oz/ton/gold (17.10 g/t/Au) over 1.5 ft for a length of 90 ft.

Of additional interest is a cross-sectional drill hole number 34A, which cut what appears to be the westward extension of the number 4 vein which gave an average of 0.76 oz/ton/gold (27.06 g/t/Au) over 4.5 ft at a point 40ft above and 30ft west of the first level.

Also of significant importance is a flat hole structure westward from the second level, which cut 5.6 oz/ton/gold (174.17 g/t/Au) over 1.3 ft.

Other areas to follow up include vein number 5, located 270 ft north of the shaft, which has a length of 120 ft and averages 0.55 oz/ton/gold (17.10 g/t/Au) across 2.5 ft. Also included is another drill hole located approximately 560 ft north of the shaft which gave high-grade results of 13.52 oz/ton/gold (420.51 g/t /Au) over 1.1 ft, and another 140 east of the shaft that yielded extremely high-grade results of 24.16 oz/ton/gold (751.46 g/t Au) over 2.0 ft.

The historical data also shows that the previous miners also didn't do any development work on the 300 ft (3^rd) level. They didn't stope between levels to access and mine all the small blowout pockets. They also didn't mine the No.1 vein because their crosscut to access it was unsuccessful at connecting to it underground. And lastly, stopping operations at the 400 feet (4th) level may have stopped short of where the mine may have become more profitable.

We at Golden Rapture believe that the story at this Hutchison Mine project is far from over and intend to fully explore this project with all the modern exploration methods and tools.