Late in the mining season of 1870, $7,000 was taken out by a party of 15 Chinese miners, giving some hope that significant gold might yet be found in the region.
[4] The creek has been mined for gold and silver, which occurred simultaneously and were unusual to find in that way.
[6] Initial exploration and mining work was carried out by means of drift diggings, followed by ground sluicing and hydraulicking later.
Gold was later found upstream from the waterfall in a pre-glacial channel, in the form of coarse well-worn flakes on the bedrock.
[10] Arquerite, a native amalgam of silver and mercury, is relatively abundant in the gold-bearing gravels of the creek.