The Hampton property is located at the elevation of about 1675 metres in the headwater area of Springer Creek, 10 kilometres east- northeast of Slocan. Access to the property is from the Slocan highway via the Springer Creek road.

Four main adits explore a mineralized shear zone in porphyritic Nelson granite. The shear zone has a northeasterly strike, dips steeply southeast and varies from 0.3 to a few metres wide. The zone contains streaks and lenses, up to 0.6 metre thick, composed of quartz and some calcite, galena, sphalerite and high grade silver minerals including native silver.

Intermittent production from 1900 to 1940 amounts to a total of 90 tonnes of ore grading 16,817 grams per tonne silver, 2 per cent lead and ancillary zinc.