The location of the North Wind showings is uncertain; they are located at approximately 1920 metres elevation on the east side of Arkansas Lake, at the head of Next (Canyon) Creek, some 24 kilometres east-southeast of Salmo; Next Creek flows northerly and easterly to the south end of Kootenay Lake. A published description in Minister of Mines Annual Report for 1927 indicates it is "about 3.2 kilometres easterly from the Spokane (082FSE032) and on the opposite side of the creek"; if on the other side of Next Creek (then called Canyon Creek) it would fall about 5 kilometres east of the Spokane. The description (the vein strikes northerly, dipping vertically, and is exposed at several widely-spaced points over a distance of 1 kilometre, at elevations ranging from 1875 to 1925 metres) fits the location on the east side of Next Creek better than on the west side.

In 1927 the property consisted of 4 claims, the North Wind, Caribou, Arkansaw, and Canyon, owned by W.B. McCreath and L.E. Borden. Work to date was done in open cuts and shallow shafts. In 1928 the property was bonded by W.H. Tyrrell, of San Francisco. St. Bernard Mines, Limited was incorporated in British Columbia in March 1929 to acquire the property. No work was reported and the company charter was surrendered in 1932. From incomplete information it appears that the North Wind showings were held in 1938 as the Virginia claim, owned by J. Mulholland and under lease to D. Masciangelo & associates. Development work to that date included 61 metres of drift; a small amount of ore was shipped to Trail.

At the southern end of the area, the vein is from 0.5 to 0.8 metre wide and dump material assayed 4.5 per cent lead, 8.1 per cent zinc, 202 grams per tonne silver and 3.4 grams per tonne gold; 1000 metres to the north, the vein is 0.8 metre wide and assayed 2.8 per cent lead, 0.6 per cent zinc, 48 grams per tonne silver and 9.6 grams per tonne gold (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1927). The showings are described as well defined quartz-filled fissure veins in biotite granodiorite or granite of the Nelson intrusions (Middle Jurassic in age) containing disseminated galena, pyrite and sphalerite. The veins are surrounded by leached and oxidized quartz and altered country rock (alteration is not described). Overburden is deep and extensive on the relatively gentle, wooded slopes and further discoveries could be expected.