The Flying Dutchman is located on the northern side of Hall Creek, about 12 kilometres southwest of Nelson. Development in the 1800's included a 10.7-metre drift at the 1541.2-metre level and a 36.58-metre drift at the 1524.3-metre level.

The area is underlain by augite basalt flows and flow breccias of the Lower Jurassic Elise Formation, Rossland Group. These have been intruded by granitic rocks of the Middle to Late Jurassic Nelson Intrusions.

Quartz veins, up to 4 metres wide, occur in shear zones in augite porphyry. The Flying Dutchman vein is about 1 metre (?) in width and hosts erratic gold values. The vein strikes between 010 and 050 degrees and dips between 65 and 75 degrees. Mineralization, similar to other showings in the area (such as H.B. - 082FSW181), consists of quartz gangue hosting pyrite, chalcopyrite, free gold, bornite and traces of galena. Pyrite is the dominant sulphide and mineralization is reported to be strongest on the hanging wall side of the vein. Sampling of the vein on the No. 2 level workings resulted in assays ranging from trace to 13.7 grams per tonne gold across 0.45 to 1.46 metres (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1934, page E5).

A sample ((HTR12A)) of quartz veining and stockwork with disseminated pyrite and chalcopyrite in fine-grained andesite (basalt ?) was taken from the southwest corner of Lot 5146. The sample assayed 0.22 grams per tonne gold, 1.8 grams per tonne silver and 0.23 per cent copper (Assessment Report 18939).

In 1928, William Rozan, of Nelson, BC, was shown a large, rough gold nugget by a local placer miner. He then panned his way up Hall Creek and staked claims around the Golden Eagle (L. 4215) Crown grant. Over the next 30 years, Mr. Rozan proceeded to mine his claims with several colleagues. Most of the work was done by hand steel and focused on two near-surface auriferous veins. During this time, 146 tonnes ore was shipped, resulting in 215 ounces (6095.15 grams) gold.

During the summer of 1943, W. Rozan and an associate are reported in the Annual Report of the Minister of Mines as having conducted a small amount of stripping and surface work by hand methods on several narrow gold-bearing quartz veins.

In 1946, Mr. Rozan completed 300 feet (91.44 metres) of trenching along a vein. The highest gold value in the samples taken was 379.21 grams per tonne.

In 1953, Copper Leaf Mines Ltd. optioned the property from Rozan, who further developed the main quartz vein.

In 1972, William Rozan passed away and the property reverted to the public domain.

In 1974, Frank Cameron and Eric Denny purchased the Rozan claims. The next year, additional claims were added to the existing claim group with the staking of the Golden Eagle 2, 3 and 5 claims.

In 1983, Patrick Resources Corporation acquired the property through an option agreement. Eleven rock samples were collected, focusing mainly on the underground mine and ore dump and including several detailed surface and underground maps. The best assay collected came from a stockpile grab sample at the main portal that returned 82.33 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 32592).

In 1983, Rex Silver Mines Ltd. conducted a reconnaissance program consisting of geology, prospecting and stream silt sampling on the HC 1-4 mineral claims.

In 1984, Rex Silver continued the reconnaissance work and collected several non-anomalous pyritic samples. Additionally, Greenwich Resources Inc. geochemically surveyed the Actinolite claims and collected 48 rock samples and 99 stream sediment samples.

In June 1986, Lacana Mining Corp. completed three days of traversing on the property, collecting 14 rock and 51 ‘B-’ horizon soil samples. Anomalous gold soil samples are associated with epidote altered andesites, which assayed up to 210 parts per billion.

In October 1986, Hiawatha Resources Inc. collected six representative rock and 194 grid-based soil samples from the top of Red Mountain to below Rozan’s cabin. Strongly anomalous gold in five of the rock samples ranged from 5 to 25.66 grams per tonne and over 21 soil samples returned more than 100 parts per billion gold.

In 1988, Geostrategic Consultants conducted a detailed magnetometer survey of the Honky Tonk claim group (correlating with the Flying Dutchman occurrence) to identify the source of mineralization. The survey was unsuccessful in identifying a possible source.

From 1988 to 1992, Hiawatha optioned the Rozan claim group and conducted property-wide mapping and the collection of some 1000 soil samples. The soils successfully outlined a 600 by 600-metre gold-in-soil anomaly where the best result was 560 parts per billion gold.

In the summer of 1996, Yukon Revenue Mines investigated the property, attempting to ascertain the source of Hiawatha’s gold-in-soil anomaly. The exploration work consisted of geological mapping, soil sampling and a detailed analysis of the surficial materials.

In 2000, Emgold Mining Corporation acquired the property and collected 169 ‘B-’ horizon soil samples and, 19 rock-chip samples, conducted a magnetometer geophysical survey amounting to 5.8 line kilometres and performed diamond drilling. Two BQ2 holes were completed on two primary targets: Hole RM00-01 tested a granodiorite ridge hosting sheeted and stockwork quartz veining, and hole RM00-02 tested the extension of the main Rozan vein at depth. The highest grade assay was from hole RM00-02, which returned 60.73 grams per tonne gold over 0.25 metre at 77.82 metres down the hole (Assessment Report 32592).

In the winter of 2003, Fugro Airborne Surveys Corp. flew 161 line kilometres along northeast-southwest–oriented flight lines, utilizing a DIGHEM VEM-MAG geophysical system covering the majority of the Rozan property. The survey identified 167 anomalies, 88 of which were traceable to discrete bedrock sources often indicative of conductive sulphides. Aditionally, several discrete weak conductors were located.

In late 2004, Emgold completed a follow-up soil sampling program over the airborne

anomalies. A total of 333 soil samples and nine rock samples were collected. Several correlations were discovered between areas of anomalous magnetic and electromagnetic features, areas of mineralized veining and alteration mapped during prospecting and gold-in-soil geochemical anomalies.

In 2007, a third diamond drill hole was undertaken by Emgold. Hole 07ROZ-01 was drilled to a depth of 104.29 metres and was designed to further test the extension of the main Rozan vein. The highest assay result from this drillhole, which failed to intercept the vein, was 0.2 gram per tonne gold over 1.7 metres (Assessment Report 32592).

In January 2010, Valterra Resource Corp. optioned the Rozan property from Emgold. Valterra conducted topographical and geophysical compilation studies, and relogged, resampled and catalogued some of the historic drillcore (Assessment Report 32128).

In 2011, Valterra conducted a program of geological mapping (approximately 2 square kilometres), collecting and analyzing four rock samples and 119 soil samples. A total of 10 gold anomalies were identified by Valterra. A northwest-southeast–-trending gold soil anomaly (target A) extends for approximately 1.8 kilometres and is up to 200 metres wide (the true width is unknown). Along the surface trace of the Mount Verde fault, a strong anomaly (target B) is identified by gold, tungsten, arsenic and manganese in the soils. The remaining gold soil anomalies are generally northeast-southwest– orientated and are considered related to high-grade or sheeted quartz vein gold mineralization on the property (Assessment Report 32592).

In 2012, Emgold completed 1,495.3 metres of BTW-size diamond core drilling in 15 drill holes on the property, focusing on gold exploration targets. Highlights of the 2012 drill program include 11.13 grams per tonne gold over 1.45 metres in drill hole 12ROZ-08 in the sheeted vein zone and 1.65 grams per tonne gold over 1 metre in drill hole 12ROZ-01 in the main vein zone (V STOCKWATCH, January 28, 2013).