Eight claims were located on Galena Bay in Upper Arrow Lake, all carrying gold (ca. 1896). The area is near the contact of limestone, slate, siltstone and argillite of the Devonian to Cambrian Broadview Formation (Lardeau Group), and Cretaceous granodioritic intrusive rocks.

An assay of $44 in gold was obtained from the Royal Canadian claim, while from two other claims, assays were $34 and $40 in gold, respectively (ca. 1896).