The Silver Bell (Belmont) occurrence is located on Jim Kelly Creek, approximately 3.2 kilometres from its junction with the Similkameen River.

The area is underlain by sediments of the Lower to Upper Cretaceous Pasayten Group, which are composed of altered, fractured and fissured sandstone, conglomerate and pelite. These are intruded by foliated diorite of the late Jurassic to early Cretaceous Eagle Plutonic Complex.

Locally, schists host a quartz vein, varying from 5 to 30 centimetres in width, with galena, pyrite and tetrahedrite mineralization.

In 1926, picked samples yielded up to 2.0 grams per tonne gold, 1043 grams per tonne silver and 1.2 per cent lead (Property File - T. M. Parsons [1989-01-01]: Property Submission On Jim Kelly Creek, Wolfe Creek And Lone Pine Creek Mineral Claims).

The area has been explored since the late 1890’s. In 1909, copper-gold ore was reportedly removed by James Kelly but the exact location of this is unknown. In 1914, the John Bull, Spokane, Vancouver, Marsellaise, Superior and Gold Mountain groups were explored. In 1926, exploration was done on the Silver Bell and Belmont claims, thought to be the same vein as previously worked by James Kelly. A short shaft was sunk at this time but excessive water prohibited operations. In 1937, the Evening Star group was worked by W.B. Marks.

During 1982 through 1985, Minequest Exploration completed programs of prospecting and soil sampling the area as the Aura claims. In 1989, T.M. Parsons prospected and sampled the area as the Fortune and Great Scott claims.