Jamieson Creek is reported to have been worked for placer gold in the 1860s and to have yielded good returns, but attempts to reach bedrock in the valley bottom failed because of the flow of water encountered. About 1900, a dredge was installed on a property that included the lower part of Jamieson Creek and about 2.4 kilometres of the North Thompson River upstream from Jamieson Creek. The dredge worked for two months in 1901 with unsatisfactory results. It is reported that the gold occurred in the form of bar deposits, which are unsuitable for dredging (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 249).