The Start No. 2 showing is located about 500 metres east of the Big Missouri mine road, 800 metres southwest of the south end of Long Lake, and approximately 16 kilometres north of Stewart.
The area is underlain by folded and faulted Jurassic Hazelton Group rocks. Mineralization is hosted in predominantly felsic volcanics of the Lower to Middle Jurassic Mount Dilworth Formation. These rocks are overlain by siltstones of the Middle-Upper Jurassic Salmon River Formation (Open File 1987-22). The felsic volcanics, comprising mainly tuffs, generally strike north and dip east. They lie on the west limb, near the core, of the north trending Dilworth syncline. Faults in the area trend mainly north-northeast to northeast.
Mineralization on the Start No. 2 claim (Lot 5206) comprises vuggy quartz breccia veins containing coarse-grained sphalerite, galena and pyrite. In an opencut above the No. 1 adit, an east trending quartz vein dipping 70 degrees south contains lenses and blebs of sphalerite, galena, minor pyrite and fragments of felsic tuff. A sample across the vein assayed 99.4 grams per tonne silver, trace gold, 7.0 per cent zinc, 1.7 per cent lead, 0.02 per cent copper and 0.09 per cent cadmium over 2.1 metres (Assessment Report 7640; 8245). The vein was not intersected in the adit. Other, non-mineralized veins in the adit trend northwest.
At the No. 2 adit, about 60 metres south of the No. 1 adit, northwest trending quartz and quartz-carbonate breccia veins are exposed in the adit. A grab sample of quartz breccia vein material from the muck pile containing sphalerite, galena and minor pyrite, assayed 68.6 grams per tonne silver, 0.5 gram per tonne gold, 9.3 per cent zinc, 1.5 per cent lead, 0.03 per cent copper and 0.12 per cent cadmium (Assessment Report 8245).
Two other adits, southwest of the No. 2 adit, contain no significant mineralization. The Start Nos. 1-4 claims were acquired by Chief Metals Company in 1924(?). About 60 metres of underground work was reported in 1926. In 1927, Bush Consolidated Gold Mines, Inc. acquired the claims and carried out further work. New Indian Mines Ltd. performed geological mapping over a large group of claims, including the Start claims, in 1962. In 1979, Ocean Home Exploration Ltd. conducted further geological mapping on the Start claims which were then part of the Slate group. Esso Resources acquired the Start No. 2 claim from Houston Oil and Minerals in 1982. In 1987, Claimer Resources entered into an option agreement with Esso. In 1992, an exploration program was carried out on the Shure property on behalf of Homestake Canada Ltd. The Shure property covers the Daly-Sullivan (104A 073), Lakeshore (104A 092), Bush (104A 097) and Start (104A 138) showings. Work included drill testing the Rama Vein (104A 097) in addition to a ground resistivity, induced polarization and magnetometer survey over the Rama Vein and adjacent showings. Seven diamond-drill holes were completed totalling 674.5 metres; six holes were on the Rama Vein and one on the Gully Stockwork (104A 097). In total, 10.6 kilometres of induced polarization/resistivity survey and 13.3 kilometres of magnetic survey were completed.
