The Manitou (L.1753), Eva Bell (L.2031) (082ESE169) and Halifax (L.3042) (082ESE099) are adjacent claims in the south central part of the Burnt Basin camp. This small mining camp is situated approximately 13 kilometres northeast of Christina Lake and roughly 25 kilometres west of Trail in southeastern B.C. Access to the property is via Highway 3 from either Grand Forks or Castlegar to the Paulson Bridge. From a point 0.4 kilometre southwest of the Paulson Bridge a dirt road extends along the eastern side of the claims and across the southern part of the property. Elevations range from 1,300 metres on Halifax claim to the highest point in the immediate area at 1450 metres on the Eva Bell claim.

Little has been recorded regarding the early prospecting in the camp that began in the late 1800's. In 1902 the Manitou claim (L.1753) was Crown-granted to R. Cooper. Work on the claim at this time was done in shallow shafts, open cuts, and trenches. In 1937, the claim was part of 21 claim group held by J. Grafton of Rossland. Since 1965, several operators have explored the showings and shipped small quantities of ore (mainly from the Eva Bell claim). In 1965 Christina Lake Mines Ltd. completed geological, geochemical and magnetometer surveys and a minor amount of diamond drilling. This was followed in 1968 by Dalex Mines Ltd. that did an induced polarization survey, considerable stripping and trenching and 7 drill holes totalling 653 metres. A few years later in 1971 Burnt Basin Mines Ltd. undertook a program of geological mapping, a magnetometer survey, trenching and stripping, drilling that included 5 holes totalling 200 metres, and production of 43 tonnes of ore grading 210 grams per tonne of silver, 16 per cent zinc and 8 per cent lead. In the period 1972 to 1975, Donna Mines Ltd. reported line cutting and a magnetometer survey on the Eva Bell and Halifax claims and five short drill holes, cat trenching and percussion drilling on Eva Bell. At this time the company shipped 13,50O tonnes of ore. In 1975 to 1976, Alviji Mines Ltd. operated the property and shipped 485 tonnes of ore grading 106 grams per tonne of silver, 4.45 per cent lead, 6.75 per cent zinc and 21.5 per cent magnetite. In 1977, Paulson Mines Ltd. completed 457 metres of drilling on the Halifax claim and published intercept values, up to 2 metres, grading 420 grams per tonne silver, 19.7 per cent lead and 14.9 per cent zinc. In 1978, Oliver Resources Ltd. completed 10 kilometres of electromagnetic, induced polarization, and magnetometer surveying and the following year Granges Exploration Ltd. did 291 metres of diamond drilling on the Eva Bell and BP No.2 claims.

In April 1986, Westrim Resources Inc. acquired an option agreement on the property, the object being to evaluate the Mother Lode (L.1508) and the Eva Bell (L.2031) and Halifax (L.3042) claims. The program included detailed soil sampling carried out across the Halifax and Eva Bell claims and the intervening Manitou claim. The results indicate a more or less continuous zone of mineralization 350 metres long and 100 metres wide across the three claims. Burnt basin is underlain by a variety of bedded rocks and igneous intrusions. The sedimentary and volcanic bedded rocks are mostly in the southern part of the camp. These units are assigned to the Mount Roberts Formation (Permian?) and include clean and dirty grey limestone beds of variable thickness interlayered with siltstone and minor chert. North of these units is an area of mostly massive andesitic volcanic rocks. Fragmental textures are found in places in the volcanic rock commonly associated with a carbonate matrix and small limestone lenses. These beds are cut by numerous felsic dikes and sills related to the Coryell batholith (Tertiary).

Mineralization in southern part of Burnt Basin includes magnetite/sulphide replacements, and sulphide disseminations. Disseminated pyrite is occasionally seen in granitic plutons and volcanic rocks, and scattered pyrite and pyrrhotite is common in hornfels. Replacement deposits occur in recrystallized limestone and the volcanic rocks. The altered limestone is characterized by coarse sparry calcite and garnets 1-5 millimetres in diameter. The volcanic rocks host skarn minerals in the form of epidote-garnet patches accompanied by pyrite and calcite. The pyrite generally comprises 1-2 per cent of the rock (rarely as much as 10-20 per cent). Most of the old workings are small replacements developed in limestone adjacent to dikes. These bodies were mined principally for silver, although they contained significant but irratic zinc, lead, copper and gold values. On the Manitou claim the mineralization, consisting of sphalerite, galena and pyrite in a siliceous gangue, occurs in veins and segregations. Owing to the broken nature of the ground, caused by the intrusion of offshoot dikes from the adjacent batholith, the ore bodies are difficult to follow.

In 2018, Rich River Resources, on the behalf of Golden Lake Exploration Inc., completed a program of prospecting and geochemical (rock, soil and silt) sampling on the area as the Molly Gibson-Golden Lode property.