Records indicate that by 1902 an 1158 metre long tunnel had been driven up the Little Snowshoe Creek following the irregular bedrock. More recent activity has apparently been sluicing. The creek drains an area that is mainly underlain by metasedimentary rocks (quartzite) of the Upper Proterozoic-Paleozoic Snowshoe Group.

"Data from the Cariboo mining district indicate that supergene leaching of gold dispersed within massive sulphides by Tertiary deep weathering followed by Cenozoic erosion is the most likely explanation for the occurrence of coarse gold nuggets in Quaternary sediments" (Exploration in British Columbia 1989, page 147).

The first placer mining in the Quesnel mining district was along the Quesnel River, and on Horsefly River in 1859. In 1860, new discoveries were rapidly made - Keithley, Snowshoe, and Harvey creeks were discovered and a large amount of gold was produced before the earliest production was recorded in 1874. Fully one-third of the total production of the Quesnel district is believed to have been mined between 1860 and 1873 (Bulletin 28).

During the period 1874 to 1940 recorded production from Little Snowshowe Creek was 469,330 grams of gold. Bulletin 28 states that "Production recorded from Snowshoe Creek probably was mined on what is now called Little Snowshow Creek".