The property is located on Shuttle Island, in Darwin Sound.

The discovery in 1918 of placer gold on the adjacent beach by a timber company employee led to the staking of 23 claims. Development work began in sinking an 8-metre shaft at the intersection of the two veins. In 1919 a drift adit was driven 20 metres on the smaller vein. From 45 tonnes of ore produced from this operation, 560 grams of gold were recovered by mortaring and panning.

In 1921 the property consisted of 4 claims, the Ellen, Georgia Mac, Bald Eagle Eraction, and Aeroplane, owned by a Mr. Edwards and partner. By that time the adit following the smaller vein had been extended to a length of 30 metres, to the junction with the main vein; the main vein was then drifted for 7.6 metres. The property was optioned early in 1921 to Archie McVittie. The 'Ellen Group' Gold Mining Company, Limited, was incorporated in April 1921 to acquire and develop the property, however, very little further work was reported and the company charter was surrendered in 1925.

In the early 1960's the property was held by Pamoil Limited as the Bud 1-13 claims. A geophysical survey of the property was carried out in 1963.

R. Woolverton conducted surveys in 1979 and 1984.

Shuttle Island is underlain by Vancouver Group, Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation rocks consisting of greenstones, tuffs and intercalated limestone and argillite. The rocks strike about 015 degrees and dip 70 degrees east.

Free gold mineralization occurs in two small intersecting brecciated quartz veins within a 20 to 30 metre wide tuff-limestone unit. The steeply dipping veins strike north and northeast for a distance of about 100 metres and are up to 2.5 centimetres wide.

In 1919, about 49 tonnes of ore was shipped from the property. From this ore about 560 grams of gold were recovered.