The Mabou property comprises the Mabou (Lot 8399), Ohio (Lot 8769), Empress and Summit Crown granted claims and fractions on the south slope of the valley of Enterprise Creek, 10.5 kilometres northeast of Slocan. Access to the property is from the Slocan highway via the Enterprise and Neepawa Creek roads.

The Mabou property has been explored by several short adits and many open cuts on what is believed to be the southwestern extension of the Neepawa - Enterprise (082FNW147,148) vein-shear system hosted by porphyritic granite of the Nelson batholith. The largest development is a 25-metre drift from the uppermost adit. This explores the Enterprise vein which strikes 055 degrees and dips 70 to 80 degrees southeast. The ore consists of fairly coarse grained galena mixed with varying quantities of sphalerite. Assay results on a grab sample of the cleanest looking ore yielded trace of gold, 9100 grams per tonne silver, 18.5 per cent lead and 17 per cent zinc.

The Ohio claim was owned and worked by Messrs. Kirkwood & Wells in 1898. They apparently acquired the Mabou claim in about 1902 and development work was carried out intermittently on both claims through 1904. The Mabou and Riverside claims were owned and worked by Mr. R. Kirkwood in 1905.

The property lay idle until 1919 when Mr. Kirkwood and associates acquired the Mabou, Ohio, Empress Fr. and Summit Fr. claims and resumed development work. The workings at this time consisted of 3 adits, 23, 15 and 4.5 metres.

In 1946 the Mabou, Ohio and Neepawa claims were acquired by the Terley Mining, Milling and Smelting Co. Six adits on the Mabou and Ohio claims were cleaned out but apparently very little development work was done at this time.