The following description was included in "The History of Gold Exploration in Minnesota" by Mark Severson, 2011:

"Hanson Brothers lease (sec. 33, T66N, R17W) consisted of two shafts that followed quartz veins in the Vermillion Granitic Complex. The first shaft was 34 feet deep (sunk in 1937), and an assay of 0.18 oz/ton gold was reported in 1938. The second shaft, located ten feet east of the first shaft and sunk in 1938, was inclined to the north and encountered quartz veins and "... a series of caves probably formed by the leaching of the original rock by descending carbonated waters... if no commercial gold deposit is found, at least some concentration of iron, manganese, and probably zinc, will result" (1938 Annual Report, Lands and Minerals (MDNR), p. 216-218). There are not reported gold analytical results for this prospect. These workings were visited by the author in 1983, and the inclined shaft was found to be filled with water with thin-gauge rails leading downward at the mouth of the shaft"

The site was visited by A. Blaske in August 1989, and greenschist grade granular metamorphic rocks were found, including actinolite-epidote-magnetite rock with calcite and pyrite, and a calcite-clinochlore-magnetite rock. Large epidote and almandine crystals were found, although the almandine was corroded and contained abundant hematite.

A personal visit by Sam Anderson and Frank Karasti on April 24,2026 has located the prospect and corrected the location.

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