XCana Petroleum Corp. has completed the required filing and recording of a 2100 acre, 102 lode claim, 3.3sq mile project in the Table Mountain District of northern Churchill County, Nevada. Situated strategically in the historically documented "Cottonwood Canyon" where according to historical records was discovered by George Lovelock and Charles Bell in the year 1882.

Production began shortly thereafter with early volumes of "Mineral Resources" containing notes on production. The larger part of early production started in 1883 and continued until about 1886 with about 200 tons of ore being shipped to England for refining. The general average of the 200 tons shipped to England was recorded to have been 12% nickel and 14 percent cobalt with at least one car of ore containing 26 percent nickel.