Other minerals, such as copper, lead and antimony, were also mined in addition to the silver.

The mine dumps were reworked in the early part of the 20th century[4] The post office was in operation from April 1867 until May 1911 and then again from September 1915 until 1922.

[5] During the 1870s it was known as a major mining boomtown producing silver, and was rumored to have a population of 15,000.

Currently, the old Combination Mine and Mill office and Belmont Courier Newspaper office and associated buildings are under restoration and preservation, known as the Philadelphia House, a reference to the name of the lodging house in the 1880s, and the Philadelphia mining district.

The transfer from the Belmont Courthouse State Historical Park to Nye County took place in 2012.