[2] It was established in 1856 as Democrat Hill by miners who struck it rich in the area.

As a local newspaper reported: "[N]ew diggings have been struck about a mile from Remington Hill, that are exceeding (sic) rich.

Three men took out four ounces and four dollars in one day, in addition to paying water money.

[6] Democrat Hill appears on J. G. Hartwell's 1880 map of Nevada County and in its list of mines.

Presently, the area is in a remote and largely uninhabited part of the Tahoe National Forest.