[3] The residual sand from the stamping process was dumped into Lake Superior, increasing the town's land area greatly.

[3] These residents worked at the town's office, warehouse, blacksmith, dock, pump house, and the copper stamping mill.

The town struggled on, eventually losing its last industry, logging, in 1965 as railroads left the region.

Starting in 2019, the EPA has provided $3.7 million to the United States Army Corps of Engineers in order to begin dredging the stamp sands.

This is being done in an attempt to restore fish spawning grounds, as well as protect the Buffalo Reef in lake superior.