The mine was located on Tioga Hill on the crest and eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, one of several claims intended to work the Sheepherder silver lode.

The Sheepherder lode was discovered in 1860, and rediscovered by shepherd Thomas Brusky Jr., who staked a number of claims in the area.

[citation needed] After an adit was driven 1784 feet into the side of the hill at an expenditure of $300,000, operations were closed down in 1884.

They resumed with modern equipment in 1933, but did not find the Sheepherder Lode, and operations ceased for good.

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