It was discovered by Harry L. Day, a bookkeeper and clerk, and Fred Harper, a local prospector.

[2] The original owners of this mine all shared a unique history together, all started out as pro union or involved with the 1899 explosion at the Bunker and Sullivan.

Levi "Al" Hutton was the engineer on the train used to move explosive from the frisco mine, to the concentrator.

Famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow argued during the Bill Haywood trial that Orchard was bitter about losing his one-sixteenth share of the Hercules Mine due to a declaration of martial law during a labor dispute.

Darrow argued that this bitterness motivated Orchard to assassinate former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg.