A rancher who also wished to exploit the location opposed him in court, but Johnson prevailed.

[2] The mine was finally closed when a snowslide destroyed the aerial tram terminal after 1935.

[3] The district includes a mining adit and stope, an aerial tramway, four log structures, a log ore mill, a stable, trash dumps and a dam on Johnson Lake.

The aerial tramway transported ore from the mine 300 m (980 ft) across a steep slope to a terminal building, where the ore was packing in barrels and hauled by mule 1.1 km (0.68 mi) to the mill.

[3] The mine followed an 18 in (460 mm) wide ore-bearing quartz vein about 1,800 ft (550 m) into the mountainside.