Other remains include sunken foundations of additional houses, found among pine trees on a hill above the mill site.
In 2012, tests found that water in Mammoth Creek was contaminated by mercury from the stamp mill.
[4] Mercury was used to separate gold from ore at the site, and it was not removed from the mine tailings.
[5] The Forest Service conducted a superfund investigation in 2016, and found that the risk to cabin owners from mercury, antimony, arsenic, and lead was high.
[6] The Forest Service would only allow cabin owners back after remediation (or limit their exposure to 5 days/year).