The mine was acquired by Mercator Mineral Park Holdings of British Columbia in 2003.

[2] On January 20, 2015, it was reported that Origin Mining Company, a subsidiary of the Canadian company Waterton Global Resources who also own Elko Mining Group and Carlin Resources LLC in Nevada, had purchased the property.

The mines produced primarily silver, gold, copper, lead and zinc.

It had the county courthouse and jail, stores, hotels, saloons, shops, doctors, lawyers, assay offices and two stagecoach stations.

Some of the population and the newspaper moved and mining began to slacken with the price of silver.