To help meet the demand from the surrounding mining camps, John Sandon's vegetable farm included seven acres in potatoes.

The document left the whole estate to Hetherington, despite Sandon having relatives in California, and the signature being a cross apparently inscribed by a fully literate man.

[4] John (Johnny) Morgan Harris was a partner in the Ruecau galena claim, shortened to Rico or Reco.

[5] Robert E. Lemon, a prominent merchant who owned the adjacent Blue Jay claim, laid out the Sandon townsite in July 1893.

Harris owned hotels, office buildings, the power plant, waterworks, and other real estate [5] throughout what was known as the Monte Carlo of North America.

[7] Under Harris's oversight during the mining boom of the 1890s, Sandon enjoyed all the amenities and services common to established Canadian centres.

Facilities included a large curling arena, hockey rink, two ski hills and venues for lacrosse, soccer, baseball, lawn bowling, cricket and tennis.

Unfortunately, the amount BC Hydro pays for power delivered to the grid barely covers costs.

The early 1950s, during the Korean War, brought a temporary peak in silver prices, and a rejuvenation of mining, before ending in 1953.

Vandals and treasure hunters, who had swooped in earlier, next scavenged what remained, before targeting the nearby ghost towns.

[13] Sandon was one of the West Kootenay internment camps housing Japanese Canadians removed from the BC coast during World War II.

Since that time, he has bought much of the vacant land from the government, and worked with volunteers to preserve the remaining pioneer buildings, such as the city hall, the Silversmith Powerhouse and several original residences.

[16] Sandon was featured on the historical television series Gold Trails and Ghost Towns, Season 1, Episode 1.