Henry Mitchell, an experienced miner and mine manager, reopened the GMA shaft on Upper Mitchell Avenue in 1884. When Mitchell leased the mine from the GMA in 1884, "every vestige of what once had been a thriving mining community had disappeared.
In 1884, Henry Mitchell, an experienced miner and mine manager, reopened the GMA shaft on Upper Mitchell Avenue.  When he leased the mine from the GMA that year, the former mining community was completely deserted.