(...continued) By March of 1880, 40 carloads per day were being shipped via railroad from the Copperas, Charlotteburg, and Davenport mines collectively. However, the shipments soon decreased and the mine was permanently abandoned.

Although magnetite was present at the mine, it was mixed with pyrite and not known to have been worked. Perhaps it was either not feasible or uneconomical to roast the iron ore of its sulfur content. The mine consisted of short adits driven into the hillside, shafts, as well as open cut workings. The mine has been reclaimed to a small extent in recent years, but it is otherwise relatively preserved. In particular, one feature consisting of an adit leading to a stope open to the surface has been entirely backfilled.

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