As news of gold spread, miners filled the Sweetwater Mining District and established Hamilton City about two miles east of here in 1867. The following year, the town was renamed Miners Delight after a highly productive nearby mine. Although the Miners Delight mine produced the greatest wealth of any in the district, the town remained the smallest and most isolated. A 1916 government report said the mine and surrounding placers had produced over $2.5 million. The town’s population peaked at around 100 in 1868, and residents built log cabins, saloons, general stores, a hotel, and a stamp mill. By 1870, the gold boom had ended. Over the next 70 years, the deserted town saw several mini-booms that brought short-lived rushes of people. The last resident left in the 1970’s, when the Bureau of Land Management purchased the town’s buildings, and now only ruins remain.