Albert G. Rhodes is nearly forgotten in desert lore, but he and his partner discovered a rich silver deposit in 1886 at the remote southeastern end of the Black Mountains of Death Valley. They hauled 1,200 pounds of silver ore on the backs of mules over eighty desolate miles to Daggett. Rhodes and his group of potential investors disappeared on their way back to the rich find. Their bodies were never found.
The mine was forgotten for nearly two decades until the Greenwater boom brought a rush of prospectors to the area. A group of prospectors rediscovered the workings in 1905, and reopened the mine.
