The Big Dick (or Evening Star) is located near the summit of Black Man Mountain about eight miles south of Elliston. The mine recorded production nearly every year from 1905 to 1940. In 1905 the mine extended the shaft from 250 to 300 ft and did 575 ft of drifting. A steam hoist and pump extracted the ore and water from the mine. The mine development ultimately included a 1,000 ft long adit connected to the 300 ft shaft and a 200 ft raise. The mine... worked the Big Dick vein and the Blanket vein. Some of the ore shoots were 3.5 ft thick and some of the ore returned 5 ounces of gold to the ton. The mine produced gold/silver/lead ore from 1906 to 1910 which was shipped to the East Helena and Washoe smelters. The mine was again briefly operated in 1923 and 1927. Total production was said to have been about $500,000 (Pardee and Schrader 1933; Walsh 1906).