Operations Eagle MineThe Humboldt Mill is a historic brownfield site built by Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company in the 1950 s for milling of iron ore from their adjacent open pit mine Cleveland Cliffs ceased operations in the early 1980 s and the pit began to naturally fill with water The property was sold to Callahan Mining Company who began milling gold from the Ropes Gold Mine in 1985 Callahan used the pit