Currant post office opened April 16, 1883, was reestablished September 19, 1892, and again August 31, 1926, operations suspended December 31, 1943. In 1914, a small amount of gold was discovered. In the late 1930s, small but highly productive claims of
magnesite deposits were discovered in
Nye County while major deposits were in
Ely in
White Pine County, Nevada, and magnesite mining stopped in 1942. ==Transportation==