Originally known as
Daileyville after James Dailey, a local mine manager, the inhabitants soon changed the name to Silver Creek after the local stream that flows into Clear Creek near
Lawson. were discovered in the area; however, it was not officially incorporated until 1885. The mines that supported the town were mostly closed after the
1893 silver crash, but reopened with the demand for metals leading up to and during
World War I. The boom did not last, and by 1922 most of the mines were again closed. Among the biggest producers was the Nabob Mine, where a new shaft was sunk in 1906. The town struggled on for a while, with the last inhabitants leaving during the
Depression. By the 1970s only an old
mill and a few building foundations made of stone were left. ==In popular culture==