At the peak of early gold mining in the early 1870s, had at least seven public houses. A post office, using the name Dalmorton, opened in 1872. By 1877, Dalmorton had only one street, one hotel (Rudd's), three stores, and many empty houses, without a church or school. Dependent upon mining activity, the village seems to have had revived somewhat in the early 1890s but was in decline again by 1895.
