The Skylight Property is located in the southern section of the Republic Mining District, a mining camp noted for small high-grade silver epithermal deposits. The first mine in the area was discovered by Lew Cirac in 1905 (Cirac or Orizaba Mine).

This became the dominant producer in the district, yielding  $128,000 of high grade silver ore from 1913 to 1918 and undocumented production thereafter until the 1940’s. A small town of perhaps 600 (Republic) briefly flourished near the mine for about a year. In the southern portion of the district, the Cole Spring Mine was discovered in the 1920’s. More a collection of workings surrounding a small mill than a single mine, it appears to have been in operation until the 1980’s. A recent promotional video on the prospect stated it produced gold ore associated with galena. The Skylight property is approximately 2.5 km west of Cole Spring Mine and was explored by Newmont Mining and Rimfire Minerals Corporation as part of a joint venture covering a large portion of the Walker Lane…