Despite being twice dismantled and moved, the forces of progress were yet again to influence The Mint uprooting the saloon from its resting spot of almost 80 years. It began in 1914 when the idea came about to dam and divert the Blue River through the mountains to Denver. This idea became a plan when, from 1929-1940, the town was devastated by the Great Depression. Residents found themselves unable to pay their taxes, which allowed the Denver Water Board to step in and buy a large portion of Dillon. The residents, free from their tax burden, found themselves out of the frying pan and into the fire. In 1956, the Denver Water Board told them they had to sell and vacate the town by 1961. Dillon, and with it, The Mint, was soon right in the middle of where Denver planned on setting 85 billion gallons of water. Despite many attempts to fight eviction, the residents of Dillon really had no leg to stand on, as the Denver Water Board owned pretty much everything and was dead-set on damming the Blue River. So, the old town of Dillon was destroyed. Residents of the town understandably wanted to relocate nearby, were the town of Dillon now stands, while others moved a little further south to the, then, new town of Silverthorne. Only certain structures were deemed important enough to move. The Mint, fortunately, was one of these and it was relocated to its current Silverthorne site.