 A native of Pennsylvania, Myers later became a town trustee in Fairplay, the county seat of Park County.The Dolly Varden Mine, discovered by George Brunk and Assyria "Cy" Hall in 1872, ranked second in silver production to the Moose Mine but outpaced the Moose in the richness of its ore. At the time the Dolly Varden opened, Hall was the sheriff of Park County.The pioneering American Presbyterian missionary, Sheldon Jackson went there from Denver to preach the gospel to the miners.