"In 1899, the Utica’s new subsidiary, Angels Electric Light and Power Company, built a hydroelectric plant on Murphys Creek, its generator powered by water delivered through a penstock from a Reservoir on the hill above. The powerhouse was built with blocks of rhyolite tuff, quarried on the Adams Ranch on Pennsylvania Gulch. It was 50 by 37 feet, with the downstream gable end closed by a temporary sheet metal wall to allow for expansion."

Between 1896-1899, a powerhouse was built near Murphys, supplying the mines, mills, and homes in the area with their first electricity.