This mine was located December 23, 1904 by George Staman. The location notice reads; "This is to certify that a mining claim named the Red Oak Quartz claim was located by George Staman on the 23rd day of December 1904, situated in the Bullfrog Mining District, Nye County, State of Nevada and about 2 1/2 miles North Westerly from the town of Beatty and about 2 1/2 miles North Easterly from Ladd Mountain, is bounded on the North by the Lilly Langtry claim, on the South by the Red Oak Fraction, and on the West by the Lucky Jack." This claim was recorded March 9, 1905 by Mr. Staman. It os on Montgomery Mountain near the Montgomery Shoshone mine. An article from "The Beatty Bullfrog Miner" July 29, 1905 reads. The Bullfrog Red Oak Mining Co. has a shaft down about 24 feet at a point 2000 N. East of the Montgomery Shoshone. They are just starting a tunnel to cut across the claim. The home office is in Los Angeles, and John W. Towle of Beatty has charge of the work. They are figuring on catching the Montgomery Shoshone vein which strikes North East and South West and if it continues on this strike, would go directly through the property. They adjoin the Lucky Jack which is on high ground and has a shaft down about 60 feet."

From the same paper, August 26, 1905: An assay of $6.20 has been obtained in detached chunks of quartz in a talc line at about 45 foot depth on the Red Oak. The best previous assay was $2.00 in the same character of rock near the surface. They are sinking in hopes of tapping the extension of the Montgomery Shoshone vein. At 50 feet they will cross cut 25 feet each way and if nothing develops they will continue to go down.

The Red Oak, like many of the other claims on Montgomery Mountain became a part of the Montgomery Mountain Mining Company in the middle teens. This Co-op lasted until the mid forties keeping a mine manager here, who was the only person on the payroll. He did all the assessment work and worked the varous claims for the Co-op just barely making his own wages from them. These claims were also sold to Barric Mines when they bought the Montgomery Shoshone.