 The Scotia Mining Company was formed at the beginning of the war to resume mining in Scotia, and built a new ore washer in 1942.The ore was initially trucked to Waddle for shipment, but after it was determined to be insufficiently pure, the company obtained Reconstruction Finance Corp. money for further improvements.A new 3 mile (4.8 km) spur was built from the main line at Lagarde (Alto) to a new beneficiation plant at Scotia.