During the Edo period, Ikuno flourished as a territory under the direct control of the Shogunate, forming one gigantic city. Ikuno Ginzan was a place where thousands of people worked in the mountains alone, and tens of thousands of people lived there, including those who worked in the mining process and the families of those involved. The work of digging ore involves exploration, surveying, forecasting output, mining, and transportation, but other tasks include ore inspection, labor management, drainage, ventilation, and building supports to maintain the mine shaft. They were made up of the division of labor of many people.
In 1868 (first year of the Meiji era), it became Japan's first government-run mine, supporting Japan's modernization in the Meiji era.