In March of 1880 the Royal Standard Quartz Mining Company closed its operations with the sale of their battery to the Last Chance mining Company. The Last Chance company had taken up the old 'Try Again' reef which at one time had been known as the 'White Horse' and the 'Crown and Cross'. The company had their first crushing of 180 tons in May and recovered 140 ounces of gold. It appears that the battery was still used as a 'public' battery to crush other mining companies ore.

In January of 1881 the 'Try Again' crushed 190 tons of ore for 157 ounces of gold. It appears that the Royal Standard Battery continued to crush stone for various mining companies for some time. Some existing companies folded and new ones were formed, Mostly these companies were run by the same few miners and shareholders, some of who had been involved in the original Royal Standard Company. It is unclear if the Royal Standard Battery changed hands during this time or was under contract to crush stone for different companies.

Reef mining on the Carrick had practically finished and in February John Pryde purchased the Royal Standard Battery.