Boyers was a large mining community at the turn of the 20th century, and was once serviced by a branch of the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad known as the Hilliards branch. The rails were removed in the early 2000s. Iron Mountain Corporation has a large storage facility located in a former limestone mine close to Boyers, where the Corbis photographic collection is stored. The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) maintains a highly secure facility in an abandoned mine in Boyers, PA. This contains all the documents from security clearance proceedings. The United States Patent and Trademark Office stores original records in an underground storage facility in Boyers.