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Not been getting out on new explores due to work and family commitments and the weather so time to catch up on some archive reports.
This time it’s the ghost town of Bodie, Mono County, California. From 1877 to 1888, Bodie was a bustling town with more than 10,000 residents and produced more than $35 million in gold and silver. Today, with the gold mining days of California a distinct memory, there are 170 wooden buildings to explore. Bodie began as a mining camp of little note following the discovery of gold in 1859 by a group of prospectors. In 1876, the Standard Company discovered a profitable deposit of gold-bearing ore, which transformed Bodie from an isolated mining camp comprising a few prospectors and company employees to a Wild West boom town. As a bustling gold mining centre, it had the amenities including a Wells Fargo Bank, four volunteer fire companies, a brass band, a railroad, miners' and mechanics' unions, several daily newspapers, and a jail. It even had it’s own China town.
The first signs of decline appeared in 1880 when the population peaked at over two and a half thousand. In 1910, the population had fallen dramatically to 698 people as the get-rich-quick, single miners moved on to more lucrative towns. The first label of Bodie as a "ghost town" was in 1915 with the population only numbering 120 people.
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This time it’s the ghost town of Bodie, Mono County, California. From 1877 to 1888, Bodie was a bustling town with more than 10,000 residents and produced more than $35 million in gold and silver. Today, with the gold mining days of California a distinct memory, there are 170 wooden buildings to explore. Bodie began as a mining camp of little note following the discovery of gold in 1859 by a group of prospectors. In 1876, the Standard Company discovered a profitable deposit of gold-bearing ore, which transformed Bodie from an isolated mining camp comprising a few prospectors and company employees to a Wild West boom town. As a bustling gold mining centre, it had the amenities including a Wells Fargo Bank, four volunteer fire companies, a brass band, a railroad, miners' and mechanics' unions, several daily newspapers, and a jail. It even had it’s own China town.
The first signs of decline appeared in 1880 when the population peaked at over two and a half thousand. In 1910, the population had fallen dramatically to 698 people as the get-rich-quick, single miners moved on to more lucrative towns. The first label of Bodie as a "ghost town" was in 1915 with the population only numbering 120 people.
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Brings back memories of when I went there some 10+ years ago with family.
