California 30th October, a town called Bodie 2
We continued our exploration of Bodie walking up towards the Standard Mill. On our way we passed some more houses, a well and a couple of rusty wagons from the old railroad. The rails from this have long gone to scrap. The Standard Mill and Mine stand on the side of a hill known as Bodie Buff. At one time several mines operated in the area round Bodie but all the smaller ones closed leaving just a few larger ones including the Standard Mine, originally known as the Bunker Hill Mine when registered in July 1861. It was sold for $67,000 dollars to four partners who changed the name to the Standard Consolidated Mining Company in 1877. In 25 years this mine produced nearly $15 million dollars worth of gold and caused the Bodie gold rush. Fire destroyed it in 1898 but it was rebuilt . In the years between 1860 and 1941 when this mine finally closed Bodie yielded close to $100 million in gold and silver. The Mill was a stamping mill used to crush the ore. You cannot ...