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    [California Gold Mining] 1900 Bodie Photograph - Standard Mill. 7" x 5.25". A wonderful image taken on the backside of the Standard Mill. Miners pose in a somewhat humorous view with their wives. Some seated on the roof and one on a ladder. Two of the participants are making funny gestures and one of the miners holds his candlestick. The ladders used to gain access to the roof were undoubtedly the same ladders taken into the depths of the mines to reach various levels. Very rare. One small piece of the upper left corner is missing; otherwise the photograph is clear, bright and in fine condition.

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    Bodie

    Bodie, located in Mono County, California, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains, began as a small mining camp upon the discovery of gold in 1859 by a group of prospectors including William S. Bodey. The prospector died in a blizzard the following November and never got to see the rise of the town that bore his name. For reasons unknown the district's name was changed from "Bodey" to "Body" to the final name of Bodie. Though gold had been discovered at Bodie, the silver of the Comstock Lode outshined it until 1876 when The Standard Company discovered a profitable deposit of gold-bearing ore which transformed Bodie from an isolated mining camp to a thriving and lively boomtown. Further discoveries drew more fortune seekers to the area and by 1880 Bodie had a population of approximately 5,000-7,000 people (some estimates list the population as high as 10,000) and perhaps as many as 2,000 buildings. Over the years, Bodie's mines produced gold valued at nearly $34 million dollars. Unfortunately, the boom slowly ground to a halt and by 1915 the first reference to Bodie as a ghost town was recorded. By 1920, Bodie's official population was listed as 120 people. Today Bodie is among the best preserved, original ghost town in the West.

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    Nov-Dec, 2011
    30th-1st Wednesday-Thursday
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