Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-03-22
BODIE NEWS.
Notes Taken On the Wing b. a
Times" Correspondent.

AS" AAAno '-hdVIu8 recently
visited the lively little town of Bodie,
I am led to believe that few items
ia regard to that noted "burg +"
would not be uninteresting to your
readers. BY close scratching" |
managed to get seat in one of All
mans stages at Dayton. and for .
distance of more than q hundred
miles was squeezed 30 tightly that
could hardly breathe. After a jour.
ney Of twenty-three hours, during
which time my head was nearly sew.
cred from my body, I arrived in
Bodie, fully determined to get even
on some one--a boarding house
keeper preferred-for the humps
received during the trip.
Bodie Lodge No. 27O, I. o. o. r..
Gust instituted) had public in.
stallation on the evening Of my ar
rival, and, on being invited, I mod
sstly accepted the invitation to at
tend the same. The door keeper did
his "lsvel best to keep me out, but
be failed. After having seen the
officers of the Lodge duly installed
10 their respective offers, I con.
clQded to
INSPECT THE TOWN.
Bodie has fifty-two saloons and a
graveyard. The hurdy-gurdies have
full swing here. and the delightful
sound of the revolver is of daily oc-
eurrence. I was informed that more
than two thirds Of the deaths in
Bodie we're caused by acts Of violence.
There are about dozen stores in
the town, of which that of Messrs.
ellison & Barber is the largest.
Thiogh the courtesy of Mr.. A. r.
McAvoy I WAS shown the vast
amount of hardware and general
merchandise kept on hand by this
6rm.
Hotels arc numerous. l tried but
one. however, and found tho gruh
very good. Still, ~ I have been &C.
customed to a system of credit, while
the proprietress of the hotel holds to
ono of cash, I was compelled to do.
part. -
THE STANDARD MILL. -
There is bnt one mill in the town
Of Bodie proper--the Standard
which has twenty stamps. was
shown through the mill by Messrs.
r. Guild and w. Corbett. The mill
has q capacity for working about
sixty tons Of ore per day, the average
value Of the same at present being
$50. The ore is conveyed from the
mine by means of tramwsy OF end
less wire rope and buckets, which are
unloaded by machinery in the mill.
Through the politeness Of Mr.. Cor
bett I was enabled to get away with
. chunk of rich ore from the Stand
ard mine.
THE MINES OF BoDIE
Are puzzle to every one that has
examined them. There are no regu.
larly defined lodges yet developed,
but there are plenty Of spurs, run
ming in every conceivable direction,
aud in time these spurs will unite
and form ledge. Then look out
for lawsuits.
Accompanied by some ladies
visited nearly every mine in the dis.
trict, and found them all to be SINH.
lar in character small vein OF
veins of yellow colored ore abou,
sixteen inches in width and depth.
The Standard new shaft has at.
tanned depth Of 800 feet, and it ID
reported that the sixteen.inch vein
10 still there. This is the creates,
depth reached by any mine in the
district, the general average being
from 200 70 500 feet. With q few
exceptions the hoisting works consist
of . donkey engine, or q Spanish
mustang and within.
A number Of the mines was shut
down during the strike by the Me-
chanics' Union. and have not been
started up sirce. That strike was
most unfortunate and ill-hmed
Many men were thrown out of EN-.
ployment who have not been able to
get work since. No member of the
Mechanics Union 10 allowed to work
10 or about the mines of the dis.
trict.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1t 10 safe to say that there are q
present not less than one thousand
men in Bodie out of employment,
who are begging tor work with no
prospect Of getting any. Yet the
rush Continues.
There 10 a great number Of pretty
girls in Bodie. I simply make
this statement for the benefit of Sill.
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