The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-11-13
OLD CAMP OF BOD|E
IS ALMOST DESERTED
"oLD RELIABLE" PRODUCER AP.
PEARS TO HAVE REACHED
END-PEOPLE LEAVE.

| Bodie was one of The great MINING
camps in the later palmy days of til,
Comstock. Ii was u boom camp, fol
probably no mining excitement, say,
that of Virginia City, ever equalled ol
eclipsed it.. But there was solid ba,
sis for the boom. The precious NETS
yield was bountiful in the beginning
and treasure flowed from its noun.
tain vaults for many years.
Bodies is Of historic interest, no
alone from what ii has added to the
worlds supply of precious metals, bul
from the fact that 1t figured prouin-
entity in early quartz mining. 1t wa
not the earliest but 1t came into prom,
inence when the more perfect meth
DDS of underground mining were ul
necessity being worked out on ,llt
Comstock and other great camps Of
Nevada.
Bodie is of historic interest. not
eastern line and the state of Nevada
and east of the Sierra Nevada noun
tains. Aurora, another famous CAM,
noted for the quick production Of
many millions in gold, and as the
home of Mark Twain is on the des
ert, in western Nevada, not far cas-,
of Bodie.
While Bodie is apparently passine
from sight Aurora, after being al
most forgotten for years, is now
breathing new life, with evidence IT
ability to come back.
Bodie correspondent of the Car
sou (Nevada) News gives this inter
esting description of what the Old
camp has been and its present posi-
ton,
Quiet Around "The Old Reliable"
For the first time in 80 years, all
is quiet around the Standard mine ans!
mill and spirit of depression hangs
over the town. Many are leaving and
before the snow flies the little city viii
be almost deserted In the years that
are gone the Standard mine won the
name of THE Old Reliable" as its
dividends were always regular and the
mine was kept running continuously.
For time it took two mills to reduce
the ores which were extracted from
the mine--the BulWer- Standard and
the Standard mills. During the later
years the BulWer Standard mill was
dismantled and sold for old junk but
the Standard mill was kept in con-
tinuous operation. Several large eva
hide plants were in operation at one
time but these were later amalgamat.
ed into the one plant which has lust
closed down. The various systems Of
cyaniding tailings have been tried
here and much of interest to tn, mill
ing world discovered.
No New Ore Found.
For the past year or more the de-
velopment work in the mine has failed
to disclose any new sources of ore and
the veins known were of such low
grade that it did not pay The extract :
ing and milling charges and with the
clearing up of the taiings ponds, left
nothing to be done save the closing
down of the property unless the stock
holders were willing to stand for an
work
No Use for Power Plant
"The company is the owner Of a
large power plant on Green creek
some 16 miles from Bodie, which has
furn' shed all the power for the work
done by the company and has also
furnished lights for the workings AMI
town. This plant is kept running out
1t Is thought that unless deal be
made to lease or sell the same to the
Aurora operators, that the plant will
lie shut down during the winter.
Wood at Premium.
"The Bode g. Benton railway, which
handles all the wood and lumber COM
ing into the district have but a small
quantity of wood in their yards at
this time and have shut down the mill
and the railroad for the year Wood
is a cash price and it Is more than
probable that before the winter passes
it will soar in price. Retrenchment Is
being shown all along the line and the
merchants are looking with any think
but favor on requests for credit The
outlook is the darkest the camo has
ever had In its history and undoubt-
eddy Bodie will be almost deserted
within a very short time"