Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-08-23
AN HISTORICAL MINING CAMP
GREAT RESORT.
Old Camp of Mammoth Being Sought
by Tourists and Hunters.

The old camp of Mammoth, some
100 miles or more west and a little
south OF Mason Valley. made famous
in early mining days by such narrators
as Brette Hart, Dan DeQuille, Jim
Townsend and others. is becoming ia
nous now as a mountain summer re-
sort. The old camp is in Mono
county, Cal, and about 80 or on miles
north of Bishop. The hotel there and
about 1900 acres surrounding 1t Is
now owned by Mr.. ]. w. Wilkinson
and he has the property bonded to an
English syndicate for $4,000. In the
meantime Bert Bernard, brother OF
Vic Bernard. has the resort leased Tor
five years. or rather he has a i've
wear lease that will not expire for a
couple of years more. and he is max
ing a good thing from the tourists and
campers who are just beginning to
find out what delightful section of
the country Mono county is. The old
camp is now called FL Casa Sierra,
and Mr.. Bernard has fixed mp the old
hotel. built a good road to the camp,
and has horses, rigs. hshlng tackle.
etc. to rent. and sets splendid table.
The Indiana auto tourists passed
through FL Casa Sierra on the trip
last month and at that point were
served delicious trout breakfast.
The resort is in the foothills of the
Sierra Nevada range and all around 1t,
for ten miles there are lakes and
creeks where FISH and game abound.
There are also some curiosities OF ma
ture in the vicinity For instance,
IL 81, oil t1nt lrp
which is from to POO feet wide in
different places. and has large trees
growing up from the bottom OF II;
and in some places the bottom OF this
crevice cannot be found Then there
are two fine soda springs from which
clear. sparkling saltwater flows which
is ice cold. There is also the Devils
Post Pile which reminds one of lot
of cordwood piled up as ii IT came
down a flume But upon examination
this pile OF posts is found to be solid
granite. thrown up in every conceiv
able shape Some ten miles distant,
at the head of San Joaquin river, are
the Rainbow Falls, where, when the
sun shines. there is perpetual RAIN
bow formed BY the reflection OF the
water. Another curiosity Is Pond
Lily Lake. which is full OF beautiful
yellow and white pond lilies. and is
said TO be the only place in California
where a yellow pond lily grows All
of these things are beautiful to see
in the cool summer days and then the
fishing and hunting is great. Near
the old camp is the burying ground
of early days, and there still remain
twelve graves within the Enclosure. II
is here that the wife of Jim Town
send is buried. his marriage having
taken place in Dayton in 1901. The
roads to FL Casa Sierra from Bishop
and Bodie are in good condition and
the country is being visited by greater
numbers of auto. parties each year.
and they are coming from all over the
United States. This summer Mr.
Mead, of the Mead Cycle Co. OF Chi
cago. and his family spent FIVE weeks
al the resort A number OF moving
pictures were taken al different points
in the county this summer and will be
used for advertising purposes 1t i
said that If the English syndicate
which has bond on the property
takes il over the resort will be made
one of the finest in the mountains OF
California and all OF the natural flea
lures of the place WILL at the same
time, be preserved