Mono Mills, California

Former settlement in California, United States

Ghost town in California, United States

37°53′15″N 118°57′34″W / 37.88750°N 118.95944°W / 37.88750; -118.95944CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountyMono CountyElevation

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7,356 ft (2,242 m)

Mono Mills (also, Mono)^[2] is a ghost town^[3] in Mono County, California.^[1] It is located 9.5 miles (15 km) east-southeast of Lee Vining,^[2] at an elevation of 7356 feet (2242 m).^[1] Mono Mills has nearly vanished. Its site is along California State Route 120, 9.1 miles (15 km) east from the junction with U.S. Route 395.^[3]

Background

Mono Mills started as a lumber camp that supplied Bodie's mines.^[2] The first sawmill was built in 1880.^[2] In 1881, a narrow-gauge railroad, Bodie & Benton Railway, was built from Mono Mills to Bodie.^[3] At its peak, Mono Mills shipped almost 45,000 cords of wood per year.^[3]

Gallery

Mono Mills termination point in 1914

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mono Mills, California
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1186. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Varney, Philip; Drew, John and Susan (2001). Ghost Towns of Northern California: Your Guide to Ghost Towns & Historic Mining Camps. Stillwater, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. p. 135. ISBN 0896584445.