Myth Blasters and Articles
About Bodie's History & Technology

as documented by Michael H. Piatt, author of
Bodie: "The Mines Are Looking Well ..."

Correcting Recent Bodie Myths: Let's Set the Historic Record Straight
What the Historic Record Reveals About Bodie’s Peak Population
Bodie's Discovery Story

The Bad Man from Bodie: A Frontier
Legend Rediscovered

Sinking the Bell Lode Shaft; Bodie, Calif.
(Narrow Guage & Short Line Gazette;
Sept./Oct., 2001)

The Death of Madame Mustache:
Bodie's Most Celebrated Inhabitant

The Technology of Mining Gold:
Introduction to Bodie’s Mineralogy

"If Hell Is Below, It Wouldn't Take Long to Go There": Drilling and Blasting at Bodie

Getting Gold and Silver Out of Rocks:
Milling at Bodie

The Problem of Water: Mine Drainage at Bodie Developments in Electricity 
and Bodie’s Long Distance Power Transmission

4KCy+2Au+O+H2O = 2KAuCy+2KHO: Cyaniding at Bodie

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Stamp Drive, Bodie State Historic Park
Stamp Drive, Bodie State Historic Park

Piano Keys, Bodie State Historic Park
Piano, Bodie State Historic Park

Workman's Boots, Bodie State Historic Park
Boots, Bodie State Historic Park

Detail of Main Street, Bodie, circa 1880
Main Street 1880 (detail)
courtesy Mono County Historical Society


Kitchen, Bodie State Historic Park
Hoisting Works, Bodie, 1893
Standard Hoisting Works, 1893
Courtesy Engineering and Mining Journal
Main Street, Bodie, 1927
Main Street, 1927
Burton Frasher photograph, courtesy Bob Pilatos


About the Color Photos on this Site ooooooooooooooooooo

Color photographs displayed on this website and in
Bodie: "The Mines are Looking Well ..." are the copyrighted work of James C. Ritchie. More of his work can be viewed in the Bodie Gallery at his web site, www.JCRitchie.com, or he may be contacted by e-mail at PhotoGraphics21@aol.com.

Main Street, Bodie today, in Bodie State Historic Park
Main Street today, in Bodie State Historic Park
Long view of Bodie State Historic Park
Bodie State Historic Park, Mono County, California