Myth Blasters and Articles
About Bodie's History & Technology

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

Correcting Persistent 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 & 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
Bodie's boomtown residents, 1879 (R.E. Wood stereoview.  Courtesy, California State University Chico, Meriam Library, Tom Rodgers, donor)

Bulwer Tunnel, Bodie Calif.
Miners outside the Bulwer Tunnel about 1900. A wooden flume in the background conveys tailings from the Standard Mill to
the company's cyanide plant.
(Courtesy, Stacy Palma)

Detail of Main Street, Bodie, circa 1880
Main Street 1880 (detail) looking
south from Standard Ave.,
(Courtesy Mono County Historical Society)


Kitchen, Bodie State Historic Park

Bodie California Main Street looking toward Bodie Foundry
Main Street 1880 (detail) looking south
toward Bodie Foundry,
(Courtesy Mono County Historical Society)
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
Standard Mill, restored photo
The Standard Mill,1879
R.E. Wood stereoview.   Courtesy, California State University Chico, Meriam Library, Tom Rodgers, donor


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 Portfolio
at his web site, JamesCRitchie.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