Bodie, WA 1896-1944
site visit 2011
site visit 2011
48°49′58″N 118°53′48″W
Bodie came to be in early 1888, two years after Ryan and Creasor discovered a gold rich area which became Republic’s Knob Hill Mine, high quality ore was found milled and processed right in Bodie until the falling gold prices closed the township's mine and buildings became vacant in 1934, it was at around this time the town had relocated to the Bodie Mining Camp. It was estimated US$1.2 million in gold was mined at Bodie. It is still said today that Bodie Creek still runs color. This ghost town, regularly attract historians, mining buffs, and photographers to the historic buildings.
The only intact structure remaining of the original "Old Bodie", a small two story house converted to a storage building with the help of local resident Doug Prichard. This is the largest, most visible structure still vertical in what is now Bodie, it is often referred to as a schoolhouse which doubled as a saloon, but this account has been disputed.
The assay office, mill remnants, and other structures remain on the property.
Bodie came to be in early 1888, two years after Ryan and Creasor discovered a gold rich area which became Republic’s Knob Hill Mine, high quality ore was found milled and processed right in Bodie until the falling gold prices closed the township's mine and buildings became vacant in 1934, it was at around this time the town had relocated to the Bodie Mining Camp. It was estimated US$1.2 million in gold was mined at Bodie. It is still said today that Bodie Creek still runs color. This ghost town, regularly attract historians, mining buffs, and photographers to the historic buildings.
The only intact structure remaining of the original "Old Bodie", a small two story house converted to a storage building with the help of local resident Doug Prichard. This is the largest, most visible structure still vertical in what is now Bodie, it is often referred to as a schoolhouse which doubled as a saloon, but this account has been disputed.
The assay office, mill remnants, and other structures remain on the property.
Bodie Stamp Mill Foundations
Bodie Assay Office front
Ore Bucket near the mill
Remaining structures along the main street of Bodie.
Bodie Bunkhouse
Mill Foundations
Be sure to check back for additional listings
ghost.wa@comcast.net
ghost town (noun): a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the failure of some economic activity.
Bodie Assay Office back
Inside the Bunkhouse
Front of Bunkhouse
Tram cables still in place coming from the mine to the mill
Your Subtitle text
Okanogan County Mining Towns
"Explore and Preserve your communities history."
"Explore and Preserve your communities history."
