Bodie Ghost Town WA
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Description: Established in the early months of 1888, just a couple of years following the discovery by Ryan and Creasor of the rich grounds that would become the prosperous Knob Hill Mine of Republic, Bodie swiftly emerged as a mining center. The town played host to the extraction, milling, and processing of high-quality ore, a process that unfolded right within its borders. The town's fortunes took a downturn when plummeting gold prices caused the mine to shutter and the town's structures to stand deserted in 1934. It was around this time that the town's activities and populace shifted over to the Bodie Mining Camp. An estimated sum of $1.2 million worth of gold was unearthed during Bodie's mining days, and legend has it that Bodie Creek still carries a golden hue. This picturesque vicinity, along with its associated ghost towns, magnetically attracts historians, mining enthusiasts, and photographers, all eager to capture the essence of the slanted edifices, weathered machinery, and enigmatic log cabins. Of the original "Old Bodie," only a solitary, intact structure endures—a modest two-story house, repurposed into a storage facility with the aid of local resident Doug Prichard. The most substantial and prominent standing structure in present-day Bodie, often identified as a schoolhouse that moonlighted as a saloon, is a subject of local dispute and legend. Moreover, Old Bodie has sometimes been conflated with a cluster of cabins situated north of the Bodie Mining Camp, situated at the crossroads of Toroda Creek and the route to Curlew—a place that served as a sawmill operation.