Bodie: The Mines Are Looking Well...: The History of the Bodie Mining District, Mono County, California

The common phrase, "the mines are looking well" reassured investors during the Bodie, California boom of 1877-1881 that the district was producing gold. The author has written the largest single history of any ghost mining camp, complete with 145 photographs (several unpublished 1879-1880 street scenes and views of the mines), and numerous untold stories embodied in the text and historical sidebars.