Mono Mills, California

Former settlement in California, United States

Ghost town in California, United States

Mono Mills

Ghost town

Mono Mills ruins

Mono Mills

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Mono Mills

Mono Mills (the United States)

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Coordinates: 37°53′15″N 118°57′34″W﻿ / ﻿37.88750°N 118.95944°W﻿ / 37.88750; -118.95944
Country| United States
State| California
County| Mono County
Elevation

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| 7,356 ft (2,242 m)

Mono Mills (also, Mono)[2] is a ghost town[3] in Mono County, California.[1] It is located 9.5 miles (15 km) east-southeast of Lee Vining,[2] at an elevation of 7356 feet (2242 m).[1] Mono Mills has nearly vanished. Its site is along California State Route 120, 9.1 miles (15 km) east from the junction with U.S. Route 395.[3]

## Background

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Mono Mills started as a lumber camp that supplied Bodie's mines.[2] The first sawmill was built in 1880.[2] In 1881, a narrow-gauge railroad, Bodie & Benton Railway, was built from Mono Mills to Bodie.[3] At its peak, Mono Mills shipped almost 45,000 cords of wood per year.[3]

## Gallery

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* Mono Mills termination point in 1914

## References

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1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mono Mills, California
2. ^ a b c d Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1186\. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
3. ^ a b c d Varney, Philip; Drew, John and Susan (2001). Ghost Towns of Northern California: Your Guide to Ghost Towns & Historic Mining Camps. Stillwater, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. p. 135\. ISBN 0896584445.

## External links

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* Media related to Mono Mills, California at Wikimedia Commons

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Municipalities and communities of Mono County, California, United States

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* Aspen Springs
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* Chalfant
* Coleville
* Crowley Lake
* June Lake
* Lee Vining
* McGee Creek
* Mono City
* Paradise
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* Swall Meadows
* Topaz
* Twin Lakes
* Virginia Lakes
* Walker

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* Hammil Valley
* Oasis
* Toms Place
* Wheeler Crest

Indian reservations|

* Benton Paiute Reservation
* Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony

Former settlements|

* Belfort
* Bennettville
* Bodie
* Dog Town
* Lundy
* Masonic
* Mill City
* Mono Mills
* Monoville
* Montgomery City

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