Bennettville (originally, Bennett City and Tioga) is a former settlement and ghost town in Mono County, California. [1] It was located on Mine Creek 4 mi (6.4 km) east-southeast of Mount Conness. [1]
History
Mining began at the place in 1860. [1] The first mine was renamed Tioga, when the Great Sierra Consolidated Mining Company bought it. [1] By 1878, there were many mines in the Tioga district. [1] The founders of the town envisioned 50,000 people living there. [2] The Tioga post office operated from 1880 to 1881. [1] The Bennettville post office operated from 1882 to 1884, [1] that were Bennettville's growth era. [3] The name honored Thomas Bennett, a mining company president. [1] The mining company transported tons of equipment to the site and spent $300,000 developing the town, but no silver of consequence was produced. [3] Bennettville was a ghost town by 1890. [3]
Ruins
The remnants of Bennettville consist of two commemorative plaques and two buildings on a hilltop, an assay office and a bunkhouse both of which were restored in 1993. [3] The mining remnants form part of the Great Sierra Mine Historic Site.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1146. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ "Bennettville and the Mine Creek Drainage". Sierra Nevada Geotourism. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ 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. 148. ISBN 0896584445.
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