Montgomery City | |
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Coordinates: 37°49′43″N 118°25′51″W / 37.82861°N 118.43083°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Mono County |
Elevation | 6,450 ft (1,966 m) |
Montgomery City was an unincorporated community in Mono County, California. [1] It was located 2.5 miles (4 km) east-northeast of Benton, [2] at an elevation of 6450 feet (1966 m). [1]
Silver was discovered in the nearby mountains in 1863, and the Montgomery Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company was organized the following year, which led to a local silver rush. Montgomery City sprang up quickly and boasted "half a hundred tents and cabins...four or five saloons, a blacksmith's shop, the recorder's office, and a store or two", but soon declined and was only scattered ruins by the 1970s. [3]