Bodie Miners’ Union Death Benefits

~~~Constitution and ByLaws of the BODIE MINERS’ UNION- March 14, 1899. Bodie (Mono County) California.

BODIE MINERS’ UNION ~~~DEATH BENEFIT ALLOTMENT~~~~

By June 30, 1878, the 190 member Bodie Miners’ Union had constructed a “Union Meeting Hall” on Main street.

The individual miners’ Union Dues helped pay for the “care of a sick, or injured miner, “or if Death occurred- paid for “his cost of Burial.” The Burial Benefits were paid out to the deceased Miners’ family to help with the cost of the funeral and internment of the Miner in the Bodie Miners’ Cemetery section of the Bodie township Cemetery.

The Death Benefit Allotment  was $75 for funeral expenses, (which could cost from $80 to $100), depending on the level of “undertaking services.”