Mining Equipment need to build the Mining District

1879-1881-The size of the “wheels” required “in the mining ore.” Wagons- mule teams transporting it up to Bodie Mining Camp.

The huge scale, “size and weight” of the industrial mechanical parts that went into constructing the Mining Operations in Bodie. (1879-1881)

The manufacturing of the industrial Mining Equipment, generally was done, and came from the San Francisco Foundries.

Next came the transport to Bodie- the “Freighters,” taking it the last fifteen Miles from Bridgeport to Bodie was slow and required skilled knowledge of the dangerous dirt route to the high mountain elevation in unfavorable weather conditions. Most months of the Winter, Spring months were totally impassable.

Snow drifts, and wind-chilling temperatures making the wagon- mule teams unable to travel, without death from exposure.

Installation was another “engineering operation” —-the BODIE MINERS’ UNION had organized to “pursue the exploration” with the finalized plan in bringing “Gold Ore” out of the Mountain, with the latest technology in equipment to hoist it out of the ground.