Buyout of old claims lets mining town rest in peace | Herald-Journal
Nov 23, 1997 | the Herald-Journal | by BRENDAN RILEY, Associated Press BODIE, Calif.—Thanks to a buy-out of old claims, modern-day strip mining won’t disrupt tourists’ reveries about life a century ago in this isolated town. The $5 million deal means that quiet will prevail in what was once one …