Early Bonanza, Pt 6
This is the complex just prior to construction of the new barrack in 1916. The two existing barracks were simply inadequate for the manpower required for the growing operation here at Bonanza. Additionally, the acquisition of the Mother Lode claims was anticipated. This would require an even larger increase in mining personel. They would have to be housed and fed here at Bonanza while they were driving a new cross-cut over to the other side of the mountain. Once that was accomplished it was assumed that the old surface Mother Lode camp would be abandoned and all the miners moved to the Bonanza camp.
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