9-658: Tioga may refer to: United States communities [ edit ] Tioga, California, former name of Bennettville, California Tioga, Colorado Tioga, Florida Tioga, Iowa Tioga, Louisiana Tioga, New York , a town in Tioga County Tioga County, New York , a county at the Pennsylvania border Tioga, North Dakota , a city in Williams County Tioga, Pennsylvania ,
18-679: A borough in Tioga County Tioga County, Pennsylvania Tioga, a neighborhood of Nicetown–Tioga in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tioga, Texas , a town in Grayson County Tioga, West Virginia Tioga, Wisconsin , an unincorporated community United States geography [ edit ] Tioga Lake , a lake in Inyo National Forest in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California Tioga Pass ,
27-573: A mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada Tioga River (Michigan) Tioga River (New Hampshire) Tioga River (Chemung River) , a river flowing through New York and Pennsylvania Other uses [ edit ] Tioga Hotel , a historic building in Merced, California, US RV Tioga , an American coastal research vessel See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Tioga Topics referred to by
36-465: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bennettville, California Bennettville (originally, Bennett City and Tioga ) is a former settlement and ghost town in Mono County , California . It was located on Mine Creek 4 mi (6.4 km) east-southeast of Mount Conness . Mining began at the place in 1860. The first mine
45-534: The claims were bought out by the Great Sierra Consolidated Silver Mining Company and established the company town of Dana. Due to the 11,000 foot altitude the town was soon relocated to the bottom of the hill at Bennettville . After an adit was driven 1784 feet into the side of the hill at an expenditure of $ 300,000, operations were closed down in 1884. They resumed with modern equipment in 1933, but did not find
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63-668: The site and spent $ 300,000 developing the town, but no silver of consequence was produced. Bennettville was a ghost town by 1890. The remnants of Bennettville consist of two commemorative plaques and two buildings on a hilltop, an assay office and a bunkhouse both of which were restored in 1993. The mining remnants form part of the Great Sierra Mine Historic Site . 37°56′15″N 119°15′38″W / 37.93750°N 119.26056°W / 37.93750; -119.26056 Great Sierra Mine Historic Site The Great Sierra Mine Historic Site preserves
72-522: The site of the largest mining operation in what would become Yosemite National Park . The mine was located on Tioga Hill on the crest and eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada , one of several claims intended to work the Sheepherder silver lode. The Sheepherder lode was discovered in 1860, and rediscovered by shepherd Thomas Brusky Jr., who staked a number of claims in the area. In 1881 all of
81-614: Was renamed Tioga, when the Great Sierra Consolidated Mining Company bought it. By 1878, there were many mines in the Tioga district. The founders of the town envisioned 50,000 people living there. The Tioga post office operated from 1880 to 1881. The Bennettville post office operated from 1882 to 1884, that were Bennettville's growth era. The name honored Thomas Bennett, a mining company president. The mining company transported tons of equipment to
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