In the late 1800s, an estimated 30 miners who had emigrated from China were buried in a mine shaft.
Silver miners slept on cots surrounded by sandbags stacked 4 feet high to protect themselves from stray bullets. In its heyday, there was a murder a week in Cerro Gordo, an extraordinarily violent community of about 500 people. Located on roughly 400 acres in the Inyo Mountains, Cerro Gordo was not designed for comfort. “You can’t do it with just money,” she added.
