Existing comment:
Match safe
1878
made in Bodie and San Francisco, California
Pennsylvania-born John Franklin Boyd received this gold quartz (Cody Stone) case for matches on his 36th birthday. Boyd was a partner in The Standard Consolidated Company, which operated the Bunker Hill Mine in Bodie, California. Standard's success there touched off the Bodie Gold Bonanza of 1877. This case was probably made of materials mined in Bodie and fabricated in San Francisco, where the company was headquartered. |