Mono Mills is a ghost town in Mono County, California. It is located 9.5mi east-southeast of Lee Vining, at an elevation of 7356 feet . Mono Mills has nearly vanished. Its site is along California State Route 120, 9.1mi east from the junction with U.S. Route 395.Mono Mills started as a lumber camp that supplied Bodie's mines. The first sawmill was built in 1880. In 1881, a narrow-gauge railroad was built from Mono Mills to Bodie. At its peak, Mono Mills shipped almost 45,000 cords of wood per year.