Mono Mills Junction is a location

Location (geography)

The terms location and place in geography are used to identify a point or an area on the Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term 'location' generally implies a higher degree of can certainty than "place" which often has an ambiguous boundary relying more on human/social attributes of place identity...

 within the Mono Basin

Mono Basin

The Mono Basin is an endorheic drainage basin located east of Yosemite National Park in California and Nevada. It is bordered to the west by the Sierra Nevada, to the east by the Cowtrack Mountains, to the north by the Bodie Hills, and to the south by the north ridge of the Long Valley...

 in central Mono County

Mono County, California

Mono County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California, to the east of the Sierra Nevada between Yosemite National Park and Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,202, up from 12,853 at the 2000 census...

 where the Mono Mills Road California State Route 120

California State Route 120

State Route 120 , in northern California, runs between the Central Valley near Manteca, through Yosemite National Park, and ends at U.S. Route 6 in Mono County.-Route description:...

, proceeds eastward from U.S. Route 395

U.S. Route 395 in California

In the U.S. state of California, U.S. Route 395 is a route which traverses from Interstate 15 near the southern city limits of Hesperia, north to the Oregon state line in Modoc County near Goose Lake...

. Route 120 accesses the Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve

Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve

The Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve is located near Yosemite National Park within Mono County, in eastern California. It was established in 1981 by the California State Legislature, to preserve the natural limestone "tufa tower" formations at Mono Lake.-Access:...

, including Navy Beach and South Tufa along the shores of Mono Lake

Mono Lake

Mono Lake is a large, shallow saline lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in a basin that has no outlet to the ocean...

, and leads through Mono Mills

Mono Mills, California

Mono Mills is a ghost town in Mono County, California. It is located east-southeast of Lee Vining, at an elevation of 7356 feet . Mono Mills has nearly vanished, its site is along California State Route 120, east from the junction with U.S. Route 395.Mono Mills started as a lumber camp that...

 to Benton

Benton, California

Benton is a census-designated place in Mono County, California, United States. It is located 3 miles east-northeast of the community of Benton Hot Springs and north of the community of Bishop, at an elevation of 5387 feet...

 where it reaches the U.S. Route 6

U.S. Route 6

U.S. Route 6 , also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, a name that honors an American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system, running east-northeast from Bishop, California to Provincetown, Massachusetts. Until 1964, it continued south from Bishop to...

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This junction is the site of the "Grave of the Unknown Prospector", a historical monument erected by the E Clampus Vitus

E Clampus Vitus

The Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus is a fraternal organization dedicated to the study and preservation of Western heritage, especially the history of the Mother Lode and gold mining regions of the area...

. This marker is not listed in the ECV's Bodie Chapter registry, although it surely does exist. It is local knowledge that this grave was attended with flowers and shoes over many years as a memorial, but no individual is actually buried here.