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Postcard of mule teams, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date
1880 to 1889
Description
Mule skinners (drivers) and pack mules loaded with cordwood where it will be transferred to wagons pulled by sixteen-mule (jerk-line) teams and hauled to ore mill at Belleville, Nevada. The ore was to be used for fuel.

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Postcard of mining, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date
1880 to 1889
Description
Belleville, Nevada looking toward the main street from the ore mill. A typical scene of early mining activity in Nevada, where they hauled water as well as everything else on wagons and pack animals.

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Film transparency of Leo Dunbar driving a work cart, unknown location, circa 1950s-1980s

Date
1950 to 1980
Description
Leo Dunbar driving a work cart, probably in Boulder City, Nevada, circa 1950's-1980's.

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Photograph of people in a horse drawn carriage near Fort Callville, Nevada, 1911

Date
1911
Description
Black and white image of people riding in a horse-drawn carriage, with the following description: "Frank Toff's mules, Jim Ladd's stage. 1911 out on Old Mormon Trail near Ft. Colville [sic]. Mother, Earl, myself, Shorty Mattuci"

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