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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 pack mules, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s
Date
1880 to 1889
Description
Mule skinners (drivers) and pack mules assembled before a huge rick of cordwood at wood camp near Belleville, Nevada in 1880s. Wood provided fuel for ore mill. In the background, there are many tree stumps.
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Photograph of a mill in Eldorado Canyon, Nevada, circa 1912
Date
1911 to 1915
Description
Photograph of a mill in Eldorado Canyon, Nevada.
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Photograph of steam tractor, Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1880s
Date
1880 to 1889
Description
Old steam tractor in Eldorado Canyon, Nevada.
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Photograph of Grand Prize Mill, Tuscarora, Nevada, 1891
Date
1891
Description
Grand Prize Mill at Tuscarora, Nevada, 1891.
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Postcard of mule team, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s
Date
1880 to 1889
Description
Sixteen mule team hauling fifteen cords of wood on one wagon to ore mill at Belleville, Nevada. Water barrel lashed to front of wagon, mule skinner riding wheel horse. The team is controlled by a jerk-line, a single line lead by a trained lead horse or mule.
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Photograph of a man at a mill in Hiko, Nevada, circa 1920s
Date
1920 to 1929
Description
An unidentified man standing next to an abandoned mill in Hiko, Nevada.
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Photograph of Arden Plaster Company, Nevada, 1907-1930
Date
1907 to 1930
Description
A picture of the Arden Plaster Co. mill building, Arden, Nevada.
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Photograph of Arden Plaster Company, Nevada, 1907-1930
Date
1907 to 1930
Description
A picture of the Arden Plaster Co. mill building, Arden, Nevada
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Sideview of the Red Mill in Manhattan, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1947 to 1949
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.A. Boni Family (Manhattan, Nevada). The last time the mill operated was just prior to World War II.
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