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"Mt. Diablo M & M 25 men (not i.d.'d); dog on roof. Pickhandle Gulch; November 1891"

Black and white landscape photographs of Eldorado Canyon. Inscriptions on the inside front and back covers, and below the photographs on the pages. Inscription inside the front cover includes: "Tiza Dear, Feb 3d 1920."

Mill and mining camps amalgamated on a hilltop. Homes can be seen in the distance at the bottom of the valley.

Building structures in a mining operation area surrounded by mountains and desert. Several small structures stand near one another, with a wagon off in the distance.

Workers use cattle, horses, and covered wagons to haul mining machinery to the mines. Taken by Henry M. Corliss.

Murl Emery, left, and Vincent Keele, right, at Murl Emery's stamp mill in Eldorado Canyon, where gold was milled over a century prior.

Mill workers at Ely Valley Mill, Pioche. Coal bins on right (now demolished). Coal loaded onto narrow gauge trains to Jackrabbit. Steam engines fired with coal hauled one to transfer station at Pioche depot. Buildings on left still exist. L-R 1. Bill Webb 2. Bob Schulz 3? 4? 5. Charlie Wilson, 6. James Deck 7. Charlie Van Allen 8. Shorty Long 9. Shorty Barnes.