Ore mill at Belleville, Nevada where ore from mines was processed. Cordwood is stacked in the foreground. Mule teams with ore wagons are being unloaded on the ramp above and behind smokestacks.
Ore mills are to the left, sixteen-mule team is pulling four wagons on way to mine or wood camp. Mule skinner (driver) is riding a wheel horse, swampers and passengers are standing, water barrels are lashed to the sides of the wagons. Cordwood is stacked below the mill.
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.