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.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.B. Coombs Family.The mill was manufactured by a man named Black in Bishop, California.
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.
Cordwood cutting operation camp near Belleville, Nevada. The collected wood is used for fuel in ore processing mill there. Stacks of wood and corral are in the center of the postcard.