"Mt. Diablo M & M - Sodaville Mill long view". [Taken from present highway 95]. Stamp on back of photo: "Jas. H. Crockwell, travelling photogprapher. Viewing a specialty. Negatives preserved. Duplictes at any time. Alaways address. Salt Lake City, Utah."
Pioche locamotive on an elevated railroad track running through a mill. The city of Bullionville was founded by John H. Ely and W.H. Raymond in 1870, but is now a deserted settlement and a ghost town.
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.