Steam tractor used to move gold ore to the mile which was located near the Colorado River. There was once a large gold mining settlement on the Colorado River near the mouth of Eldorado Canyon.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.B. Coombs Family. The mine was owned by the Meyers brothers. The Terrell brothers had a mining property not far to the north.