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Postcard of mule teams, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date

1880 to 1889

Description

Mule skinners (drivers) and pack mules loaded with cordwood where it will be transferred to wagons pulled by sixteen-mule (jerk-line) teams and hauled to ore mill at Belleville, Nevada. The ore was to be used for fuel.

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Postcard of mule teams, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date

1880 to 1889

Description

Packed mules assembled after unloading cordwood to be transferred to wagons and hauled to provide fuel to operate the ore mill at Belleville, Nevada.

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Postcard of pack mules, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date

1880 to 1889

Description

Mule skinners (drivers) and pack mules assembled before a huge rick of cordwood at wood camp near Belleville, Nevada in 1880s. Wood provided fuel for ore mill. In the background, there are many tree stumps.

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Postcard of mule team, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date

1880 to 1889

Description

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.

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Postcard of mule teams, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date

1880 to 1889

Description

Mule teams and wagons loaded with cordwood on way to ore mill at Belleville, Nevada. Trees stumps show extent of cutting operation. The collected wood was used for fuel at the ore mill.

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Postcard of mule teams and wagons, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date

1880 to 1889

Description

Mule teams and ore wagons from mines approaching unloading chutes above mill. Employers standing below at ore mill in Belleville, Nevada.

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Postcard of ore wagons being unloaded, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date

1880 to 1889

Description

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.

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Postcard of ore mills, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date

1880 to 1889

Description

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.

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Postcard of mining, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date

1880 to 1889

Description

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.

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Postcard of Ruby Hill Mine, Eureka, Nevada, circa 1880-1890s

Date

1880 to 1899

Description

Ruby Hill Mine in Eureka, Nevada.

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