Belle Butler (wife of Jim Butler, lower left), and Daisy Rendall (later married to Nevada Governor Tasker Oddie), pose outside of adits at a mine near Tonopah, Nevada where Jim Butler first discovered gold.
The Goldfield Consolidated Mining Company under construction in Goldfield, Nevada. A Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad engine (seen on the railroad tracks) was converted into a crane to aid construction. The mining company was formed in 1907 and the mill was constructed late in the year and began processing ore in early 1908. The company was formed by George Nixon and George Wingfield. The mill continued running until 1918 when the company ceased operation.
Matt Kusick, a local of Johnnie Mine Town, sits in front of the original Real Estate Office. Handwritten inscription with photo: "Taken at our house(?) orig. real estate office (crumbled, crossed out). [Kusick born] 1893 from Yogoslavio tough (?) (?) Now living (?) at Johnnie." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]