Mule team and loaded ore wagons at stamp mill, Mojave Desert, ca.1900

Photograph of Mule team and loaded ore wagons at stamp mill, Mojave Desert, ca.1900. At center, two loaded ore wagons drawn by a team of mules can be seen pulled up in front of a Mojave Desert stamp mill. Stacks of ore bags sit next to the wagons. About five men are sitting on or standing around the wagons and stacks of ore bags. Piles of firewood and a large water wagon (with cylindrical tank) are near a wooden structure with a smokestack behind