A blurry photograph of the store at Mono Mills as viewed from the side. Either a dirt road or drive passes across the foreground. The store is a barn-like structure that stands off-center to the right. It is viewed at an angle from the long side. Steps lead up to an open doorway on the left side of the building. A wagon laden with supplies sits outside the building in front of the door, right-of-center. A car is parked in front of the short side of the building at left. The car is viewed from the front and faces towards the camera. Two pines stand next to the back left corner of the building. In the background at left, another building juts into frame.
Distant view of a worker pushing a cart of lumber up a stretch of railroad tracks in Mono Mills. Along the bottom edge, wood planks and a railroad track rail stretch across the image. Behind it and to the left, a lone pine stands. Up a slight slope, a track stretches across the image in the distance. A man at center pushes a cart along the tracks towards the left. A brush-covered slope rises on the far side of the tracks and pines line the top of the slope in the distance.
Photograph of a lumber mill standing in the near distance in Mono Mills. The mill stands at center and is viewed at an angle from the short side. The bottom portion of the mill is open and workers are visible inside the mill. Train tracks extend from the building and out towards the left. A chimney rises from the roof at left. A sluice stands to the left of the building and a large pile of lumber stands to the right of the building. Grass-covered ground stretches across the foreground and trees stand in the distance behind the mill.
Photograph of a prospector traveling through the desert-like terrain near Mono Mills with his pack train. The desert-like land stretches across the image. In the mid distance, a few mules laden with gear walk across the landscape. They are at center and travel towards the left. A prospector on horseback follows behind them at right. Trees and ground brush dot the landscape as it sprawls into the distance. Mono Lake is barely visible in the far distance at left.
A blurry photograph of a couple of workers standing in the near distance around planks of lumber in Mono Mills. Lumber is sloppily strewn across the foreground. Some planks are neatly piled atop a cart in the near distance, left-of-center; it is viewed from the side. A worker leans against the right side of the cart and faces left. Another worker strolls into frame behind (to the far right of) the man by the car. A couple of tall pines stand on the small hillside behind them and pines stand atop the hillside further in the distance.
Distant photograph of Mono Lake viewed from a dirt road. The sandy road extends from the lower right corner and up towards the horizon. It curves to the right before disappearing behind low ground brush. Ground brush stands on either side of the road. Mono Lake sits in the distance. An island is visible in the lake towards the left. Mountains rise in the far distance.
Photograph of Mary A. West and Isabelle Smith walking down a set of tracks to the general store in Mono Mills. The 2 women walk in line along the railroad tracks in the near distance. Their backs are to camera as the walk towards the store in the distance. The tracks stretch across the image on an upward angle from lower left to the right. A pine tree stands along the left edge of the image on the left side of the tracks. Pine cones litter the ground beneath the tree. The tracks bisect brush covered ground as they approach the store. The store stands, right-of-center, and is viewed from the front and the side. Additional buildings stand further back at left and right. Several trees stand behind the store at right. Mountains rise in the far distance at left.
Photograph of 2 cars parked outside the general store in Mono Mills. The general store stands in the near distance along the right edge of the frame. The short side of the building is in partial view. Two cars are parked in front of it. The car nearest the store is viewed at an angle from the side and the front; it faces right. A second car is parked further away and sits at the center of the image. It is viewed from the side and faces right. A water trough sits in the drive behind (to the left of) the car at center. The dirt drive spans the foreground. Two dogs in the drive approach the camera. A few tall pines stand in the distance at center and left. Another building stands in the distance at left.
Photograph of Mono Lake viewed from a dirt road. The sandy road extends from the lower right corner and up along the right side of the image towards the horizon. It curves to the right before disappearing behind low ground brush. Ground brush stands on either side of the road in the foreground. Mono Lake sits in the distance. An island is visible in the center of the lake. Mountains rise in the far distance.
Photograph of men milling about a few cars parked outside the general store in Mono Mills. The general store stands in the near distance at right. It is viewed at an angle from the short side of the building. A large, dirt drive spans the foreground. The car parked nearest to camera sits in partial view at right. It is viewed at an angle from the side and faces left. A man stands to the left of the car; he faces to the right. Another man stands behind and to the right of the man at the front of the car. A second car sits a little further back and is parked at left. It is viewed from the side and faces right. A man in front of the car walks towards the right. Another man stands on the running board with his back to the camera and reaches into the backseat of the car. A woman stands on the far side of the car and looks to the camera. The third car is obscured by the other two. It sits further in the distance between the others. It is viewed from the side and faces right. Pines stand in the distance at left.
