The old Rexall Drugstore is to the left of the McGill Cafe on
the Main Street (now Highway 93). The Drugstore is now a museum.
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McGill was called Smelter for a very short time after it was
constructed.
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1907 - McGill trestle, 126 feet high, almost 3,000 feet long
with a double track to run the ore to the concentrator.
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Roaster Building.
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The mill in the middle of picture could
concentrate 3,500 tons of ore daily and the smelter shipped 40,000 tons daily. It burned
to the ground in 1922.
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The first major labor conflict at McGill, NV. Oct. 15, 1912 Strike. WPH&AS
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Strikers preventing provisions entering Consolidated Copper Company's' gates Oct.
16, 1912 Strike.
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Two Greek men were killed by strikebreakers during the strike in the Oct. 1912
Strike.
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