olives in the glass bottle! I'm guessing the Public Notice was to clean up the mess, by order of the Nipton Department of Health & Tortoises.

The story of the Mobil station as I understand it - supplied from Las Vegas by a tank truck driver going "backwards" into California. But when California mandated CARB gasoline, and Nevada didn't - there was no longer a fuel supply anywhere near Yates Well, and the station was abandoned.

Neat photos, Rich. You can take that clothespin off your nose, now.