page_title: Atolia, California
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Atolia, California / History
caption_attribution_description: English: This image from a postcard shows the layout of the Atolia mining operations — including the mine and mining buildings, outlying tents, electrical &amp; telephone wires, the Randsburg Railway tracks, and a windmill. The postcard has an AZO back which is typical of the time between 1904-1918. The date of the photograph is approximate to around 1908 with no real accuracy.
context_page_description: Atolia is a town in the Mojave Desert near Randsburg, in northwestern San Bernardino County, California.
context_section_description: It was at the site of a tungsten mine that started production about 1905. The community was named after two mining company officials, Atkins and DeGolia. At one time there were 2000 people living there. 
  Atolia was on the Randsburg Railway line. There was once a dairy, a movie theater, and the Bucket of Blood saloon. But, as of  2007, commercial operations have been abandoned.
caption: Atolia and mine in the Mojave Desert, circa 1908 postcard.
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