Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A 1876 ya buɗe kasuwancin zanen hoto a San Jose tare da Louis Lussier, ya ci gaba da shi bayan mutuwar Lussier a 1882. A shekara ta 1889, ya buɗe Hill da Franklin Photography Studio da Art Gallery tare da J. C. Franklin. Lokacin da Franklin ya bar shekara guda daga baya, ya haɗu da surukinsa, Laura Broughton Watkins, a matsayin Hill da Watkins Photographers Studio. Shekaru uku Sidney Yard ya kasance tare da su. A cikin
girgizar kasa ta 1906, ɗakin aikin Hill da ayyukan da ke wurin sun lalace, kamar yadda zane-zanensa "The Murphy Party", wanda aka rataye a cikin dakin tarihi na Ƙungiyar Pioneers na California a San Francisco kuma ya nuna masu zama na farko da suka haye Sunset Pass. Daga nan sai ya juya zuwa ga gudanar da aikin ba tare da wata ma'adinai na zinariya ba a Calaveras County, ba tare da nasara ba, amma ya ci gaba da zane da daukar hoto daga gidansa.