Prince Albert In The Can
Prospector’s staples: Coffee, tobacco, and a pan for sifting. Tobacco cans were often used as weather-proof containers for posting located mining claims. The paper describing the claim was tucked inside, and nailed to a corner post or tree. We still find them, to this day.
3 responses
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Andrew Lorimer gave props (16 Sep 2009):
very unique capture well done !!!
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Arla Ruggles said (16 Sep 2009):
Thanks, Andrew!!
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Laurie McCormick said (27 Oct 2009):
Love this image. Very well put together Arla.
