Prince Albert  by Arla M. Ruggles

Prince Albert

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.


(2009.AUG.23)

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