Amazing preservation!!!

[el remolino]

I know the desert is dry, but to find two wooden dominoes in a small Asian labor camp, on top of the ground, blew my mind. They are 132 years old!!! They were most likely from the game pai gow.

Yes I did find another very small railroad labor camp but unfortunately two roads had been cut through therefore displacing most of the goodies. Plus it being so close to the main road, I'm sure folks have walked through it in years past.

Also found some old buttons, four coins, damper bowl scraper (made from wire), broken needle, a cutting implement/knife (with Chinese charaters stamped on the back of it), opium can lids, and one fan tan game piece (made to resemble a Chinese coin).

Unfortunately the site played out real quick. I only had about six hours total in it from yesterday and today.

Thanks for looking,
Kinley

Four Asian coins (2 Chia-Ching, Tao-Kuang, Vietnamese Minh-Mang (5 pieces)


Buttons, small flower, Fan Tan game piece


Two Pai Gow wooden dominoes


Cutting implement


Back of cutting implement with Chinese Characters stamped in


Opium damper bowl cleaner and broken needle or awl


Two opium can lids with makers marks stamped in.

 

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[el remolino]

Where do you live? I live in Arizona.

I live about two hours West of Del Rio, Texas

 

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[tiburciovasquez]

Wow great finds!!! and on top of that you know you have artifacts directly related to the people and the time period

 

[jwarner51]

We had many China towns in my town back in the 1880s to the 1910 era. Rumor around here is that they made underground tunnels underneath the town. The tunnels are truly there but whether or not the Chinese made them I don't know! The first Chinese president even visited. Unfortunately the China town was torn down in the 50's and I only was able to find one Chinese coin on the small patch of dirt lot that still remains. Lots of great history with the Chinese and the railroad.