IH and more

[MonDak]

I went back to the old mining town where I had found a half dozen
old lincolns before. Pictured are things I found today. Went over
the same area as before, but at a slower pace.
1917 and 1926d lincoln
1900 indian head
1888 V nickle
And a load tag
These make my 3rd indian head, 2nd V nickle, and 3rd load tag.

 

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[funkman]

that IH looks great...congrats! great job on the v nickel also.


Funkman

 

[The Gemologist]

Very nice

 

[Yucon Cornelius]

Nice finds. What's a load tag?

 

[99Brown]

Great job, love the old Indian. WTG

99Brown

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

MD,

very nice finds.

Same area you worked before; just shows
an area is never hunted out.

Again, nice.

have a good un..............

 

[hollowpointred]

cool stuff! i wonder how much more stuff is there?

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Very nice...Like Hollowpointred...I too,wonder what else is hiding there......

 

[groundfisher]

Great job on reworking that site.Slow and easy does it.Excellent finds! HH!

 

[Mainedigger]

Nice finds...the IH looks like its in great shape...nice V nickel too, wish the nickels would hold up better in the ground... I;m with outtosea...what's a load tag? I assume it is a tag they put on the carts as they sent them out or something...

 

[MonDak]

Thanks for all the replys. Outosea and mainedigger asked about a
load tag. I'll try and explain, which I'm not to good at. This was an
underground mine which operated from about 1910 to 1950. When
a miner would load an ore car underground he would place his tag on
the car. (In this case miner #168) The car would be pulled to the
surface by mules or horses and miner 168 would be credited for
loading the car. The other 2 that I found were #6, and #366. About
1920 a miner was paid about 5 to 6 dollars a day, from an old news
paper article I read. At one time there were about 50 to 100
residential houses in this town, that no longer exist. What remains
today are a few indentations and a few concrete slabs where the
houses were.
Gypsy wondered what else lurked there, so here's a couple more pic's
of things I found in the residential area. A token from the early 1900's from a company that made ties for the railroad, and a medal
commemorating the establising of the 8 hour work day in 1898 by
the United Mine Workers.

 

[romeo-1]

Good info and way cool finds! Keep swishing!

 

[ceejay64]

Very nice Indian! Wish they came out of the ground like that here!

 

[Postalrevnant]

Very nice finds,

Congratulations,

Rev

 

[trk5capt]

MonDak, Very Nice Finds, Congrats. Trk5capt...

 

[Burdie]

Great finds. I sure like that Indian head. Changing you methods sure paid off. HH

Burdie

 

[Green1]

great finds,, all of them,,,,,,,,