curbdiggercarl57
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- Nov 19, 2007
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1890's Mining Plate
Sitting here procrastinating about writing an article for a detecting mag, or as I like to call it, "sit and stare at the monitor, until you can find anything else to distract you", and just sucking down cup after cup of coffee. (Apparently just not jittery enough). So I figured I'd post a recent find. You see it snowed here in Denver, a lot of snow. It never snows here in Denver. Ever. Sure, the mountains get a ton in the winter, as well as the Eastern plains, but Denver, never. Unless you plan to come out here hunting tokens. Then it snows a lot. Real lot. Dug this at an old railroad site, where the Dark One has reigned supreme. Only time I can go there safely is when he is either asleep, or frequenting known drinking establishments. Or both at once. It's 3 and 1/2" by 2", and made of brass, about an 1/8" thick. Says "Hendrie & Bolthoff, M'F'G' Co., Builders of Mining Machinery, Denver Colorado. The D.O. easily recognized it as a "business plate", something that I had never heard of before. The company was founded in 1882, but this appears to be from the early 1890's. They had a long career in manufacturing mining equipment, primarily ball and stamp mills, concentrating tables, "roughing jigs", etc. It's the second mining related item I have dug at this site, the first was a thin copper plate, with "Kennedy & Pierce Machy. Co", that is in bad shape. Well, back to staring at the monitor, enjoy.
Sitting here procrastinating about writing an article for a detecting mag, or as I like to call it, "sit and stare at the monitor, until you can find anything else to distract you", and just sucking down cup after cup of coffee. (Apparently just not jittery enough). So I figured I'd post a recent find. You see it snowed here in Denver, a lot of snow. It never snows here in Denver. Ever. Sure, the mountains get a ton in the winter, as well as the Eastern plains, but Denver, never. Unless you plan to come out here hunting tokens. Then it snows a lot. Real lot. Dug this at an old railroad site, where the Dark One has reigned supreme. Only time I can go there safely is when he is either asleep, or frequenting known drinking establishments. Or both at once. It's 3 and 1/2" by 2", and made of brass, about an 1/8" thick. Says "Hendrie & Bolthoff, M'F'G' Co., Builders of Mining Machinery, Denver Colorado. The D.O. easily recognized it as a "business plate", something that I had never heard of before. The company was founded in 1882, but this appears to be from the early 1890's. They had a long career in manufacturing mining equipment, primarily ball and stamp mills, concentrating tables, "roughing jigs", etc. It's the second mining related item I have dug at this site, the first was a thin copper plate, with "Kennedy & Pierce Machy. Co", that is in bad shape. Well, back to staring at the monitor, enjoy.
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