Is this guy a prospector?

[turtlefoot13]

Hi All,

I posted this image on the "What is it" board and was told that I might get some better results here.

I have a late 19th cuntury photograph of a man with a rifle, breakdown shotgun, what looks like a bedroll and a piece of luggage. It has been guessed as a cowboy or hunter going out to hunt or possibly a surveyor. Someone then noticed something behind the man. They said that they thought it looked like it could possibly be a home made rocker. If it is, this would fit into the right time period for the Klondike Gold Rush. I know nothing about vintage prospecting equipment. If anyone could give me any help, I would appreciate it.

Doug

 

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[spawn00x]

Hard to tell by the pic. But it just might be a rocker box...

 

[turtlefoot13]

Hard to tell by the pic. But it just might be a rocker box...

Thanks,

I appreciate the info. I'm really hoping that I can figure out for sure, one way or the other.

Doug

 

[CharlieBitMe]

Hard to tell from the pic. Even if it's a rocker box, it doesn't mean that it was his. I think I see a shovel on his back. I also don't see a horse. If I were a betting man, I'd say he worked on the railroads.

 

[turtlefoot13]

Hard to tell from the pic. Even if it's a rocker box, it doesn't mean that it was his. I think I see a shovel on his back. I also don't see a horse. If I were a betting man, I'd say he worked on the railroads.

That would be more likely. There was a lot of railroad activity, including temporary logging lines in Missouri at this time. Thanks for the tip.

Doug

 

[Coil to Soil]

Is it just me or does the guy in the picture look like Steve McQueen?

 

[BloodyBelle]

Dust Bowl comes to mind, sadly.

 

[turtlefoot13]

Is it just me or does the guy in the picture look like Steve McQueen?

Take a look at posts 12 & 13 here.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,340311.0.html

 

[Coil to Soil]

Is it just me or does the guy in the picture look like Steve McQueen?

Take a look at posts 12 & 13 here.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,340311.0.html

LoL, pretty good, not just me then.

 

[turtlefoot13]

Is it just me or does the guy in the picture look like Steve McQueen?

Take a look at posts 12 & 13 here.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,340311.0.html

LoL, pretty good, not just me then.

No, not just you. That was the first thing my wife said when I brought the pic home.

Doug

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

I know this is an old post, but, I just thought I'd tell you what that "Steve McQueen looking" guy has in the second picture.

It's a skinner frame. Usually for animals like beaver. You put the creature on its back in the crossbucks - makes it a much less messy job.

(don't know what he is holding in the first picture).

B

 

[knighthunter]

I don't think it's a rocker box at all. Kinda looks to me like a type of sleigh/wagon for hauling firewood. Even looks like there is some firewood on it.
The guy doesn't look like no prospector either, don't look like a shovel on his back. Whatever it is I think is hanging on the wall behind him. Railroad worker possibly, man waiting for a stagecoach maybe. Seeing as how he seems to have a rifle, could be a market hunter.

 

[jog]

Looks like a water troff for horses or cattle.

 

[Sackett]

Yeah I'd bet it's a Rocker Box

 

[Daedalus]

I would like to have the first scan of this photo and I could go in and rebuild it to were we could see it and know what we were looking at.
But I do not think I would find that file.

 

[coazon de oro]

Hello Turtlefoot,

Mrs. Oroblanco is the only one who nailed this one. It is a skinner frame. I live in south Texas where there is no gold, yet I have seen several of those in ranches and in the homes of die hard hunters and fur trappers.

Homar P. Olivarez

 

[Snarkie]

Is it just me or does the guy in the picture look like Steve McQueen?

I was just about to post that myself!!!