Jim Rock, USFS in Oregon, has done several studies on tin cans from
logging camps an d mining camps in the Pacific Northwest, so the time
period and situations might be similar/identical to yours.

dave browman


On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Wm Liebeknecht wrote:

> Contact Ned Heite, he did a very good study on can manufacturing.  He
> doesn't miss much.  I would try him.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robin O. Mills <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 5:47 PM
> Subject: Tin Can Question
>
>
> > HISTARCH members,
> >
> > I am having a tin can dispute with a colleague, which I'm hoping some of
> > you might be able to lend your expertise. We have a tin can type with the
> > following attributes:
> >
> > Attributes: cylindrical; 5 1/2 inch diameter; hole-in-cap (2 3/4 inch
> > diam.) filling method; crimped end seams, lapped side seam; and opened via
> > a key strip around the body (i.e., can body essentially separates into 2
> > parts, a smaller upper and a larger lower); the can (obviously) is not
> > reclosable.
> >
> > Provenience: several trash pits from mining settlements in Interior
> Alaska,
> > circa 1905-1920.
> >
> > Dispute: I look at this artifact type, and think "food can - meat or bacon
> > or fish product". My colleague disagrees, and says that we do not know
> this
> > for certain, and can take it only as far as "food can", if that.
> >
> > Well..... what do you think??  (1) Food? Could be something else?  (2) If
> > Food, then "meat/bacon/fish"?
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Robin Mills
> > BLM-NFO
> > Fairbanks, AK
> >
>