I don't remember in which of Mark Twain's tomes it appeared, but I recall
his writing from a Nevada mining town that he used to collect either oyster
tins or oyster shells (like those we dug up at Johnny Ward's Ranch) from the
trash piles of wealthier inhabitants and toss them on his own trash pile
hoping to fool others into believing we was a successful journalist.
B. Fontana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Barna" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: oyster canz
> Howdy --
>
> Were there cans for oysters that are unique to the product and easily
> recognizable at 19th century mining camp archaeological sites?
>
> Perhaps someone could post pictures of such cans?
>
> Carl Barna
> Regional Historian
> BLM Colorado State Office