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I've also seen cigar tubes used in the mining claim cairns in California.
Linda Derry
Site Director
Old Cahawba Archaeological Site
719 Tremont Street
Selma, AL 36701-5446
334/875-2529
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> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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> Subject: Re: stone cairns and miners
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> Miners in the Colorado Desert of Imperial County and
> southeastern San Diego County, California marked mine claims
> with stone cairns. In surveys along the Cargo Muchacho and
> Chocolate Mountains of Imperial County in 1975, I encountered
> numerous stacked rock cairns that were approximately
> 48-inches high, about 20-inches at teh base, and thinner at
> top. Similar, if not narrower cairns were observed around
> Table Mountain and Jacumba Mountain in San Diego County. Most
> of the cairns contained Prince Albert tobacco cans or glass
> jars with mining claim information. I think all of these
> dated from the early 20th century.
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> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
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