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Brass Tag
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"Shannon S. Mahoney" <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 2 Oct 2015 21:59:15 -0700
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Does anyone have any ideas about the utilitarian purposes for this tag? I
would appreciate it (you can click past the dropbox sign in):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oa5ilmtgxriipe6/24060%20LC_Miner%20Tag.jpg?dl=0

The tag reads: "Geo. E. Corey. / 1868 / Hamlet. N.Y."

It was found in an 1860s mining camp in southeastern Nevada. I'll be giving
a paper on this site at SHA 2016. So, stay tuned.

Shannon

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