Velvet Tobacco Tin
Metal
Circa 1955
4 ¼’’ x 3’’ x 7/8’’
Glow in the Dark Mine, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, LAKE 16167
On can: “Velvet/ America’s Smooth Smoke /MADE FROM THE BEST SUN-RIPENED KENTUCKY BURLEY TOBACCO AGED TO MELLOW Perfection IN NATURE’S SLOW BUT SURE WAY”
Manufactured by: Pinkerton Tobacco Company in Owensboro, KY
Mining claim found inside. (LAKE 16166)
Side 1: "NOTICE OF MINING LOCATION/LODE CLAIM/TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:/THIS MINING CLAIM, THE NAME OF WHICH IS THE GLOW IN THE DARK MINE/MINING CLAIM SITUATE ON LANDS BELONGING TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND IN WHICH THERE ARE VALUABLE MINERAL/DEPOSITS, WAS ENTERED UPON AND LOCATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPLORATION AND PURCHASE BY JIM R. CORLEY AND PARDNERS JACK CLEVENGER AND/ ______ CITIZEN OF U.S.A ./(LOCATOR MUST EITHER INSERT "A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES" OR "WHO HAS DECLARED HIS INTENTION OF BECOMING A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES")/THE UNDERSIGNED, ON THE 10 DAY OF APRIL, 1955/THE LENGTH OF THE CLAIM IS 1500 FT 750FT N. 750 FT S FEET/AND WE CLAIM 300 WEST, 300 EAST FEET IN A (BLANK LINE) DIRECTION AND/ (BLANK LINE) FEET IN A (BLANK LINE) DIRECTION/FROM THE CENTER OF THE DISCOVERY SHAFT, AT WHICH THIS NOTICE IS POSTED, LENGTHWISE (OF THE CLAIM, TOGETHER WITH/(BLANK LINE) FEET IN WIDTH OF THE SURFACE GROUNDS/ON EACH SIDE OF THE CENTER OF SAID CLAIM. THE GENERAL COURSE OF THE LODE DEPOSIT AND PREMISES IS FROM THE/(BLANK LINE) TO THE (BLANK LINE)/THE CLAIM IS SITUATED AND LOCATED IN THE LOST BASIN MINING DISTRICT/IN MOHAVE COUNTY, IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA ABOUT 4 1/2 MILES/IN A EASTERNLY DIRECTION FROM WALIPI WASH/THE SURFACE BOUNDARIES OF THE CLAIM ARE MARKED UPON THE GROUND AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT (BLANK LINE)/AT A POINT IN A (BLANK LINE) DIRECTION (BLANK LINE) FEET FROM/THE DISCOVERY SHAFT (AT WHICH THE NOTICE IS POSTED), BEING IN THE CENTER OF THE (BLANK LINE)/END LINE OF SAID CLAIM, THENCE (BLANK LINE) FEET TO A (BLANK LINE) BEING THE/(BLANK LINE) CORNER OF SAID CLAIM; THENCE (BLANK LINE) FEET TO A (BLANK LINE),/...ING AT THE (BLANK LINE) CORNER OF SAID CLAIM; THENCE (BLANK LINE) FEET TO A/(BLANK LINE OR WRITING TORN OFF) AT THE CENTER OF THE/(BLANK LINE) END OF SAID CLAIM; THENCE/(BLANK LINE) FEET TO A (BLANK LINE),/BEING AT THE (BLANK LINE) CORNER OF SAID CLAIM;/THENCE (BLANK LINE) FEET TO A (BLANK LINE)/AT THE (BLANK LINE) CORNER OF THE SAID CLAIM; THENCE/(BLANK LINE) FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING./DATED AND POSTED ON THE GROUNDS, THIS 10 DAY OF/APRIL 10, 19__/JIM R. CORLEY/JACK CLEVENGER;" Side 2: "THIS IS THE DISCOVERY MONUMENT/APRIL 10- ______ 1955/BY JIM R. CORLEY/JACK CLEVENGER"
Velvet Tobacco Tin
Metal
Circa 1955
4 ¼’’ x 3’’ x 7/8’’
Glow in the Dark Mine, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, LAKE 16167
On can: “Velvet/ America’s Smooth Smoke /MADE FROM THE BEST SUN-RIPENED KENTUCKY BURLEY TOBACCO AGED TO MELLOW Perfection IN NATURE’S SLOW BUT SURE WAY”
Manufactured by: Pinkerton Tobacco Company in Owensboro, KY
Mining claim found inside. (LAKE 16166)
Side 1: "NOTICE OF MINING LOCATION/LODE CLAIM/TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:/THIS MINING CLAIM, THE NAME OF WHICH IS THE GLOW IN THE DARK MINE/MINING CLAIM SITUATE ON LANDS BELONGING TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND IN WHICH THERE ARE VALUABLE MINERAL/DEPOSITS, WAS ENTERED UPON AND LOCATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPLORATION AND PURCHASE BY JIM R. CORLEY AND PARDNERS JACK CLEVENGER AND/ ______ CITIZEN OF U.S.A ./(LOCATOR MUST EITHER INSERT "A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES" OR "WHO HAS DECLARED HIS INTENTION OF BECOMING A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES")/THE UNDERSIGNED, ON THE 10 DAY OF APRIL, 1955/THE LENGTH OF THE CLAIM IS 1500 FT 750FT N. 750 FT S FEET/AND WE CLAIM 300 WEST, 300 EAST FEET IN A (BLANK LINE) DIRECTION AND/ (BLANK LINE) FEET IN A (BLANK LINE) DIRECTION/FROM THE CENTER OF THE DISCOVERY SHAFT, AT WHICH THIS NOTICE IS POSTED, LENGTHWISE (OF THE CLAIM, TOGETHER WITH/(BLANK LINE) FEET IN WIDTH OF THE SURFACE GROUNDS/ON EACH SIDE OF THE CENTER OF SAID CLAIM. THE GENERAL COURSE OF THE LODE DEPOSIT AND PREMISES IS FROM THE/(BLANK LINE) TO THE (BLANK LINE)/THE CLAIM IS SITUATED AND LOCATED IN THE LOST BASIN MINING DISTRICT/IN MOHAVE COUNTY, IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA ABOUT 4 1/2 MILES/IN A EASTERNLY DIRECTION FROM WALIPI WASH/THE SURFACE BOUNDARIES OF THE CLAIM ARE MARKED UPON THE GROUND AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT (BLANK LINE)/AT A POINT IN A (BLANK LINE) DIRECTION (BLANK LINE) FEET FROM/THE DISCOVERY SHAFT (AT WHICH THE NOTICE IS POSTED), BEING IN THE CENTER OF THE (BLANK LINE)/END LINE OF SAID CLAIM, THENCE (BLANK LINE) FEET TO A (BLANK LINE) BEING THE/(BLANK LINE) CORNER OF SAID CLAIM; THENCE (BLANK LINE) FEET TO A (BLANK LINE),/...ING AT THE (BLANK LINE) CORNER OF SAID CLAIM; THENCE (BLANK LINE) FEET TO A/(BLANK LINE OR WRITING TORN OFF) AT THE CENTER OF THE/(BLANK LINE) END OF SAID CLAIM; THENCE/(BLANK LINE) FEET TO A (BLANK LINE),/BEING AT THE (BLANK LINE) CORNER OF SAID CLAIM;/THENCE (BLANK LINE) FEET TO A (BLANK LINE)/AT THE (BLANK LINE) CORNER OF THE SAID CLAIM; THENCE/(BLANK LINE) FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING./DATED AND POSTED ON THE GROUNDS, THIS 10 DAY OF/APRIL 10, 19__/JIM R. CORLEY/JACK CLEVENGER;" Side 2: "THIS IS THE DISCOVERY MONUMENT/APRIL 10- ______ 1955/BY JIM R. CORLEY/JACK CLEVENGER"
