batea

"Batea", wooden prospecting pan. Purchased in Jackson, Amador Co. in 1911. (Ray Hillman, 4/97) Numerous sheet metal repairs, some of which could be the sort of copper sheathing used on...

Prospecting pan, carved out of wood. Used in early days in placer mining. Received from Henry Thompson, Stanfield Hill, CA

From the History Information Station

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