Tin box with Chinese characters

Tin box with Chinese characters

Archaeological assemblages; Antiquities; Chinese; Miners

Tin box with Chinese stamped characters found at the King Mine, characters were interpreted by Dr. William Wei for South Park City Museum who speculated that "I think the top two characters (read from right to left) refer to a place in Hong Kong, pronounced “Shang huan” in Mandarin or “Sheung wan” in Cantonese. The bottom two characters (read from top to bottom) means “Beautiful Source.” (Another less likely possibility is “Deer Springs.”).

Source: South Park City Museum

Physical Object

Carlson, Sam

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Park County Local History Archives

Color photographs; Park County Local History Archive Artifact Collection; Sam Carlson digital donation; item #000012

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Colorado (state); Park (county)