Letter from L.P. Pasewalk to Henry Ford regarding Prospector's Claim Stake Donated to Henry Ford Museum, 1931

THF284789 / Letter from L.P. Pasewalk to Henry Ford regarding Prospector's Claim Stake Donated to Henry Ford Museum, 1931

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Letter (Correspondence)

Date Made

21 July 1931

Creators

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

31.884.2

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Typewriting
Printing (Process)
Handwriting

Dimensions

Height: 10.875 in
Width: 8.5 in

Keywords	United States, Wyoming, Battle Lake United States, Western United States Letters (Correspondence) Collecting Mining Museums Prospecting Stakes (Pointed objects) Travel Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum

Artifact
Prospector's Claim Stake, Used near Battle Lake, Wyoming, 1880-1910
This prospector's cedar stake was used on a mining claim near a "Lake Edison" in Wyoming. This is the site where Thomas Edison allegedly conceived the idea for the incandescent lamp. The donor retrieved the stake several decades after Edison's encampment, noting that sand-laden winds blowing from the West had eroded only one side of the stake.