What do you suppose you would find, if you were to do some landscaping in your yard?
Well, as I've told you guys before, I live in the village of Ramsaytown, not actually Brookville... I just have a Brookville address. Ramsaytown, as I've said, was started as a coal mining town about 200 years ago. Between then and the early 1900s, it had reached its peak and was a full blown town, like Brookville. It had everything that a small town in that era consisted of. Well, shortly after, coal mining which was the heart of this town, basically tore it apart into what it is today. Houses were destroyed or moved and the landscape was torn up. All in the name of greed, from coal mining. Today, remnants of yesteryear can be found all throughout the area. Bits of coal are scattered everywhere, including my yard. The mined landscape lays unchanged. You can see where railroads use to be. The bases of houses can also be seen. Mining machinery has been carelessly left behind. I always wonder what is like back then... When Ramsaytown was serene town located along the Green Valley. A Green Valley Grange still stands as is now used a Race shop. Other than that, only houses are left as well as a few churches. Everything else is left buried underground or simply not there anymore, like the gas station/garage/store that used to sit in my yard... or the house that was inbetween it and my house... or the hotel that was across the street from it. Because of that, when you dig into the ground, you are bound to something... anything. While doing some landscaping to our yard, we found lots of interesting tidbits. An old horse shoe, some glass bottles (one from the now non-existant Jefferson County Bottling Co.), hundreds of pieces of glass, a glass chandelere (sp?) crystal, and most interesting of all (as well as most in tact)....
A "White Crown Cap" that also says "PAT-11-22-10". I searched Google for any information regarding this, but I could only find similar specimins for sale on Ebay
Ebay item 1
Ebay item 2