Photo courtesy of Placer County Museums.

There are some serious thugs in this crowd.

I’ve heard the expression “lunch pail” before, but apparently it was more literal than I realized. They’re all eating out of little metal buckets.

This is exactly where the term lunch pail came from! Some had attached lids. Most didn’t, and were covered with a handkerchief, or quilted fabric.

Carbing up prior to heading back into the mine for a 2nd 12 hour shift.

Probably true.