The Carbide Lamp Collection
Here is an
interesting grouping of mining related Carbide Lights and a couple other
mining related lights for use in mines back near the turn of the
century. The two "Davey" style lamps are included in this
collection because they are the only ones I have ever bought that I felt were
early enough or different enough from the standard ones that I always see
available. I have split the mining related collections into 4 distinct
groups to keep buying these groups more manageable. There are
significant discounts offered for quantity purchases of these different
groupings, and premiums to be paid if there is just one item that you want to
buy out of the group. The different groupings will
include the Oil wicks, Carbide Lamps and other lighting devices, the
Candlestick selection I have gathered over the years, and finally the dynamite
cap tins that I have available. I do have a couple Dynamite boxes listed
for sale back on the main site at the Misc. Category Page found here as well
as a few pairs of dynamite related pliers . I
am looking to sell each of these groupings as a whole instead of going through
the trouble of finding individual buyers for each object. I believe that
I have them priced attractively enough to make this happen. We shall see......
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Miner's
Oil Wick Lighting Devices These type of
lighting devices were used in mines before the advent or introduction of
carbide lamps and the electrical lighting that came
after. Prior to the introduction of these oil wicks, mines were mostly
lit by candle light held in what are known as miner's candlesticks or
"sticking tommies". We live
right in the heart of California gold mining country, and at times the small towns that
dot the Sierra Foothills all around this area had populations of tens of thousands
during their heyday, only to be deserted and left nearly
empty a short period later when the gold ran out. Given that, one
might assume or expect there to be more artifacts related to this Gold
Rush era to be found here, but that is not the case, and in general this area has pretty much
been sucked dry of most pieces related to its early mining history.
The majority of the mining related artifacts that we have in our
collection, a portion of which we are offering for sale here, were found in the southern part of the Midwest, near the coal
mines there, or on the East Coast. This collection of oil wicks are
all in very good condition. Most are marked with some sort of
manufacturer's ID. The variations that can be found included ones
made of copper, brass, and cast iron in addition to steel / tin.
Some have patented features to allow for air flow or for cleaning,
etc. There are hundreds of variations available so this
collection is by no means complete, but is a very good start or
addition.
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Special Note: We have more mining related antiques
for sale on our sister site
www.patented-antiques.com.
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