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Copper Queen Carbide Hand Lamp - Bisbee, AZ

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Copper Queen Carbide Hand Lamp - Bisbee, AZ
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday Feb 20th, 10am-6pm
* Preview also available by appointment

Live Auction
Friday & Saturday
Feb 20 & 21, 2014
9am PDT starting time, both days

Location
Atlantis Casino & Resort
Paradise A Room
3800 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502

Lot Pick Up
Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
Sunday February 23rd, 10am-1pm

1919 This is a rare Justrite cast aluminum 6 hour. hand lamp with steel bail and hook with spiral feed, marked COPPER QUEEN on left side top with nickel- plated burner and wind screen, has correct internal gas screen (In 1912, the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company was having a difficult time getting the miners in the Bisbee (AZ) Mining District to convert from candlesticks to carbide lamps; fires in the wood square-set timbering from unattended candles was a significant hazard to the miners and could shut the mine down for months; the miners had been using candles with their personal candlesticks for over 30 years and were very unhappy with the change; to ease the situation, the Copper Queen Mining Company ordered 500 special Justrite cast aluminum hand lamps with the name “Copper Queen” instead of the usual name of “Little Giant” cast into the left side of the lamp; as a result, the Copper Queen became the most desirable and sought after carbide hand lamp by mineral, mining and Bisbee collectors. Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#65308