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Luning,NV - Mineral County - No Date - Mining Production Crucible :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Luning,NV - Mineral County - No Date - Mining Production Crucible :
Heavy industrial crucible, measures 13" across and 18" high with an extruding 8" pour lip. A heat-resistant vessel for melting metals or minerals: Also called a fire pot. The narrow pour lip was to pretect precious metals from spilling. It came from one of the Hughes Tool Company mines. Luning, Nevada was in Esmerald County from 1882-1911. Then it beacame Mineral County from 1911 to the present. It is located on US 95 at a point 25 miles east of Hawthorne. It is a station on the SP RR in Soda Springs Valley between Thorne and Mina, a supply center and shipping point for the Nevada Brucite Quarry, 35 miles to the north.