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Miners' Lunch Box and Tools 2012aug - Mining Hard goods/Important Mining Publications

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 900.00 USD
Miners' Lunch Box and Tools 2012aug - Mining Hard goods/Important Mining Publications
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Lot of 7 contains the tools and equipment every good miner used in his daily work. Includes a three tiered metal lunch box, a pair of shin protectors, an oil lamp, a pestle for crushing rock samples, a canary cage, used as a safeguard against lack of oxygen, a draw knife for evening shoring timbers and tool for squaring and shaping building stone. These items are almost all in serviceable condition. The cage is constructed out of bamboo, has feeding troughs and measures 5" x 5" x 7". The draw knife has a very good edge and measures about 12" wide. The shin guards are constructed of very heavy gauge leather. All the pieces, as mentioned, are in very good condition and could go to work today. -58876