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![Fancy Miniature Stick Top.JPG - MINIATURE FANCY DIAMOND TUNNEL - Fancy miniature steel candlestick, 2 5/8 in. long, with file work to hook and shaft and a unique segmented thimble, made by unnamed blacksmith at the Diamond Tunnel, Silver Plume, Colorado ca. 1900, ex-Leo Stambaugh and ex-Colin Gatland collections [I want to thank my good friend Leo Stambaugh for sharing the history of this miniature beauty with me. Leo obtained the little stick from Roy Rizzardi, deputy Colorado State Mine Inspector, in the 1990s. Roy had obtained the stick from an old family in Silver Plume who were related to C. S. Desch, manager of the Diamond Tunnel from 1886 into the early 1900s. The Diamond Tunnel in Silver Plume was a principal access to several main lodes in Republican Mountain including the Dives, Pelican, Baxter and Dunkirk among others. It was described as the main highway through which these mines were worked. Originally started in 1869 using a diamond drill, hence its name, the Diamond Tunnel wasn’t completed until the late 1870s. A photo obtained from Leo shows the unnamed blacksmith at the Diamond Tunnel ca. 1900 along with two other men in a following pic. The man on the left made the miniature stick along with the two handsome picks framing the photo.]](Fancy Miniature Stick Top.JPG) |
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| Fancy Miniature Stick Top | MINIATURE FANCY DIAMOND TUNNEL - Fancy miniature steel candlestick, 2 5/8 in. long, with file work to hook and shaft and a unique segmented thimble, made by unnamed blacksmith at the Diamond Tunnel, Silver Plume, Colorado ca. 1900, ex-Leo Stambaugh and ex-Colin Gatland collections [I want to thank my good friend Leo Stambaugh for sharing the history of this miniature beauty with me. Leo obtained the little stick from Roy Rizzardi, deputy Colorado State Mine Inspector, in the 1990s. Roy had obtained the stick from an old family in Silver Plume who were related to C. S. Desch, manager of the Diamond Tunnel from 1886 into the early 1900s. The Diamond Tunnel in Silver Plume was a principal access to several main lodes in Republican Mountain including the Dives, Pelican, Baxter and Dunkirk among others. It was described as the main highway through which these mines were worked. Originally started in 1869 using a diamond drill, hence its name, the Diamond Tunnel wasn’t completed until the late 1870s. A photo obtained from Leo shows the unnamed blacksmith at the Diamond Tunnel ca. 1900 along with two other men in a following pic. The man on the left made the miniature stick along with the two handsome picks framing the photo.] |  Original Image |
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