Miners Candlesticks/Nash I

Miners Candlesticks

Nash I.JPG - NASH I - Length 7 3/4 in; steel wire stick, stamped on hook PAT. JUNE 2. 1896, unusual in that stamping normally on spike, patented stick by Samuel Nash, Georgetown, CO, patent 561,428 on June 2, 1896; ex-Steve Rush collection; with Colorado silver ore specimen (Samuel Nash was a tinsmith who practiced his trade in Clear Creek County, Colorado for over 40 years. He was a dealer in stoves, tinware and hardware from his Georgetown shop. He made beautiful tin and copper items for the mining trade as well as the wire candlestick shown here. The stick was made of a single piece of strong, heat-treated spring steel wire and formed in a shape so that when the handle was compressed the loop opened up for placing the candle and making a tight fit when the handle is released. Patent date markings are known on the hook as shown here as well as the spike as shown elsewhere in my pics. The markings were made on the round wire with a flat stamp, so only a partial stamp was made. Samuel Nash filed his patent on April 11, 1895 and was awarded patent No. 561,428 on June 2, 1896. Nash assigned one-half interest to his friend and backer Ernest Le Neve Foster, a Georgetown mining engineer and mine manager who was a leader in the Clear Creek mining community for many years. Foster was well known in the early Colorado mining history. He was born in London, England, January 22, 1849. His parents were Peter Le Neve and Georgiana Elizabeth (Chevalier) Foster, both of whom were natives of England. He began his education in private schools and afterward entered the Royal School of Mines in London, from which he was graduated in 1868. He was then admitted to the School of Mines in Freiberg, Germany, where he pursued a special course of study for a year, receiving his diploma in 1869. In 1871 he immigrated to America, ultimately ending up in Colorado on January 20, 1872. Here he took up the profession of mining engineering, where he was identified in his professional capacity with some of the most famous mineral producing properties in this section of the country. He married Charlotte Teal of Georgetown in March 1875 and fathered two children. In 1883 he was appointed to the position of state geologist of Colorado and occupied that position for two years. His home was always in Georgetown and Denver, engaging in mining principally in Clear Creek, Gilpin and Summit counties for many years. While living in Clear Creek County he also served as county commissioner, occupying that position for six years, during all of which time he was chairman of the board. He continued to make his home in Georgetown, Colorado, for twenty one years and during six years of that period served as alderman. For three years, from 1900 until 1903, he served as president of the Colorado Scientific Society, of which he was the first elected member at the first meeting in 1883. Foster died in 1925.)

Nash I | NASH I - Length 7 3/4 in; steel wire stick, stamped on hook PAT. JUNE 2. 1896, unusual in that stamping normally on spike, patented stick by Samuel Nash, Georgetown, CO, patent 561,428 on June 2, 1896; ex-Steve Rush collection; with Colorado silver ore specimen (Samuel Nash was a tinsmith who practiced his trade in Clear Creek County, Colorado for over 40 years. He was a dealer in stoves, tinware and hardware from his Georgetown shop. He made beautiful tin and copper items for the mining trade as well as the wire candlestick shown here. The stick was made of a single piece of strong, heat-treated spring steel wire and formed in a shape so that when the handle was compressed the loop opened up for placing the candle and making a tight fit when the handle is released. Patent date markings are known on the hook as shown here as well as the spike as shown elsewhere in my pics. The markings were made on the round wire with a flat stamp, so only a partial stamp was made. Samuel Nash filed his patent on April 11, 1895 and was awarded patent No. 561,428 on June 2, 1896. Nash assigned one-half interest to his friend and backer Ernest Le Neve Foster, a Georgetown mining engineer and mine manager who was a leader in the Clear Creek mining community for many years. Foster was well known in the early Colorado mining history. He was born in London, England, January 22, 1849. His parents were Peter Le Neve and Georgiana Elizabeth (Chevalier) Foster, both of whom were natives of England. He began his education in private schools and afterward entered the Royal School of Mines in London, from which he was graduated in 1868. He was then admitted to the School of Mines in Freiberg, Germany, where he pursued a special course of study for a year, receiving his diploma in 1869. In 1871 he immigrated to America, ultimately ending up in Colorado on January 20, 1872. Here he took up the profession of mining engineering, where he was identified in his professional capacity with some of the most famous mineral producing properties in this section of the country. He married Charlotte Teal of Georgetown in March 1875 and fathered two children. In 1883 he was appointed to the position of state geologist of Colorado and occupied that position for two years. His home was always in Georgetown and Denver, engaging in mining principally in Clear Creek, Gilpin and Summit counties for many years. While living in Clear Creek County he also served as county commissioner, occupying that position for six years, during all of which time he was chairman of the board. He continued to make his home in Georgetown, Colorado, for twenty one years and during six years of that period served as alderman. For three years, from 1900 until 1903, he served as president of the Colorado Scientific Society, of which he was the first elected member at the first meeting in 1883. Foster died in 1925.)

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