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  Swansea.JPG - SWANSEA - Fancy timber-style steel candlestick marked with inlay silver A.B.H. SWANSEA on shaft, 16 in. long, decorated thumb lever and fancy hook [This stick is heavy and unused and appears to be a presentation stick for a miner or mine boss. The stick's workmanship is excellent and the unique thimble thumb lever makes it a mechanical marvel. The Swansea name draws an association with the city and county in Wales well known for copper mining and smelting during the late nineteenth and early 20th century. The origin of the stick however is a mystery. The marking could be associated with the name of a mine. At least three hardrock mines including the Southern Swansea Mining Co. in Juab County Utah; the Swansea Consolidated Gold and Copper Mining Co. in Yuma County Arizona; and the Swansea Consolidated Mining Co. in Tintic Utah are noted from the Copper Handbook by Horace Stevens. Perhaps more importantly, two ghost towns from the early mining history in the western US, one in Arizona and the other in California are named Swansea after the Welsh city. By pure speculation, the fact that the stick was found many years ago in a shop in central California leads me to think that the stick was made by or owned by someone with the initials A. B. H. who lived in Swansea, California around the turn of the century on the shore of Owens Lake in Inyo County very near the famous Cerro Gordo mines.]  
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Swansea | SWANSEA - Fancy timber-style steel candlestick marked with inlay silver A.B.H. SWANSEA on shaft, 16 in. long, decorated thumb lever and fancy hook [This stick is heavy and unused and appears to be a presentation stick for a miner or mine boss. The stick's workmanship is excellent and the unique thimble thumb lever makes it a mechanical marvel. The Swansea name draws an association with the city and county in Wales well known for copper mining and smelting during the late nineteenth and early 20th century. The origin of the stick however is a mystery. The marking could be associated with the name of a mine. At least three hardrock mines including the Southern Swansea Mining Co. in Juab County Utah; the Swansea Consolidated Gold and Copper Mining Co. in Yuma County Arizona; and the Swansea Consolidated Mining Co. in Tintic Utah are noted from the Copper Handbook by Horace Stevens. Perhaps more importantly, two ghost towns from the early mining history in the western US, one in Arizona and the other in California are named Swansea after the Welsh city. By pure speculation, the fact that the stick was found many years ago in a shop in central California leads me to think that the stick was made by or owned by someone with the initials A. B. H. who lived in Swansea, California around the turn of the century on the shore of Owens Lake in Inyo County very near the famous Cerro Gordo mines.] Download Original Image
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