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Goodwin Mining Candles | GOODWIN MINING CANDLE BOX END - Side of a miners candle box marked GOODWIN M’F’G CO. STEARIC WAX MINING CANDLES ST. LOUIS, MO. USA, circa 1890s, 9 in. H x 16 in. L; found in lower level of a very dry underground gold/silver mine in the Reveille Range, southwest of Tonapah, Nevada in the late 1970s; Goodwin was a very large supplier of mining candles in the western US; Goodwin candles were very hard and supplied in both 8 and 10 in. lengths, wrapped 6 to a bundle in 20# and 40# boxes; see article in Mining Artifact Collector #1, p 12; shown with highgrader candlestick | ![]() |
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