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3 and 4 in Davis Anemometers
3 in Davis Anemometer Front
3 in Davis Anemometer Back
4 in Davis Anemometer
  IMG_2176.JPG - DRILLING SPOON - Miner’s steel drilling spoon, 37 1/2 in. length, one end with spike and the other with spoon to clear out rock dust and debris from blasting hole during hand drilling, rod dia. 1/2 in. with 5 in. long spoon 1 in. width, rescued from assayer Clarence Hersey’s old assay office (established 1879) at 110 East 5th Street in Leadville, CO, ex-Mike McCoy collection (As reported in the June 27, 1908 edition of the Twin Lakes Miner newspaper, M. G. Alexander succeeded Hersey as assayer at this office)  
Du Pont Tamping Bag
Dupont Explosives Letter Openers Reverse
Dupont Explosives Letter Openers Front
Instructions pages 12&13
Eveready Mining Flashlight

IMG 2176 | DRILLING SPOON - Miner’s steel drilling spoon, 37 1/2 in. length, one end with spike and the other with spoon to clear out rock dust and debris from blasting hole during hand drilling, rod dia. 1/2 in. with 5 in. long spoon 1 in. width, rescued from assayer Clarence Hersey’s old assay office (established 1879) at 110 East 5th Street in Leadville, CO, ex-Mike McCoy collection (As reported in the June 27, 1908 edition of the Twin Lakes Miner newspaper, M. G. Alexander succeeded Hersey as assayer at this office) Download Original Image
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