Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

ASSORTED AUGERS

Date

1900

Materials

STEEL

No. Pieces

9

Description

SET OF 4 BITS. .1 158 CM LTH. TWIST BIT; SQUARE HOLE AT TOP EMBOSSED "0...". METAL WRAPPING AROUND SQUARE TOP -- STICKS OUT. BOTTOM SPLIT. WHITE "X" NEAR TOP, OPPOSITE EMBOSSING; ONE SIDE WORN. .2 94 CM LTH. "87C" EMBOSSED AT TOP OF BIT. .3 67.3 CM LTH. "HARD30C0" EMBOSSED AT TOP OF BIT. "X37C" EMBOSSED AT OTHER SIDE AT TOP OF BIT. .4 47 CM LTH. NORMAL COAL BIT TWIST. ALL HAVE RUST. ALL HAVE A SLIT THROUGH TOP OF BIT. ***NOTE: AS OF 2007 OBJECT 004 AND 006 HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY ATTACHED TOGETHER*** .5 DRILL COMPLETE WITH HANDLE & BRACKET - COAL MINING (SET) STEEL. HANDLE EMBOSSED "JOHNSON & THOMPSON". 31.1 CM LTH. X 20.3 CM HT. (HANDLE). DRILL WITH BRACKET. .6 DRILL. 86.4 CM LTH. BRACKET 17.8 CM WDTH. USE SMALL DRILL TO START IN FACE GUIDE, WHICH IS SET AT RIGHT ANGLES TO FACE. DRILL SET ON BRACKET AND BITS CHANGED AS HOLE IS DRILLED DEEPER. BOLTS NEED TO BE FABRICATED FOR BRACKET. DRILL BIT ATTACHED TO THREADED SHAFT BY BOLT WITH A WING WASHER. TWIST DRILL; OPEN "V" SHAPE AT BOTTOM. SHAFT HAS GROOVE DOWN ONE SIDE; SHAFT NOT THREADED AT TOP. SQUARE SHAPED END IS FLAT; 5.5CM (L). ***NOTE: AS OF 2004 OBJECT 006 AND 004 HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY ATTACHED TOGETHER*** .7 ROD. 124.5 CM LTH. RUSTED. .8 BRACKET. 12.7 CM WTH. X 15.3 CM HT. FACE GUIDE. BRACKET SECURED TO GUIDE W/ 1 BOLT ON EITHER SIDE. GUIDE & BRACKET PITTED. 92.1 CM LTH. X 3.8 CM WTH. .9 HAND DRILL. 78.7 CM LTH. X 15.2 CM WTH. SMALL KNOB AT TOP. SOMETHING UNREADABLE EMBOSSED ON KNOB HANDLE. SHAFT IS NOT STRAIGHT; SHAPED TO FORM HANDLE. DRILL BIT TWISTED AT END; 14.2CM (L).

Subjects

MINING & MINERAL HARVESTING T&E

Historical Association

COAL MINING

History

*UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES ARTIFACTS AND ACCESSORIES. LEONARD TIMOTHY DECOSSE WAS BORN 18 NOVEMBER 1923. HE MARRIED MOLLY MARIKAO DECOSSE (NEE NISHIMAZURU), WHO WAS BORN IN BROXBURN, ALBERTA IN MAY 1931. SHE GRADUATED FROM THE GALT BUSINESS COLLEGE. LEONARD DECOSSE PASSED AWAY ON 23 FEBRUARY 2015. MOLLY DECOSSE PASSED AWAY IN COMOX, B.C. ON 25 SEPTEMBER 2006. HER OBITUARY STATES SHE LIVED IN THE COMOX VALLY FOR 25 YEARS. RESEARCH CONDUCTED TO LOCATE FURTHER INFORMATION OR THE NEXT-OF-KIN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, INCLUDING OBITUARIES.

Catalogue Number

P19780047000

Acquisition Date

1978-05

Collection

Museum

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