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https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact4661
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1895
- Date Range To
- 1905
- Materials
- BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19890020022
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1895
- Date Range To
- 1905
- Materials
- BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Diameter
- 3.8
- Description
- BRASS DISC OR TAG ENGRAVED "A.R. & C. CO. COLLIERY 68"
- Subjects
- MINING & MINERAL HARVESTING T&E
- Historical Association
- COAL MINING
- History
- FROM JOHNSTON ESTATE. FOUND IN ENVELOPE PROBABLY ACQUIRED BY JOHNSTON IN THE COURSE OF RESEARCHING & WRITING LETHBRIDGE COAL MINING HISTORY. TYPED ON ENVELOPE "I THINK IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE BRASS DISCS THAT MINERS CARRIED INTO THE MINE ON THEIR PERSONS. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO AID IDENTIFICATION IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, ESPECIALLY EXPLOSION AND FIRE. THIS ONE MUST DATE TO BEFORE 1904 AND LIKELY WAS USED IN GALT MINES 1 OR 3." DISC MADE BY "N.W. STAMP WORKS ST. PAUL MINN."
- Catalogue Number
- P19890020022
- Acquisition Date
- 1989-05
- Collection
- Museum
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