Name/Title
Carbide FlaskEntry/Object ID
KK.0043Description
Tin container with threaded lid, fully corroded with lid attached.
This flask is filled with a granular substance which may be carbide crystals, but has not yet been investigated.Use
These flasks carried calcium carbide granules for fueling the carbide/acetylene flame headlamps used for illumination in underground coal mines.Collection
Coal Mining ToolsMade/Created
Notes
many brands used shape similar to this one, this artifact is too corroded to discern the brandingRelationships
Related Places
Place
Location
Blair Gap: South CrestRegion
Blair Mountain Battlefield, Southeast, Blair AreaContinent
North AmericaNotes
found south of South Crest AreaProvenance
Provenance Detail
Archaeological FindNotes
Blair Mountain, West Virginia
