Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2007.22.065
Accession#:
2007.22
Credit Line:
Transferred from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Object Name:
Can
Title:
Litharge Can
Year Range from:
1970
Year Range to:
1996
Description:
Metal Litharge Can
Medium sized red painted metal can. Can has small lip on bottom then goes straight up, until the label on the front ends, there is a small protrusion that goes back into the can until is meets the lid. Lid with loops off of the side with hole in middle. Lots of writing (mostly stamps).
Writing:
On lid:
(in sharpie) "Bureau / of mines" (stamped) "2.1 / Lot 27—79 / Net 50 lbs / E. C. Ceramins in / 515 So. 9th St. / C???on City Co. / 8????"
On label:
"ASARCO / Pueblo Brand / Litharge c.p. / Produced at Denver, Colorado"
On bottom:
(stamped) "DOT 7A 60 / 1 1/2 78 / SSC CO / STC"
Medium sized red painted metal can. Can has small lip on bottom then goes straight up, until the label on the front ends, there is a small protrusion that goes back into the can until is meets the lid. Lid with loops off of the side with hole in middle. Lots of writing (mostly stamps).
Writing:
On lid:
(in sharpie) "Bureau / of mines" (stamped) "2.1 / Lot 27—79 / Net 50 lbs / E. C. Ceramins in / 515 So. 9th St. / C???on City Co. / 8????"
On label:
"ASARCO / Pueblo Brand / Litharge c.p. / Produced at Denver, Colorado"
On bottom:
(stamped) "DOT 7A 60 / 1 1/2 78 / SSC CO / STC"
Notes:
Litharge is an ingredient in flux. When assaying a mineral sample, this stuff is placed in a crucible with the sample. It combines with the noble metals making it easier to separate the slag.
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