Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2007.22.097
Accession#:
2007.22
Credit Line:
Transferred from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Object Name:
Tongs
Title:
Assaying Tweezers
Year Range from:
1950
Year Range to:
1996
Description:
Tweezers
Large metal tweezers. The two arms are connected by a flat head that can be pinched to move the arms. The inside tips of the arms are serrated and both lean to a side.
Notes:
See the Assaying Folder for a photo of a USBM employee using these tweezers.

Used to hold slag buttons during the assaying process.
Search Terms:
JMIC
Assaying
T&E
Mining
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