Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.22.154
Accession#:
2005.22
Credit Line:
Donated by Willette Janes.
Object Name:
Sample
Title:
Sample to fit in cone—shaped mold for assay
Description:
A metal sample created from the assaying process and resting in the assay mold, 2005.22.152. It is gray colored and shaped like a cone with the bottom the narrow point. The end of the sample does not come to a point, but is actually cut off and indented and if turned over with the wide end down looks like a "volcano". It might be that this indented part of the cone rested the pure metal ore or gold.
Notes:
These cones are called a "prill."
People:
Janes, Willette
Search Terms:
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assaying
T&E
Mining
assaying
T&E
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