Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2014.01.025
Accession#:
2014.01
Credit Line:
Transferred from the Alaska State Museum.
Object Name:
Bit
Title:
Cardboard Box for Star Drill Bits
Year Range from:
1890
Year Range to:
1940
Description:
Carboard box sealed with paper tape containing twelve (12) jackbits. The box is sealed. Two sides of the box have labels readign "ONE DOZEN \ JACKBITS \ CENTER HOLE \ TYPE 1 THREAD 4—POINT 2" GAUGE \ INGERSOLL—RAND COMPANY, 11 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A. U.S. PAT. 1959919 \ Made in United States of America". Each label also has an illustration of a four point drill bit. Black ink stamp on the bottom of the box reads: "KIECKHEFER CONTAINER CO \ CERTIFICATE \ OF BOX MAKER \ THIS BOX CONFORMS TO ALL CONSTRUCTION REQUIRE— \ MENTS OF CONSOLIDATED \ FREIGHT CLASSIFICATION \ BURSTING TEXT 200 LBS PER SQ. INCH \ SIZE LIMIT 65 INCHES \ GROSS WT.LT. 65 LBS".
Notes:
The collection is assumed to have been collection from the old AJ Generator Shed in the Last Chance Basin. The collection was on long term loan to the Alaska State Museum from the 1960—1970s until December 2013 when the Alaska State Museum dismantled their mining.
Search Terms:
Mining
Mine
Last Chance Basin
Last Chance Gold Mining Co.
AJ
Mine
Last Chance Basin
Last Chance Gold Mining Co.
AJ
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