Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2007.22.096
Accession#:
2007.22
Credit Line:
Transferred from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Object Name:
Torch
Title:
Fire Starting Tool
Year Range from:
1950
Year Range to:
1996
Description:
Steel Fire Starting Tool

Metal rod, bent on one end. Rod has a metal screw attached approximately half way up. The top and bottom ends of the rod are looped. There is a textile piece in the top loop, with heavy carbon build up on it.

Used to start the fire in the muffle furnace.
Notes:
Dipped in a coffee can of diesel, then lit, and used to start the muffle furnace.
Search Terms:
Assaying
Mining
T&E
JMIC
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