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I, too, find similar artifacts in mining related contexts. Very thin walled
vials, flat bottom, small corks for closures, variously 2 1/2 - 3 inch
height, about 6/16" diameter. I have labelled them medicinal after finding
similar photos in old catalogs and advertisements.
Robin Mills
BLM Fairbanks district Office
907-474-2359
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On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Sarah Sportman <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Hello,
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> I'm trying to identify a few artifacts we recovered from back yard
> contexts in a 19th century mining town in the Adirondacks. We found six
> fragments of thin, clear glass tubes. They are a little smaller in diameter
> than a modern drinking straw and round in cross-section. All are broken
> and each fragment is less than 3 inches long. The fragments came from the
> yards of three different domestic sites, including a tenement house, a
> double house, and the superintendent's house. The sites were occupied from
> the mid 1870s to the mid 1890s. Any help in identifying them would be
> greatly appreciated!
>
> thanks,
> Sarah
>
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