Have you looked into the possibility that the tubes originated from medical
syringes? 

-Arron



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> Hello,
> 
> 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