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- Date
- 1930
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1041
- Description
- Food can opened at top, lid still attached. Body of can in V-shape, for pouring (for coal oil?), recovered from mine shaft.
- Title
- Food Tin
- Date
- 1930
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Food can opened at top, lid still attached. Body of can in V-shape, for pouring (for coal oil?), recovered from mine shaft.
- Subject
- Bill Peyto
- exploration
- mining
- Credit
- Gift of Ted J. Hart, Banff, 1994
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1041
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Membership Ribbon
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.1176
- Date
- 1900 – 1905
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1176
- Description
- United Mine Workers of Alberta membership ribbon and medal. Front of ribbon red, white and blue striped with gold metallic fringe at bottom and gold trim along edges. Embroidered with “LOCAL UNION NO. 29 U.M.W. of A. Bankhead, Alta., Can.” Metal pin at top of ribbon suspends medal: “U.M.W. of A. A…
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- Title
- Membership Ribbon
- Date
- 1900 – 1905
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 19.5 cm
- Description
- United Mine Workers of Alberta membership ribbon and medal. Front of ribbon red, white and blue striped with gold metallic fringe at bottom and gold trim along edges. Embroidered with “LOCAL UNION NO. 29 U.M.W. of A. Bankhead, Alta., Can.” Metal pin at top of ribbon suspends medal: “U.M.W. of A. APRIL 1st 1898. EIGHT HOURS”. Back of ribbon is black with silver lettering: “LOCAL UNION NO. 29. U.M.W. OF A. BANKHEAD, ALTA., CAN.”
- Credit
- Gift of Louis Trono, Banff, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1176
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1033
- Description
- Two halves of keg tops, one marked “BRANDY.”
- Title
- Barrel
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood
- Description
- Two halves of keg tops, one marked “BRANDY.”
- Subject
- social customs
- mining
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Gordon Burles, Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1033
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- Date
- 1885 – 1940
- Material
- metal; ceramic; glass; bone
- Catalogue Number
- 111.01.1004
- Description
- Artifacts found while digging footings for lawn sculpture at back of museum - includes horseshoe, coathook, inkwell, tiles, bricks, nail, bone, piece of bottle, piece of china.
- Title
- Fragment
- Date
- 1885 – 1940
- Material
- metal; ceramic; glass; bone
- Description
- Artifacts found while digging footings for lawn sculpture at back of museum - includes horseshoe, coathook, inkwell, tiles, bricks, nail, bone, piece of bottle, piece of china.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Smith, Banff, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- 111.01.1004
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- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1167 a,b
- Description
- Two pieces of metal, each bent to form a square corner at the centre and bent under on one edge. There are nails along the bent edge. The two pieces have lettering on them “Pacific Co Bankhe” (a) and“al Co. ad” (b) that would have originally spelled out “Pacific Coal Co. Bankhead” before the two p…
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- Title
- Remnant Sign
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 27.3 (a); 26.4 (b) x 25.9 (a); 29.2 (b) x 30.2 (a); 36.2 (b) cm
- Description
- Two pieces of metal, each bent to form a square corner at the centre and bent under on one edge. There are nails along the bent edge. The two pieces have lettering on them “Pacific Co Bankhe” (a) and“al Co. ad” (b) that would have originally spelled out “Pacific Coal Co. Bankhead” before the two pieces were cut apart, bent, and used for another purpose (reinforcing a box?). There are other illegible letters on (b). perhaps “200 yds”.
- Subject
- mining
- Bankhead
- communities
- Pacific Coal Co.
- Credit
- Gift of Alex Emond, Banff, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1167 a,b
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- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.31.1001
- Description
- Long, cast iron drill, no handle, 1.2 thread crest, 11.0 x 6.0 drill head bolted onto shaft.
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- Title
- Mining Drill
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 129.0 cm
- Description
- Long, cast iron drill, no handle, 1.2 thread crest, 11.0 x 6.0 drill head bolted onto shaft.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.31.1001
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Double Pointed Pick
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.31.1002
- Description
- cast iron, double headed pick, wooden handle, squared cast iron comes to a point both ends, collar welded on to head and goes up handle 9.5 cm. oval collar 2.0 wide on end of handle, 2 spikes are driven into centre of handle at head end,on sides of sleeve: "The Hardy Patent F??? Co Ltd Sheffield; o…
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- Title
- Double Pointed Pick
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 41.0 x 81.5 cm
- Description
- cast iron, double headed pick, wooden handle, squared cast iron comes to a point both ends, collar welded on to head and goes up handle 9.5 cm. oval collar 2.0 wide on end of handle, 2 spikes are driven into centre of handle at head end,on sides of sleeve: "The Hardy Patent F??? Co Ltd Sheffield; other side: "Universal".
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 104.31.1002
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Bore Hole Cleaner Spoon
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.31.1003
- Description
- Iron rod scraper with dish shaped spoon, iron rod has a 5.5 diameter loop as a handle, other end has been hammered to the shape of a spoon 2.8 wide , for cleaning debris out of a hole drilled for dynamite.
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- Title
- Bore Hole Cleaner Spoon
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 79.5 cm
- Description
- Iron rod scraper with dish shaped spoon, iron rod has a 5.5 diameter loop as a handle, other end has been hammered to the shape of a spoon 2.8 wide , for cleaning debris out of a hole drilled for dynamite.
- Subject
- industry
- mining
- Natalco
- National Talc Co.
- Credit
- Gift of Bob Hawes, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- 104.31.1003
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.31.1004
- Description
- Long iron hand drill with belly brace. Drill 63.5 long attached to handle bow with a nail through both, handle bow is 16.0 deep and 19.5 wide, floating hand grip 12.3 long. Top of shaft is rounded concave metal band 35.5 x 7.5 has a 2.7 diameter collar soldered to the middle to fit on to top of sha…
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- Title
- Hand Drill
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Long iron hand drill with belly brace. Drill 63.5 long attached to handle bow with a nail through both, handle bow is 16.0 deep and 19.5 wide, floating hand grip 12.3 long. Top of shaft is rounded concave metal band 35.5 x 7.5 has a 2.7 diameter collar soldered to the middle to fit on to top of shaft, the band has slots on each end presumably to fasten padding.
- Subject
- industry
- mining
- Natalco
- National Talc Co.
- Credit
- Gift of Bob Hawes, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- 104.31.1004
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.31.1005
- Description
- One handled saw, steel blade 83.0 x 8.3, wooden handle 3.0 diameter has a steel collar and loop on end which clamps down on to the blade.
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- Title
- Saw
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 32.7 x 83.0 cm
- Description
- One handled saw, steel blade 83.0 x 8.3, wooden handle 3.0 diameter has a steel collar and loop on end which clamps down on to the blade.
- Subject
- industry
- mining
- Natalco
- National Talc Co.
- Credit
- Gift of Bob Hawes, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- 104.31.1005
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