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Date
1910 – 1930
Material
metal; wood
Catalogue Number
104.21.1001
Description
Molded axehead, weathered wooden handle. Axehead 17.0 x 10.5 x 3.0. Well used, pitted and chipped. Stamped open side "Berghaus Sweden", handle curved, very weathered, end frayed. Head has 2 metal wedges hammered in to tighten.
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Title
Head Axe
Date
1910 – 1930
Material
metal; wood
Dimensions
17.0 x 3.0 x 10.5 cm
Description
Molded axehead, weathered wooden handle. Axehead 17.0 x 10.5 x 3.0. Well used, pitted and chipped. Stamped open side "Berghaus Sweden", handle curved, very weathered, end frayed. Head has 2 metal wedges hammered in to tighten.
Subject
industry
forestry
Credit
Gift of Yves Muselle, 1971
Catalogue Number
104.21.1001
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Date
n.d.
Material
wood, metal
Catalogue Number
104.21.1003 a,b
Description
Swede saws weathered wood, (a) 80.0 x 67.5. D shaped saw wood handles and cross beam, wire around top with tightening screw, one handle cut off below blade, crosscut blade 70.0 x5.3 (b) 124.0 x 68.3 D shaped, wood handles and cross beam, wire tightening screw attached to top of handles with hid…
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Title
Two-Handed Crosscut Saw
Date
n.d.
Material
wood, metal
Description
Swede saws weathered wood, (a) 80.0 x 67.5. D shaped saw wood handles and cross beam, wire around top with tightening screw, one handle cut off below blade, crosscut blade 70.0 x5.3 (b) 124.0 x 68.3 D shaped, wood handles and cross beam, wire tightening screw attached to top of handles with hide strips. Brace screw on to handle and cross beam one side, one handle cut off below blade.
Subject
industry
forestry
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
104.21.1003 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.
Subject
industry
mining
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
104.31.1001
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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".
Subject
industry
mining
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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Date
n.d.
Material
metal, wood
Catalogue Number
104.31.1006
Description
Wooden handle and hand hold, metal tines, long thin tines, squared at bar taper to point, outside tine bent up toform rim, metal ferrule 27.5 nailed on to handle, wooden handle 78.5 long hand grip cut from same piece 19.0 x 10.0, 2 long bolts go through hand grip and body of handle.
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Title
Coal Fork
Date
n.d.
Material
metal, wood
Dimensions
116.0 x 26.5 cm
Description
Wooden handle and hand hold, metal tines, long thin tines, squared at bar taper to point, outside tine bent up toform rim, metal ferrule 27.5 nailed on to handle, wooden handle 78.5 long hand grip cut from same piece 19.0 x 10.0, 2 long bolts go through hand grip and body of handle.
Subject
industry
mining
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
104.31.1006
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Date
1920 – 1940
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.29.1002
Description
Heavy, solid metal wrench, typical monkey wrench, handle missing. badly rusted.
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Title
Monkey Wrench
Date
1920 – 1940
Material
metal
Dimensions
8.5 x 38.5 cm
Description
Heavy, solid metal wrench, typical monkey wrench, handle missing. badly rusted.
Subject
industry
mining
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
104.29.1002
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Date
n.d.
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.49.1005
Description
Double sided iron rasp with 3 textures, one side full length fine rasp, other side two 18.5 long rough rasps, 2.5wide untextured iron in middle.
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Title
Rasp
Date
n.d.
Material
metal
Dimensions
1.0 x 4.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
Double sided iron rasp with 3 textures, one side full length fine rasp, other side two 18.5 long rough rasps, 2.5wide untextured iron in middle.
Subject
industry
mining
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
104.49.1005
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