Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This oil-wick mining lamp would have been in use from around 1850-1920. It has as double spout, indicating that it burned "Sunshine" fuel, a mixture of paraffin wax and 3% mineral oil produced by the Standard Oil Company. Called a "Sunshine Lamp," the outer spout served to insulate the wick in the inner spout, thereby conducting enough heat to melt the wax in the Sunshine fuel. This kind of lamp hooked onto a miner’s cap, and produced an open flame.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- William Henderson
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 in; 7.62 cm x 9.525 cm x 5.08 cm
- Object Name
- lamp, oil, cap, mining
- mining lamp
