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Need your opinion...

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Posted Nov 21, 2009, 09:12:11 am

Just wondering what you think this might be... it weighs 1.2 lbs, the hole is not threaded and runs straight through.
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Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Nov 21, 2009, 09:30:26 am

It looks like a rock bit for a jackleg drill used in hardrock mining. Jimbob
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Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Nov 21, 2009, 01:18:59 pm

Jimbob is right , Drill steel the hole blows air to keep hole clear of dust and cool bit tips.
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Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Nov 21, 2009, 03:33:52 pm

Yep.  Mechanized version of a star drill.

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Reply To This Topic #4 Posted Nov 21, 2009, 04:11:44 pm

Quote from: jimbob450 on Nov 21, 2009, 09:30:26 am
It looks like a rock bit for a jackleg drill used in hardrock mining. Jimbob
I think this is solved. http://goldvault.com/oldstuff.html
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Reply To This Topic #5 Posted Nov 21, 2009, 06:35:54 pm

Yep,they also canaled water through the hole,to keep the dust down,Thousands of miners died of silicosis or "Rocks in the Box)from breathing the quartz rock dust,the old drills were called widow makers for that reason thumbsup
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Reply To This Topic #6 Posted Nov 22, 2009, 06:59:25 am

Way to go Jimbob!  icon_thumleft
Thanks everyone, and really appreciate the pic Bigcyp. posted. I was hoping someone would tell me it was a mace  tongue3. Next time Wink
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Reply To This Topic #7 Posted Nov 22, 2009, 07:02:14 am

It's a Mace.   Grin

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Reply To This Topic #8 Posted Nov 22, 2009, 07:48:19 am

Quote from: BioProfessor on Nov 22, 2009, 07:02:14 am
It's a Mace.   Grin

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Reply To This Topic #9 Posted Nov 22, 2009, 09:55:27 am

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