Tailings sample

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OBJECT TYPE: fine sand
DATE: 1913
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2015.0286.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Glass, fine sand and cork.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 16.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 4.0 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Mining and Metallurgy
Category: Mineral exploration
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Canada
State/Province: Alberta
City: Fort McMurray

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Alberta
Period: From c. 1913
Canada: Taken from acquisition proposal; ref 1: "Samples of oil sands from Fort McMurray are important examples of the research that GSC carried out on bituminous sands in the 1920s and the 1930s. Sidney Ells was a mining engineer who began working for GSC in 1910s. He is considered a pioneer of oil sand research. In 1913 he brought samples of Athabascan oil sands to Ottawa, and ensured that bituminous sands was a research priority at GSC until 1917. In 1918, this research was moved to University of Alberta under directorship of Karl Clark."
Function: Bituminous sand sample.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Two identical paper labels affixed to bottle "9529". Artifact came with a paper label (in S.I.) which reads "Department of Mines/ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/ Sand Tailings from separation of/ McMurray Bithuminous Sand./ McMurray,/ Alberta/ No. 9529". Upper left corner is a Canadian shield.
Missing: Appearrs complete.
Finish: Clear glass bottle with cork stopper. Inside bottle are fine sand tailings. Grains are grey. Paper labels with black print.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Tailings sample, circa 1913, Artifact no. 2015.0286, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2015.0286.001/

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