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This little bottle fragment is a nice find, although we have no idea what it would be doing here.  It's from a small bottle of Special Battery Oil.  This product was patented in 1908 and was made by the Edison Mfg. Co., Orange, N.J.  This Thomas A. Edison oil was a special nonconductive oil that would have been added to the top of an old glass jar battery cell.  Inside the jar would be zinc and lead plates, caustic soda and water and then the oil was added to the top of the cell to prevent evaporation.  These cells were often used by railroads to operate signal circuits.  Although there are no railroads near here, we're sure that these old miners found a use for this product!

This little bottle fragment is a nice find, although we have no idea what it would be doing here. It's from a small bottle of Special Battery Oil. This product was patented in 1908 and was made by the Edison Mfg. Co., Orange, N.J. This Thomas A. Edison oil was a special nonconductive oil that would have been added to the top of an old glass jar battery cell. Inside the jar would be zinc and lead plates, caustic soda and water and then the oil was added to the top of the cell to prevent evaporation. These cells were often used by railroads to operate signal circuits. Although there are no railroads near here, we're sure that these old miners found a use for this product!