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Rare Museum Piece: Original Miner's Bird Cage "A Canary in a Coal Mine" - Rare!!
$127.50 USD

Sold on: 2013-Mar-24

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Here is a rare find: an original canary cage used by miner's to detect methane and other noxious gases in mines - especially when mining new veins; these gases would affect the bird before miners. Thi...




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