[Rockhounds] MINER's LAMPS & Carbide

[Mr EMan]

Horst, If you will be near Eastern Pennsylvania I
might be able to direct you to some shops which have
mining collectibles. Many do sell safety lamps and
helmets, although carbide lamps are increasingly
scarce.

While on topic of carbide,  I have been told that
carbide is no longer legal to sell in the US.  Can
anyone confirm of refute this?

Elton
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com
> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On
> Behalf Of Horst Windisch
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 8:23 AM
> To: rockhounds
> Subject: [Rockhounds] MINER's LAMPS
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> At the moment I have a mineral collector friend from
> Germany visiting me
> for three days. In addition to being interested in
> mineral collecting, he is
> also an avid collector of miner's lamps (oil,
> carbide and safethy). He has a
> collection 110 lamps, mainly Friemann and Wolff
> lamps.
> 
> He is keen to find out if there is an
> organisation/Club? Society in the USA
> whose objective is the collection/restoration of
> miner's lamps. Any help
> would be appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> Horst