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Author: Admin | 2025-04-27
Pricing & History Sold for Sold Date Source eBay This is a very rare c1900s all metal "MINE RESCUE CANARY CAGE" It measures only 7 x 5 x 4 1/2 and comes complete with it's original glass water dish. Early day miners would test for carbon monoxide with a live canary by carrying the bird into the mine in a unique small cage just like this. They thought if the bird did not die the mine was safe for the miners to work. This turned out to be a very unreliable and deadly method for testing for bad air. These small unique solid metal cages are very rare compared to the common wood bird cages you see offered as mine related here in this forum. This cage has a sliding front door as well as a food slot in the rear. If you want to own a very cool piece of early day mine rescue history... This is very cool.. Good Luck Mining~c1900~Miners~All Metal~Mine Rescue Canary Cage A VERY RARE 7 X 5 ALL METAL CAGE USED TO TEST FOR GAS This is a very rare c1900s all metal "MINE RESCUE CANARY CAGE" It measures only 7 x 5 x 4 1/2 and comes complete with it's original glass water dish. Early day miners would test for carbon monoxide with a live canary by carrying the bird into the mine in a unique small cage just like this. They thought if the bird did not die the mine was safe
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