US Patent: 464,088 
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| Fuse Tool
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	        Patentee:
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 | Parker Steves (exact or similar names) - Aspen, CO |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
May 14, 1891 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Dec. 01, 1891 | 
 
 
 
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Parker Steves patent Dec. 1,  1891  |  
 
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                        Stan Schulz 
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        Description: |  
| Pliers type tool with fold-out knife blade, fuse cutter, fuse slitter, cap crimper, and pointed tool for forming a hole in the explosive for inserting the cap and fuse. 
A known example has a bronze body and is marked PARKER STEVES / JORDAN N.Y. 
A similar tool made of stamped steel parts marketed as the "KING COMBINATION MINING TOOL" produced at Denver, CO. matches patent no. 947,020. |  
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