| US Patent: 464,088 
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| Fuse Tool | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Parker Steves (exact or similar names) - Aspen, CO |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | May 14, 1891 |  
| Granted: | Dec. 01, 1891 |  
 
USPTO (New site tip)| Patent Pictures: |  |  |  | Parker Steves patent Dec. 1,  1891 |  Google Patents
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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. |  |