UWAR Artifact of the week!

 

Macrobotanicals (plant remains that can be seen without a microscope) are rare at archaeological sites due poor preservation.

Macrobotanicals

This Bourdon pressure gauge was found in 1983 at the West Wiley Mine site (PA841), which was active from 1905 until 1926 for coal mining, on land administered by the Wyoming Bureau of Land Management.