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Location DB > United States > Nevada > Nye County > Orizaba > Fourth of July Weekend > Thistle brick 16 / 23   Thistle brick Description Near the Orizaba shaft are these broken bricks stamped "THISTLE". Unfortunately I can't find any information online about this brick manufacturer or its history. Controls Return to Main Location Page Return to Gallery Overview Edit this Gallery Edit this Picture Un-Subscribe this Picture Comments Posted by Jonsered 8/24/2009 8:11 PM | remove   Hmm. I have no info about Thistle either. Any of these intact in the area? Posted by rapcw 8/24/2009 8:23 PM | remove   No, I only saw these two broken ones. I found them placed together like this. Posted by JBuss 8/24/2009 9:55 PM | remove   that's an easy one... wait something about mines that those two don't know...wow. anyways Thistle mining bricks were a firebrick that was about 35% alumina and manufactured in Scotland by J G Stein. here is a link, almost at the bottom of the page: http://www.penmorf...icks/scotland.html Posted by rapcw 8/24/2009 10:25 PM | remove   Great link, thanks for sharing. Bricks are certainly not my specialty :P . I'm surprised that bricks made in Scotland traveled halfway around the world to end up in a remote area of Western Nevada. Normally local bricks would be purchased for mine development, since during the late 1800s-early 1900s there were hundreds of brick factories all across the West. There were several in operation in Antioch alone. Posted by Emperor Wang 8/25/2009 4:06 AM | remove   A lot of the paving stones that line the streets of Old Montreal were brought over here from England as ship's ballast. So I've been told. Posted by JBuss 8/25/2009 8:37 PM | remove   If I understand correctly those bricks were used in the smelting process, the alumina helped with the heat, or something like that. My guess is that it was a proprietary process and they were the only place you could get them....maybe.. Posted by rapcw 8/25/2009 8:42 PM | remove   Ah, that makes sense then, thanks! If you'd like to add a comment, please login or register. All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 593 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 740118834 pages have been generated.