...#CarbideLamp #MinersLamp #BicycleHeadlight #WorthPoint #AntiqueLighting #JustriteLamp #AcetyleneLight #AuctionFinds #VintageLamp #MiningHistory #ThriftTreasure #LampCollector #UndergroundLight #ElectricVsFlame #PriceGuide WorthPoint’s mystery-object series examines curious finds from thrift and estate sales, using this carbide miner’s headlight as a case study. If you pull an unfamiliar lamp from a box, it may be a carbide cap lamp once used by underground miners. These devices produced light by dripping water from a upper reservoir onto calcium carbide in a lower chamber, generating acetylene gas that burned at a polished reflector tip.