Jasonville Inventor - circa 1924

For all of you local coal mining historians & enthusiasts out there, on March 11th, 1924, Samuel G. Thomasson of Jasonville, Indiana received a patent on improvements to the acetylene lamp. Here is the patent from Google Patent Search: http://www.google.com/patents?id=R0FHAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&source=gbs_overview_r&cad=0