It is impossible to determine the value of any given lamp simply by looking at a chart. But, in the book American Miners' Carbide Lamps, Clemmer has provided a "rarity scale" that provides some information as to how common or uncommon any given lamp brand is. Note that this list does not cover foreign lamps such as Premier or Butterfly (from England and Hong Kong, respectively). A lamp with a rating of 10 is not known to have any lamps in existence, but have been found in printed material suggesting that they had been manufactured. A lamp with a rating of 9 has at least one sample in existence, and others are suspected to exist. However, a detailed explanation to the rating system is given in American Miners' Carbide Lamps.
| Brand Name | Rarity | Manufacturer |
| Abercrombie & Fitch | 9 | Unknown |
| Acme | 5 | Justrite Manufacturing Co. |
| American | 9 | American Lamp and Specialty Co. |
| "Anthracite" | 6 | Unknown; various styles |
| Anton | 8 | George B. Anton and Brother |
| Arnolds's Carbide Candle | 8 | William Ainsworth and Sons |
| Arrow | 6 | Unknown |
| Auto-lite | 1 | Universal Lamp Company |
| Baldwin | 4 | Fredrerick E. Baldwin, John Simmons Company |
| Big Boy | 4 | Universal Lamp Company |
| Black Diamond | 10 | Black Diamond Manufacturing Co. |
| Boesch | 10 | Boesch Lamp Company |
| Brilliant Search Light | 4 | Rudolph C. Kruschke; Brilliant Search Light Co. |
| Brite-Lite | 7 | Charles Hoppe; Harker Manufacturing Co. |
| Buddy | 5 | Ashmead Manufacturing Co. |
| Chance | 10 | T.M. Chance |
| Columbia | 6 | Hine-Watt Manufacturing Co. |
| Coolite or Coolamp | 10 | Coolamp Company |
| Copper Queen | 8 | Justrite Manufacturing Co. |
| Daylight | 9 | Unknown |
| Defender | 6 | Justrite Manufacturing Co. |
| Denver Spike Lamp | 9 | Denver Lamp Company |
| Dew-R-Lite | 9 | Dewar Manufacturing Company |
| Drylite | 9 | A.L. Hansen Manufacturing Co. |
| Elkhorn | 7 | Ashmead Manufacturing Co. |
| Ever-Ready | 9 | Charles Hoppe Co. |
| Force-Feed | 7 | A.L. Hansen Manufacturing Co. |
| Full Moon | 9 | A. H. Funke |
| Fulton | 9 | Fulton Tool Works? |
| Funk Bros. Mfg. Co. | 9 | Funk Brother Manufacturing Co; John Simmons Co.? |
| Gee-Bee | 8 | Grier Brothers Manufacturing Co. |
| Gem | 8 | Gem Manufacturing Co. |
| Grier Bros. | 5 | Grier Brothers Manufacturing Co. |
| Guy's Dropper | 2 | Shanklin Manufacturing Co., Litchfield Lamp Co, Universal Lamp Co. |
| Hansen | 7 | A.L. Hansen Manufacturing Co. |
| Imperial | 9 | Martin Hardsocg Company |
| I-T-P | 4 | Dwear Manufacturing Co. |
| Justrite | 1 | Justrite Manufacturing Co. |
| Justrite Streamlined | 1 | Justrite Manufacturing Co. |
| Little Giant | 6 | Justrite Manufacturing Co. |
| Lu-mi-num Lamp | 5 | Fred R. Belt Company |
| Lunkenheimer | 9 | Lunkenheimer Company |
| Maple City Lamp | 7 | Maple City Manufacturing Co. |
| Maumee-Duplex | 8 | Maumee Manufacturing Co. |
| Milburn Miner's A | 8 | Alexander Milburn Co. |
| Nathan | 9 | Nathan Manufacturing Co. |
| Ni-Ba | 9 | Unknown |
| Norleigh Diamond | 9 | Unknown |
| Oshkosh Metal Products Co. | 9 | Oshkosh Metal Products Co. |
| Otto (Ott)? | 9 | William H. Otto Metal Goods Co. |
| Pathfinder | 7 | Hughes Brothers |
| Pocahontas | 8 | Unknown |
| Red Star | 10 | Beall Brothers Supply Co. |
| S & S | 9 | Unknown |
| Schnieder's Lamp | 9 | Unknown |
| Scoby Lamp | 9 | Samuel Scoby |
| Scranto | 8 | Scranton Acetylene Lamp Co. |
| Scranton | 9 | Scranton Acetylene Lamp Co. |
| Shanklin | 8 | Shanklin Manufacturing Co. |
| Shanklin Metal Products | 6 | Shanklin Metal Products Co. |
| Simmons | 4 | John Simmons Company |
| S. E. Simmons Mfg. Co. | 9 | Samuel E. Simmons |
| Snell Lamp | 10 | Unknown; a bottom exists |
| Springfield Lamp | 6 | Meyer Stein Manufacturing Co. |
| Squarelite | 7 | Shanklin manufacturing Co. |
| Standard | 10 | John S. Cummings Co. |
| Stein Dropper | 9 | Probably Meyer Stein Mfg. Co. |
| Sun Ray | 5 | Dewar Manufacturing Co. |
| Sure-Lite | 7 | Sure-Light Acetylene Co. |
| The Buddy | 9 | Justrite Manufacturing Co. |
| Uncle Sam | 7 | Justrite Manufacturing Co. |
| Union Carbide | 9 | Unknown |
| Victor | 8 | Unknown |
| Victor | 5 | Justrite Manufacturing Co. |
| What Cheer | 9 | What Cheer Drill and Miners' Tool Company |
| Wolf | 4 | Wolf Safety Lamp Company of America |
| X-Ray (Defender) | 6 | Justrite Manufacturing Co. |
| X-Ray (Fulton-Imperial) | 6 | Unknown |
| Zar | 5 | First-John Simmons Co. Second-Zar Manufacturing Co. |
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