Metal tag
- Thread starter CJW
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That was a tag used by miners to track their output in the mines for the day...When they filled a car with coal they would attach it to the car to be recorded for them for the day...sometimes they had multiple tags with them so that the tag wouldnt have to be sent back down on the cars....They were payed piece work style by how many cars they filled during the day....My Father worked the mines for many years and i remember him coming home covered in black dirt...It was BACK BREAKING GRUELING WORK...Glad i was as that era was ending here...I often wondered if i would be able to do it
CJW
Junior Member
Thanks, I couldn't remember what it was used for. Another member of this forum and I are going up to that old coal town today, maybe we will find more. I also found the top half of an old oil lamp there, who knows what we will find.
Crackerjack
Elite Member
Working Man
You have to love and respect miners, men who risk life and limb for our energy needs. Hopefully, soon they will be able to make a living again at their occupation, and safely.
You have to love and respect miners, men who risk life and limb for our energy needs. Hopefully, soon they will be able to make a living again at their occupation, and safely.
worm12ga
Elite Member
I doubt underground coal mining is going to make a comeback anytime soon, and I'm happy for that.
I hope you're right. A recent trip to Bluefield, WV was an eye opener.
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