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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bill in Burl, post: 26707473, member: 23692&quot;]From pickin &amp; grinin above ......&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;I get ya. I have married in family that had Grandparents work in the mine, I am sure some of the translations can be skewed. I do know that these men weren&#039;t paid in actual us Money, they were working for more or less room and board. At the time I detected them I was 2 or three levels down a concrete shaft. The Mine shaft has long been filled in.&quot;&nbsp; I don&#039;t know how to get referenced posts to appear in a different font and color.&nbsp; This is/was my first attempt.</p><p><br /></p><p>pickin and grinin posted the above concerning tokens/id&#039;s working in mines.&nbsp; Like his grandfather says, the old Marble mines in Vermont and some coal in West Virginia &quot;owned&quot; the miners.&nbsp; A company would own all the land and build small utilitarian homes for the workers and everything that was bought (groceries, clothes, etc) HAD to be from the &quot;company store&quot;, just as in the song.&nbsp; Yes, they weren&#039;t paid wages in Vermont, just essentially room and board.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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