Mohrland Mercantile Company Powder Token
date: label: date made
content: 1915 - 1938
notes: label: Description
content: The United States Fuel Company owned the Mohrland, Utah mine as well as its company store that was run by the Mohrland Mercantile Company. This token is a form of scrip that entitled the bearer to 10 sticks of dynamite from the company score, while also allowing the company to control the distribution of explosives. Scrip is a substitute for legal tender often used in coal towns as a substitute for monetary wages or credit against the miner’s next paycheck. Scrip could only be spent in company stores for goods (often sold at a markup) and the use of scrip in lieu of pay was often a source of contention between workers and management. This token was stamped by the Salt Lake Stamp Company sometime between 1915 and 1938.
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: United States Fuel Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-I-1012.04
label: catalog number
content: MHI-I-1012
label: accession number
content: 304820
objectType: label: Object Name
content: token, powder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/32 in x 1 1/2 in; .254 cm x 3.81 cm