Miner's Pick
date: label: date made
content: 1880 - 1890
notes: label: Description
content: This long-handled mining pick was used in an anthracite mine in Pennsylvania during the early 20th century. Mining is rough physical labor. Before 1900 coal miners would lie on their back and use a pick to undercut the coal seam. They would then blast the coal, shovel it into a cart, and take it to the head of the mine to be paid by the coal’s tonnage.
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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: L. D. Lamont
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-8928
label: accession number
content: 260122
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8928
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pick, miner's
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 in x 13 1/2 in; 71.12 cm x 34.29 cm