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Description: | Circular brass tally stamped "Whitwick Colliery N318", which was used at the mine between 1910 and 1950. Tallies were first used in mining in the late 19th century, with their use becoming mandatory in the Coal Mines Act of 1911.
The 'tally' or 'mottie' was used as part of a checking system in mines. In most systems each miner collected two personally numbered tallies on arrival at work. One would be given in exchange for his lamp, and the second would be given to the banks man when entering the cage to descend for a shift at the coalface. Tallies were also used as pay-checks, travel tokens, canteen tokens or for the pithead baths.
The tally allowed the colliery management to record work attendance. It also, in the event of an explosion or disaster, gave rescue teams valuable information on how many miners may be involved. | Publisher: | Leicestershire County Council's Museum Service | Subjects: | Tally Pit Checks Miners Whitwick Colliery Coal mining Coal Miner's Tally Mottie | Temporal: | 1900-1947 | Source: | Leicestershire Museums | Identifier: | http://museums.leics.gov.uk/collections-... | Go to resource |
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