Eclipse Company Store - The Plains, OH
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N 39° 21.851 W 082° 07.052
17S E 403727 N 4357787
Company store built by the Hocking Valley Coal Company between 1900 and 1902 when it began operations at the Eclipse mine.
Waymark Code: WMCK5Z
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 09/15/2011
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Miners and their families lived in the town. The company store served as the pay station and general store for the miners. Payment was made through a credit system, maintained on ledgers kept at the store. Credit was earned for tons of coal loaded in the mine, and that credit was traded in for goods at the store.
The paymaster for the mine kept his office at the store.
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