00:00Swings them basically around just to dump out all that coal onto a giant scale, just like this.
00:19Once it dumps out all the coal, it swings it right back, making way for the next coal mine cart,
00:24just like this.
00:27You can even hear the H on it.
00:33So I mentioned it a couple times, this is determining how much you would get paid for the day.
00:37Now back in the 1920s, you were getting paid by the amount of coal that you would get in your
00:4214 hour shift.
00:43You were getting paid by the ton, not by an hour or by salary.
00:47On average, a coal miner would get roughly about a ton of coal in a 14 hour shift, just by
00:52themselves.
00:53So, one ton of coal.
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