Check Tally
code: LVSAV1991.023
Collection code:
LVSAV1991.023
Collection:
Description
Mine token / tally No 244, from Westwood Pit formerly property of James Gibb, c. 1950.
Mine tokens were issued to record the number of miners underground. Each miner was allocated a unique number, and would remove his tally from a marker board at the beginning of each shift, replacing it on his return to the surface. The presence or absence of his token on a board at the pit head would indicated whether or not he was underground