lurk
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- Oct 28, 2015
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- F75 LTD SE, Pro Pointer AT, Nel Sharpshooter coil, formerly ATPro & ATGold
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- All Treasure Hunting
Does anyone know anything or have some links about how the railroad payed its men during the push west? Specifically the Union Pacific? I imagine the common laborers digging in the cut and driving spikes were not payed especially well, but they had to have been paid something.
My main hiccup in my research is just exactly what circulated. Were they paid in coin? Potentially Gold? Or were they paid in paper? Or company store tokens? And then was this horded or spent on liquor and whores?
There are many stories of stage and train robberies involving hard coin, but I havnt found any of these that relate to railroad payroll. Typically the army was paid in coin, and cattlemen also preferred coin because of their distrust of the North and long distances traveled but what about the common railroad man? Papers love to write these grandiose tales but always spare the details.
Any and all leads help thank you
My main hiccup in my research is just exactly what circulated. Were they paid in coin? Potentially Gold? Or were they paid in paper? Or company store tokens? And then was this horded or spent on liquor and whores?
There are many stories of stage and train robberies involving hard coin, but I havnt found any of these that relate to railroad payroll. Typically the army was paid in coin, and cattlemen also preferred coin because of their distrust of the North and long distances traveled but what about the common railroad man? Papers love to write these grandiose tales but always spare the details.
Any and all leads help thank you
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