Tool Tag or Miners Tag?

[KenPa]

I found this tag at a site that was a mining site in the mid to late 1800's. It says
"The M.A. Long Co" and has the number 240 on it. I've tried google for the company name but found nothing on the company. The back is blank. It measures about
1 3/4" and is made of copper. It was found in Western New Jersey if that helps. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for looking.
KenPa

 

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[possumheaded]

I don't know if this will help but I found this refrence to the M.A. Long Co.


Again, in M.A. Long Co. v. State Accident Fund,
156 Md. 639, 645, 144 A. 775, 778 (1929), we described what is meant by a “principal
contractor”:
The meaning of [the pred ecessor of Section 9-5 08] is that, in
order to create a principal contractor the statutory employer of
a workman of a subcontractor, the subcontractor must be
engaged in the work or a portion of the work which the principal
contractor agreed to perform. Or, in other w ords, to create the
principal contractor a statutory employer he must have
contracted in the first instance to do the work himself, and
subsequently sublet the whole or a portion of it to someone else.

Good Luck,
Ed

 

[PBK]

I'd guess tool check. There was an Allentown, Pennsylvania construction company known as the M. A. Long Co. I'm not sure exactly when or how long they were in business, but I found a reference to them from 1931, indicating that they had been awarded the contract for a new College of Home Economics building at Cornelll University in Ithaca, New York, and another in the same year for the Bonnie Blink Masonic Home in Maryland. So, factoring that in with Ed's info from 1929, the tag could be around 75-80 years old.

 

[KenPa]

Thank You Both for all your Info. The site is not far from Allentown Pa. About 20 miles. After a little more research about the site, I found that the mines were re-opened in 1939 for 4 more years, so that would be the right time frame. Thanks again for all your help.
Ken

 

[diggerfororo]

I'd guess tool check. There was an Allentown, Pennsylvania construction company known as the M. A. Long Co. I'm not sure exactly when or how long they were in business, but I found a reference to them from 1931, indicating that they had been awarded the contract for a new College of Home Economics building at Cornelll University in Ithaca, New York, and another in the same year for the Bonnie Blink Masonic Home in Maryland. So, factoring that in with Ed's info from 1929, the tag could be around 75-80 years old.

I think PBK has it correct. (again) Miners 0r load tags were very seldom 3 digit numbers. Most of the mines didn't employ more than 15 to 30 men per shift that would use tags to I.D. their loads.

Les