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how about the company stores? The miners in the town I grew up in lived in company housing and were paid in company script which was only accepted in the company store which sold virtually everything. I remember the store sold black rubber boots to the miners and another store in the town sold some brown rubber boots cheaper. A few of the miners managed to trade their script somewhere and bought the brown boots. When they went to work and the company officials saw the brown boots they were told there will be no work for you until you get your boots from the company store.
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