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Check the listing for details. 1920s-1930s Antique Historic Child-Labor Coal Miner's helmet! VERY RARE!!!!!!. Condition: Used, Made in United States. Listed at 258.00 USD. Yes, boys! Before 1938, they've used boys as young as 5 years-old in coal mines. They would sit on wooden benches over chutes and pick pieces of slate and other impurities out of the moving coal. The widespread use of child labor began to decline as a result of social reform efforts and activism.