The kids during that time period would walk the railroad tracks to school and hope to find coal that fell off the coal cars. The kids might leave early from home and stop by the Granite Shed to offer to do a bit of work before school. They might earn coal to bring home. The Granite Sheds had blacksmiths that made tools and sharpened chisels. A typical task might be gathering up tools that need to be sharpened or returning tools to the workers.