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Mining, Cumberland, Broughton, Broughton Colliery, J. & T. Walker, octagonal copper, 1834, pit-head engine-house and winding gear, rev. legend in four lines, 29mm, 10.25g/12h (Finlay 80; D & W 284/30). Fine, rare £50-70

Provenance: D.C. Pottinger Collection [from Format February 2001).

John and Thomas Walker leased the colliery from 1823 to 1836 and shipped in excess of 5,000 tons of coal each year