Now the Hammers stand still, and those that
made the Noise are madch'd off. Here is more
off the Pitt-Coal Iron to be Sold at a low price
than this whole Town and County will
buy; but the raeson is plain, the Smiths do
not Know what to do whith it, and therefore
unless the Projectors can find what use it is
for, we are afraid if they get a Charter, they
will get no money do pay off the mines Royal
Company, much less enough to pay them
and us too;
some Days since, a Gentleman here about
Twenty Barrs of the said Pitt-Coal Iron, and
as it is fit the nation schoud Know it proues
/: it being the first we can haer of that the ma-
kers would suffer to be fairly and prublickly
tried, taken indifferently out of number
of Barrs, as these were :/ I schall give you
an exact account how it proved: If you are
not satisfied with this account, you may be
plaesed to send to the chief Centleman and mer-
chants of this Town to know the truth of it;
and if any of the Iron Protectors agents
pretend they have better Iron of ther macking
with Pitt-Coal, it is desired they will give
notice when and where it may be publickly
and fairly try'd in this Town, by as many
of the place as schall be willing to try it.
And now there is some of the said Iron got
into other hands, the same shall be fortcoming
at anytime, to be openly tried in the presence
of any persons that shall apprehend there is any
design of disparing the said Iron.
In Tuesday the 21 st: of July 1730, Three Barrs
of M:r Woods Pitt-Coal Iron mad at Fritzington
were sainly and publickly try'd, at the Shop of
Thomas Bragg, Blacksmith in Duke street
in Whitehaven, in the presence of six of the
principal Gentleman and Inhabitans of the
said Town: The Iron was bougth of Thomas
Singleton, Cooper, who had it directly from
the Worck at Fritzington, and it was Wrought
by the said Thomas Braggs and Charles Story,
two of the chief Smiths, in these parts for
making Horse Shoes who Tried Three several
Barrs, and protested they used their utmost
care in Working them /: the truth whereof
they are ready to depose :/ but could not pos-
sably make a Horse Schoe of any of them;
some broke at the first or second Haet,
and one piece of a Barr held out to fifth
White haet, and flew all to pieces at the
sixth.
On Monday following three other Barrs