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Shropshire, November 1858

Shropshire, November 1858

Colliery Guardian, November 13th, 1858
COALPORT (Shropshire) Coal Prices.

	s. d.
Hard Tops:	11 8 per ton.
Lumps:	8 4 per ton.
Flints:	10 0 per ton.
Flints, lumps :	7 9 per ton.
Slack :	5 0 per ton.
Iron :	8 0 0
Propwood :	3 0 0
Gunpowder :	59 0 0

The ton at Coalport is 21cwt.

Oil (lamp), per cwt 48s. to 53s. 6d.

Submitted by Steve Dewhirst

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