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Hi;
I am posting this for a friend, Dave, J, who is re-mining some 1860s workings. They are finding some interesting stuff but he has a question about a button. Perhaps someone can help him. His letter below is to a Cockersmouth web source. Any ideas?
Richard Wright (BC)
HI.
I'm writing you from British Columbia in the Cariboo Goldfields.
Our company has been digging in historic gold mine shafts that date from various periods back to the 1860's. In a recent cleanup I found a button which I hope you can help me identify.
It looks like it could be a shirt button or a fly button on a pair of pants. Embossed on the button are the words:
JCW DRUMMOND
COCKERSMOUTH
It is no surprise to have such a button as many miners came from the lakes district and other areas of England, Wales and Scotland. I surmise that there was a clothing manufacturer in Cockersmouth by the name of Drummond, but I can't prove it by googling it. I hope you can shed some light on this small mystery, and tell me if you know of such a manufacturer, what types of clothing they might have produced and when they might have begun and ended their business.
Thanks for your help.
To see where the button was found visit, www.williamscreekgoldfields.ca and click on the 'Breaking News' icon in the lower left.
Thanks for any assistance you can provide.
Dave Jorgenson
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