 From 1897 ore was sold to Brymbo (who paid 1/6 per ton) and taken to their Hook Norton calcining plant.Being a farmer, Henry Baker required that when the quarrymen removed the overburden, topsoil and subsoil were segregated and replaced in sequence when the ore had been removed.Other ironstone quarries did not take this care when replacing the overburden with the result that the restored ground was poor for agricultural use.