Union members began sabotaging the farmers' stacked piles of lumber, making it unsaleable. The stock values of Clark & Bothwell's various mines immediately plunged and were soon unsaleable. In the end, approximately 5,000 works of art deemed unsaleable were burned. "The Guardian" described the band in a review as "brilliant but wilfully unsaleable". Coke was produced on this site from 1875 using unsaleable coal fines. Some producers poured unsaleable wine into local rivers and streams. Some producers would pour unsaleable wine into local rivers and streams. As a result, Brewers Quay was seen as unsaleable.