 One of Brownhills ' most prominent landmarks is a 46 feet ( 14 m ) stainless steel sculpture of a coal miner , erected in May 2006 on a roundabout at one end of the High Street , where the <unk> Pelsall Road and High Street <unk> cross . The colossal sculpture , by John McKenna <unk> , commemorates the town 's mining tradition . A competition was organised to choose an official nickname for the statue . The winning name was Jigger after Jack " Jigger " Taylor who died when the roof of Walsall Wood pit collapsed in 1951 . 
