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Barney
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17 years ago

I have heard this story before, is it fact or fiction?
http://www.abandonedcommunities.co.uk/page22.html

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merddinemrys
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17 years ago

True! You can visit Sion's skull at the folk museum in St. Fagans.

Wyn
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17 years ago

The mound where the gibbet was is still there, in fact the hill is called Penycrocbren.

There is also a similar story associated with Walford's gibbet on the Quantock Hills in Somerset (which is just above the Dodington copper mine).

hcd563
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17 years ago

There's a very good book on the mines at Dylife by Michael Brown that tells the story, as well as that of the mines themselves. published in 2005 so should still be available.

ISBN 0 86243 775 X

Martin

merddinemrys
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17 years ago

There was a programme on BBC2 recently about old maps which visited the Cwmystwyth Mines and described the conditions in the mining camps, which were rife with murders, rapes and violence. A far cry from the more Godly Quarrymen in the North.

Barney
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17 years ago

Seems that crime was the norm in some places. Many deceptions occured when a mine was put up for sale. One that springs to mind was, i think, Klondike lead mine. When offered for sale it was advertised as a silver mine and the appropriate ore and items left lying around to complete the deception.
Wasn't there a quarry at Corris sold to someone where a few tunnels had been dug but no slate ever taken?

JohnnearCfon
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17 years ago

"Barney" wrote:
Wasn't there a quarry at Corris sold to someone where a few tunnels had been dug but no slate ever taken?

Does anyone know any more about that? Maybe it should go on a new thread?

viewer
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17 years ago

Barney

There was a major deception at Klondike. One of the "Roy's", possibly Fellows posted an article on ME about it recently.

Briefly, if I recall correctly, a gluey substance was smeared all over the walls and the ore stuck to the walls so the entire tunnel looked like it was full of ore.

Also covered in the excellent "Mines of the Gwydyr Forest". Part 6 or possibly part 5 i think.

:lol:

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Barney
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17 years ago

What a great story!

JohnnearCfon
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17 years ago

#10

Sounds like something from Blue Peter!

"Here is one we faked earlier."
:lol:

viewer
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17 years ago

#11

Yes it was Roy F. Document uploaded onto ME but can't find it!

Mentioned in the thread Geirionydd gorge

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AR
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17 years ago

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"viewer" wrote:
Barney

There was a major deception at Klondike. One of the "Roy's", possibly Fellows posted an article on ME about it recently.

Briefly, if I recall correctly, a gluey substance was smeared all over the walls and the ore stuck to the walls so the entire tunnel looked like it was full of ore.

Also covered in the excellent "Mines of the Gwydyr Forest". Part 6 or possibly part 5 i think.

:lol:

A favourite Derbyshire trick was to cram bits of ore into a fissure, either to inflate the apparent value of the mine for resale or to provide a pretext to drive through solid rock - the mining laws allow you to follow a vein without needing permission, but levels away from a vein are not meant to be driven without the land/mineral owner's permission....

Follow the horses, Johnny my laddie, follow the horses canny lad-oh!

carnkie
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17 years ago

#13

I vaguely remember this. A bit like selling London Bridge a few times.

http://www.dailywealth.com/archive/2006/may/2006_may_31.asp

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