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A Welsh Silver-lead Mine
36 years in one spot on a Ceredigion Mountainside and I've had enough! In those years I've restored a complete hard-rock mine with a 260 year old heritage, put together a unique collection of mining gear and established a large reference library & archive! Last September, I decided to retire as the joints were creaking a bit more than usual! Probably something to do with the rainfall on Pumlumon!!!
A deal was done to sell the old mine and my lifetime's workl! All was going well until February when the keen buyers
removed themselves from the market! So, I'm up in the hills for yet another season, giving guided tours and telling people about the Welsh Lead Miners of long ago. In the 1880's many travelled to the USA and we have a sizeable link with the Silverton area of Colorado!
Any Welsh exiles out in the USA who fancy a hard-rock mine back home in Wales? I'd be most pleased to hear from you!
Peter
Actually, my grandfather, John Thomas Davis, was a partner in a southern California goldmine in the 1940s. We have a photo, but no one living remembers where it was exactly! One cousin remembers going there, though. There was a lot of equipment above ground, too. I have no idea if he ever transferred title or what. The story goes, they never actually mined it, they just bought it so they had a place to go on weekends to get away from the wives. But, it WAS an actual gold mine.