In message <[log in to unmask]>, Alasdair Neill
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>In researching history of mining in the Buckfastleigh area, I am trying to
>discover if there is any information about Sir George Elliott MP, who was
>involved in a revival there in the 1870's. There is plenty available about
>his involvement in the coal industry, in which he was hugely influential,
>(see DNB for a start), but I have been unable to find anything about any
>involvement in metal mining beyond the refs in the List of Mines etc.
>
>Can anyone help with any sources?
He was involved in an ill-fated gold mining enterprise in the Clwydian
Hills of north east Wales in the late 1880s. He withdrew after about 18
months.
Flintshire Record Office: D/DM/57/5, 8, and 9
National Archives: CRES 49/2860
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Tony King
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