> There is a take note dated 1867 at Caernarfon Record Office of Court,
> Aberdaron, to the Sims brothers of Calstock, Cornwall.
>
> Presumably this would relate to the Pompren barytes mine - can anyone
> confirm this? I would have thought they would have been more interested in
> manganese in this area - did they have any interests in the manganese
> mines
> at Rhiw & Benallt.
>
> The Sims had many interests in mines in East Cornwall & West Devon, both
> manganese & other metals, which is well documented; their Chillaton &
> Hogstor mines were to become for a while perhaps one of the most
> profitable
> mining undertakings in Britain. Does anyone know if they had other
> interests outside that area?
>
> Alasdair Neill.
>
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