In article <4221.199901271420@cronus>, [log in to unmask] writes
>Can anyone help with this query sent to me today?
>> Can you assist me in a book I am writing on Sark please ?
>> I am trying to get details of mining operations on Sark and the recruitment of
>> 250 Cornishmen to do the job. Also the price of silver per oz around 1840 and
>> on average, how much silver comes up with a ton of dirt. (How long is piece of
>> string !!!)
There is an article entitled " A History of Mining on Sark and Herm, CI"
by Nick Laffoley in the Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical
Society, Vol 9 Number 4 (Winter 1985). pages 201 to 227.
Possibly available as a back issue from Mike Luff -
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Using this article as a source, Sark ores assayed at 14-53 oz silver per
ton. Only had time for a quick scan, but can't see a reference to the
price of silver.
Regards..........
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John Ambler
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Somewhere in the middle of a forest in Sussex (UK) ........
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