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Roger My great grandfather didn't go near a pelt...... I suppose it's possible that as a metal worker he was exposed to mercury..... 5 minutes ago someone suggested it may have been arsenic was the contributory factor.... Thanks Keith -----Original Message----- From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roger Hutchins Sent: 07 March 2010 11:04 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Tin mining Port Talbot Hi,The Hatters went Mad due to Mercury poisoning, Mercury was used to cure the pelts. I dont think tin was involved in any way. Roger. > Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 10:46:16 +0000 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Tin mining Port Talbot > To: [log in to unmask] > > Geoff - > > I am under the impression that Tin was used in the hat manufacturing > industry - hence "mad as a hatter"...... Thousands of people who worked > in smelting activity would spend their twenties and early thirties at > work, their mid thirties and forties in sanitoria, before suffering an > early death.........I had always associated this with work with > tin.....perhaps I'm wrong in that....and someone will tell me it was > zinc, or nickel, or copper....I remain open to argument! > > I've just checked up on the White Rock works - and it seems that they > smelted copper and silver there! Smelts of lead and zinc were also > present locally, and brass was manufactured (Upper Bank), that would > probably have used ingot tin..... > > Tinplating went on in and around Pontardawe, Briton Ferry ,Ammanford and > Llanelli, before settling down at Velindre and Trostre near Llanelli. > > Keith > > -----Original Message----- > From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Geoff Treseder > Sent: 07 March 2010 10:20 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Tin mining Port Talbot > > Keith I'm not aware of 'tin madness' (other than the financial fiasco in > the > mid 1980s), are you sure this was smelting of primary tin concentrates > rather than residues arising from other metallurgical processes. > Geoff Treseder > Carn Metals > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Nicholls" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 9:20 AM > Subject: Re: Tin mining Port Talbot > > > Geoff..... > Tin was certainly smelted in Swansea - using Cornish tin - my great > grandfather died as a result of "tin madness" he picked up while > working in the White Rock smelter at Kilvey. > Keith Nicholls > > -----Original Message----- > From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Geoff Treseder > Sent: 07 March 2010 09:17 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Tin mining Port Talbot > > Tin ingot was imported from Cornwall not concentrate for smelting. > Geoff Treseder > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Nicholls" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 8:53 AM > Subject: Re: Tin mining Port Talbot > > > Dave > > At risk of being proven wrong.....as a born and bred native of Swansea > and a geologist - it is my opinion that no mining of any tin ever > occurred in or around Port Talbot( wrong rocks!). A short distance east > there is some gold and lead / zinc mineralization (in the Carboniferous > Limestone, but I'm not aware of it ever having been commercially > exploited). > > Port Talbot is sited on the coast, on the Lower Coal Measures. Mining in > the vicinity is limited to coal and associated minerals (black band > ironstone etc). > > Tin was imported to the Swansea area from Cornwall for smelting, and > it's possible that some form of smelting operation may have been tried > at Post Talbot (later home of course to a large steel works). > > Tin plating may have been attempted also - although subsequently this > was carried out near Llanelli (Trostre). > > Keith Nicholls > > -----Original Message----- > From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Dave Linton > Sent: 06 March 2010 04:16 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Tin mining Port Talbot > > I'm passing on a query that has been made to me. The only tin-related > connection I can think of is the south Wales tin-plating industry. Can > anyone help with this? > > Dave > > > I apologise for bothering you with what I consider to be a minor query > but during some research I have been carrying out on Cornish mine > quarrys it was suggested to me that there once existed tin mines in the > Port Talbot /general Neath area of S Wales.I personally can find no > evidence of the existance of such Industrial mining sites & believe it > to be a myth I dont suppose your organisation has any evidence to the > contrary . > > Grateful for any light you could shed on the matter. > -- > Dave Linton > 01341 280901 > > This email has been scanned for viruses by Netshield MXSweep. > Geotechnics Limited, Registered in England No. 1757790 at The > Geotechnical > Centre, 203 Torrington Avenue, Tile Hill, Coventry CV4 9AP > www.geotechnics.co.uk= > > This email has been scanned for viruses by Netshield MXSweep. > Geotechnics Limited, Registered in England No. 1757790 at The > Geotechnical > Centre, 203 Torrington Avenue, Tile Hill, Coventry CV4 9AP > www.geotechnics.co.uk= > > This email has been scanned for viruses by Netshield MXSweep. > Geotechnics Limited, Registered in England No. 1757790 at The Geotechnical Centre, 203 Torrington Avenue, Tile Hill, Coventry CV4 9AP www.geotechnics.co.uk _________________________________________________________________ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? 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