 About 160 years since, two gold mines were stated to have been discovered ; one at Pollux Hill, in Bedfordshire, and the other at Little Taunton, in Gloucestershire. The Society of Mines Royal seized them, and granted two leases of them to some refiners,...  The gold rocks of Great Britain and Ireland - Page 99by John Calvert (mineral surveyor.) - 1853 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Abbott (Jun.) - Mineral industries - 1833 - 246 pages
...Society of Mines Royal seized them, and granted two leases of them to some refiners, who ex.-* tracted some Gold; but they did not go on with the work, as the Gold sometimes would not repay or requite tb,e charge of separatipn, though often it did."—ESSAY ON METALLIC WORDS. It required the lapse of... | |
 | Joseph Yelloly Watson - Mines and mineral resources - 1843 - 106 pages
...Bedfordshire, and the other at Little Taunton, in Gloucestershire. " The Society of Mines Royal seized tltem, and granted two leases of them to some refiners, who...requite the charge of separation, though often it did."—Essay on Metallic Works. Dr. Leigh, in his " History of Lancashire," page 82, says, " We have,... | |
 | 1849 - 604 pages
...Bedfordshire, and the other at Little Tauntou, in Gloucestershire. " The Society of Mines Royal seized them, and granted two leases of them to some refiners, who...requite the charge of separation, though often it did." — Essay on Metallic Works. Dr. Leigh, in his " History of Lancashire," page 82, says, " We... | |
 | John Calvert - Gold - 1853 - 364 pages
...Pollox Hill, near Silsoe. Of this mine and another it is stated " the Society of Mines Royal seized them and granted two leases of them to some refiners who...requite the charge of separation, though often it did." f In the eighteenth century there was a report that gold had again been found near Ampthill,... | |
 | 1854 - 526 pages
...celebrity was not upheld. The Miners Royal seized upon a vein discovered at Little Tannton about 1680, but " they did not go on with the work, as the gold sometimes would not repay. ' Worcestershire is enumerated among the gold districts, upon the mere ground that it was included... | |
 | Geologists' Association - Geology - 1906 - 574 pages
...Bedfordshire, and the other at Little Taunton, in Gloucestershire. The Society of Mines Royal seized them, and granted two leases of them to some refiners, who...repay or requite the charge of separation, though sometimes it did." Watson's quotation is from Abbott's Essay on the Mines of England. This was about... | |
 | Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club - Hertfordshire (England) - 1906 - 362 pages
...Bedfordshire, and the other at Little Taunton, in Gloucestershire. The Society of Mines Royal seized them, and granted two leases of them to some refiners, who...some gold ; but they did not go on with the work, ns the gold sometimes would not repay or requite the charge of separation, though sometimes it did."... | |
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