VALUABLE COPPER.
ANGLESEY MINES TO BE .REOPENED. WILL ABSORB LARGE NUMBERS OP UNEMPLOYED. (British Official Wtrelesu.j RUGBY, Oct. 30. It i.s announced that the. copper mines at Pary’s Mountain, in the Island of Anglesey, are-.shortly to be reopened, and maiiy unemployed will be .engaged. New veins of copper have been discovered, showing a yield of 3 and 3| per cent. Tim Angesey copper miners began to be worked during the Roman ocdates from 1750. Records show that more than £7,000,000 was paid in dividends from the working of these mines. The special attention of rniiiin experts was drawn to the abandoned mines some foiir years ago, and after a prolonged investigation the potential'value of the copper area has been demo.nstrate.cf.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10732, 1 November 1928, Page 2
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