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Show To Reopen Welch Qold Mine. Tho British government, which holds tho royalties of Clogau gold mines, near Dolgclly, Is, It Is Interesting to learn, making arrangements to reopen tho works where, a few years ago, 400 men wero engaged. The Ologau mines aro perhaps the oldest In the country. Tho early Britons worked them for gold to bo mado Into torques, wreaths, or armlets; tho Romans delved hero for tho precious motnl; and centuries later the monks of Gym-mcr Gym-mcr nbboy acquired all -tho mineral rights. Charles I could never have withstood tho enormous expense of contesting tho Great Rebellion had it not been for tho gold which Thomas Bushcll, the granteo pf tho Aberystwyth Aberyst-wyth mint, obtained from tho Clogau mines and sent to his royal master. Thcro Is moro gold In Walt than Is seen when tho sun rises over the mountain tops. |