Derek,
We have been in contact in the past but I can't remember if I told you that Sarah
Hamer daughter of my 3 x great grandparents Abraham and Mary Hamer (nee Powell) was
married to a Mantle. It was her first marriage but I have been unable to discover his
surname. The Hamers worshipped at Newchapel Baptist Chapel and were buried there as were
their son Abraham who married Mary Evans. Sarah was born in 1814 and was recorded as the
wife of David Lloyd in her father's will.
David Bick has written a series of books about mining in Wales under the title of
"The Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales". I have Part 6, A Miscellany, ISBN Number
0906885 08 6, price £6.95 and published by The Pound House, Newent, Glos. Gl18 IPS. There
is a very interesting chapter on the "Life and Work at the Gorn Mine" and it
describes graphically the conditions there and gives details of wages. It is an excellent
account of the life led by the Gorn miners.
Regards,
Margaret Harvey