Posted by Peter H on October 19, 2007 at 17:11:07 from 86.138.72.146 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Prospecting & plumbing (was Mrs Tyson) posted by Jock on October 19, 2007 at 16:27:25:
Captain Flint would have needed a licence from the Crown
Are you sure that the Crown owned the rights to chalcopyrite in the Coniston mines? The minerals could have been privately owned. Apparently they were c. 1920 - by the 'Coniston Electrolytic Copper Works Ltd'. Jock may have more up-to-date info than I have, but if I am right, then Capn Flint would have had to negotiate a licence from that company or its successor (not letting on that he had found anything). There would probably have been a royalty payable anyway. Useful site (although it says nowt about the ownership):