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Peter Chamberlain Researcher

the village/town/city /country game !!! replied on: 5/30/2007 11:31:02 AM SHELDON Haunted and cursed: Magpie Mine South of Sheldon village you’ll find haunted Magpie Mine (SK173682). It was worked for 300 years up to 1954. Some say it is cursed because it has suffered so many floods, fires and falls. Perhaps the curse stems from 1833 when three men were suffocated there. Even today the place retains an eerie atmosphere. In 1946 a party of speleologists were exploring Magpie Mine. One saw a man with a candle walking along a tunnel from which he disappeared. Another party member’s photograph showed a second man standing apparently on 3 metres of water. The ghost of the Old Man was thought to be trying to protect his ancient rights, or else to be helping these modern searchers find lead ore. Miners believed the ore to be thick and pure in the main vein 46 metres below water level.

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