Identifier: cu31924104648583 (find matches)
Title: Past and present at the English lakes
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Rawnsley, H. D. (Hardwicke Drummond), 1851-1920 Wordsworth Collection
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Publisher: Glasgow, J. MacLehose and sons
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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of them were killed in the Civil War, and
many returned to their homes on the outskirts of
Tyrol and in the valley of the Inn, there still
remain in this countryside, after more than three
centuries have passed by, Parkers, Earles, Shires,
Stampers, Stangers, Senogles, Mosers, and Wilsons,
who are descendants of that Teutonic invasion.
As early as July of 1566 the miners turned their
attention to Caldbeck, and strings of pack horses
would be seen going round the Skiddaw group
backwards and forwards as ore carriers from Cald-
beck to the eight smelting furnaces in full blast at
the Forge. An attempt was made to link up
Keswick with the sea by obtaining a port at Work-
ington, and land was obtained from the Curwens
for that purpose, but this project proved abortive.
The cost of carrying on the undertaking was far
away beyond the expectation of the firm. Whilst
peat was brought chiefly from Skiddaw and Fiasco,
from White Moss, and, I believe, from the marsh
behind the Kings How in Borrowdale, lead for the
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GERMAN MINERS AT KESWICK 81

mixing of the ore in the smelting came all the
way from the Alston neighbourhood, and coal from
Boltongate. Charcoal had to be borne from as far as
Isel, from Grasmere, and from the Furness neigh-
bourhood ; and lime and sandstone for building
had to be fetched from a considerable distance.
All this was against the possibility of making two
ends meet. The cost of the undertaking went up
by leaps and bounds. Thus in 1568 the total
expenses were nearly doubled ; £6722 were spent,
as opposed to £3927 in the year 1566. It is not
to be wondered at that the firm of Haug and
Langnauer became alarmed.
In 1576 there is a decline in mining activities.
There is no getting of the ore at Newlands and at
Caldbeck. Little more than sorting is done.
Hans Loner, the principal accountant, is recalled
for not having kept the accounts properly, and not
making necessary retrenchments. He blames
Hechstetter for this and answers the other counts
of the accusation, but a certain Hans Merer, his chief
clerk in London, takes his place at Keswick
as accountant.

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