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“...March, 1842. Fifty tons of ore
valued at £2,500 were exported in 1841, and 170 tons
valued at £3,400 in 1842. Work was recommenced in
1859, between which year and 1862, when the mine was
again closed, 1,092 tons and 7 cwt. of ore valued at
£15,220 were exported. On Salt Island the salt Ponds
are of interest, while on Norman Island the old Pirates’
Caves should be visited. They can be reached in small
boats. A few years ago an iron chest containing
treasure was found in the caves.
An island of sentimental interest is Dead-man’s Chest,
immortalised by R. L. Stevenson in ‘‘Treasure Island,"
though he never visited it:
Fifteen men on The Dead Man’s Chest—
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum !
This rock, when seen from a distance, appears a flat surface,
almost level with the surface of the water; but on a nearer
approach, it assumes a regular shape, which has been compared
by one of the Spanish Fathers who first visited the country, to
a table with a coffin lying upon it; whence it has its name, in
Spanish...”
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