In an article on " The Mines," the ' Sydney Morning Herald' recounts the following anecdote of Her Majesty j the Queen —" A large part of the revenues of the Prince of Wales are derived from the mines of Cornwall. The late Prince Albert took great interest in their advancement, and in the welfare of the miners. On one of hisvisits he was accompanied by the Queen. Of her visit to a mine in Cornwall, a working miner gave the following account : —'' I could not sleep for the night, thinking what I should say to the Prince and what the Prince would say to me. Well, in the morning,. sure enough, we saw the shay coming. The Queen got out and ran about the wet grass like a billy. She asked, "It is safe to go into the i&iin ?" " Safe," says I, " yes, safe as the rock of G-ibraltar!" The Queen skipped in like a lamb, and, tdo belieVe I touched her.. As they were coming out the Queen said, " What is that there blue light I do see ?" " Bless you, ma'am, that's the light o'day." We did cheer. This was 26 years ago."
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 177, 26 July 1872, Page 5
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192Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 177, 26 July 1872, Page 5
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