Mining gold for Princess Mary’s wedding ring (1922)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit The oldest gold miner still digging finds the gold for Princess Mary’s wedding ring Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Gold Mining in Great Britain WALES: Dolgelley: Ilridagoch Mine: EXT GV pan across hills, showing workings?. Mr. Griffiths the Kingdom’s oldest Gold Miner digging, washing and panning for gold at Ilridagoch Mine near Dolgelley on the Great Wester Railway. rugged, hills, country, landscape, mining, miner SLATE INFORMATION: The Gold is to be utilised to make the wedding ring for Princess Mary LS Mr. Griffiths panning for gold in stream. mining, miner, digging, creek, river, SV shots Mr. Griffiths chipping away at rock and panning dirt in stream. miner, mining, creek, river, pan, digging CU gold (?) in pan. panning, mine, miner, mining, extract, extraction, locate, MV Mr. Griffiths looking at gold through microsco