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A Place Called Freedom is a work of historical fiction by Ken Follett.Set in 1767, it follows the adventures of an idealistic young coal miner from Scotland who believes there must be more to life than working down the pit.
Scáthach, illustrated by Beatrice Elvery, from Heroes of the Dawn, 1914 [1]. Scáthach (Irish: [ˈsˠkaːhəx]) or Sgàthach (Scottish Gaelic: Sgàthach an Eilean Sgitheanach) is a figure in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
In most variants of the story, the family of a man called Miguel Peralta discovered the mine and began mining the gold there, only to be attacked or massacred by Apaches in about 1850 in the supposed Peralta massacre. Years later, a man called Dr. Thorne treats an ailing or wounded Apache (often alleged to be a chieftain) and is rewarded with a ...
Scatha was a mighty "long-worm" of the Grey Mountains. [T 12] Little is known of Scatha except that he was slain by Fram in the early days of the Éothéod, the ancestors of the Riders of Rohan. Scatha's name was likely taken from Anglo-Saxon sceaða, "injurious person, criminal, thief, assassin".
Salting is considered a form of confidence trick and has been employed throughout history to defraud stakeholders in the mining industry. Examples are the diamond hoax of 1872 and the former Canadian gold company Bre-X .
Sican tumi, or ceremonial knife, Peru, 850–1500 CE. Metallurgy in pre-Columbian America is the extraction, purification and alloying of metals and metal crafting by Indigenous peoples of the Americas prior to European contact in the late 15th century.
After they were rescued, Throne and Fellin related similar stories of having seen human-like figures (including the recently deceased Pope John XXIII), crosses, stairs, and other religious imagery. While the shared visions were similar, they varied enough in the details to suggest the miners had experienced folie à deux .