Talk:Swift's silver mine

A fact from Swift's silver mine appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 August 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that despite two centuries of exploration nobody has found evidence of the legendary silver mine of Jonathan Swift?

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Legend[edit]

Likely 99% legend. The part about carrying bars and coins out of the mine is especially ludicrous.Rlevse 00:21, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there is significant evidence against it's existence, but that doesn't disqualify it from having it's own article. I think the claim was that Swift mined the ore and coined it, then brought it out. Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 14:48, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Swift[edit]

To the contrary of what is said below there is a lot of proof that he existed. Read the following site: http://www.alexandrianews.org/?p=749 he lived in Alexandria and there are records to prove it. Swift was active in the colonial politics of the time. In regards to the number of years he lived, it depends upon the journal you read. There were many derivitives of the real one. With a little research you can track down the real one and read it. Michael Paul Henson (the author) investigated and eventualy tracked down the original and had a copy of it. I have pictures of what I believe may be one of his mines, the lesser one(Its real close to the exact longitude and latitude he gives). Regarding his packing silver and other booty into the remote wilderness, smelting it and then packing it back...well that theory is out there, he could easily have taken it to an island or even done it aboard ship and not had to fight indians and weather. The idea its all an alagory about masonry is far fetched also. I have apicture of a deed where he sold part of the interest in the mine while in England. There are always people trying to theorize (armcair detectives)when that facts are in his journal plain and simple. Get out there and look, you may find things more important than the mine. Silversluthe (talk) 22:45, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Robert A. Prather This man has done a book on John Swift only thing wrong is that he did not take the time to do the reserch on the subject! He has only confusesd anyone looking for information on the reel John Swift.If he likes? He can contact me at rlvolker@yahoo.com I have Swifts real I.D. and can prove it with no ????s ask. It would be nice if thes people would quit doing History this kind of disservice. Thank You Ralph Volker

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