Iron ore

Our mountains are full of iron ore to such an extent that early aeroplanes crashed into the mountain as their compasses were affected. The peaks surrounding the village are full of old workings. Most closed down in the early years of the twentieth century. There are also plenty of marble and talc quarries that are no longer exploited. We have our own protruding lump of ore sticking up at the side of the steps up to the old village. In times gone by people would dig out their own ore and sell it on. Several individual house have their own holes dug out of the rock.