Christie Davies follows the journey of his 19th-century forebear Dafydd Williams
'iron-founder of Swansea,' to the richest silver mines of the Spanish Main. The year was 1824 and the famous mines were in ruins. By helping to re-open them, the City of London saw prospects of flowing profits.
For Welsh metal workers and Cornish miners, there was a chance to triple their wages in a far country ...
Narrator Gerald James
Film editor RICHARD TRAYLER-SMITH Produced by SELWYN RODERICK