St Barbara is the patron saint of miners and there is a statue to her on show when walking down the main street.
Barbara was a Christian girl and her father had promised her hand in marriage to a non-Christian. She ran away and hid in the mines for two years. The miners protected her and in return she told them stories from the Bible. One day some shepherds relayed to her father where she was and when she went to collect water she was captured and returned to her father…..who beheaded her.
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