“The Dubosc Affair”
translated by Stephen Anderson
We have completely reproduced the article of our F.·. NORBERTO, but however, we believe useful to give some clarification on the DUBOSC affair. Actually there are two DUBOSC affairs with Rennes-les-Bains:
- one concerning the mining of the jet (jais/jayet) mines with Borde Neuve and that of the gold mines in Pech CARDOU pertaining to the Marquis Paul-François de Fleury of Rennes by his marriage with Gabrielle d' Hautpoul.
- the other, of "work known as mining" for drilling of a well (chimney) on Roc Nègre which lasted from 1780 to 1782, particular property, from which came the hot spring which formerly fed the Bains Doux [Gentle Baths] (memoires of 1787 of the Doctor SOULÈRE, physician of Sournia), and which flows nowadays into the river, before the northern entry of the village of RENNES-LES-BAINS; the object whose load the F.·. DUBOSC, was thus to remake a "way" of communication joining the old undergrounds of the antique Celtic sanctuary, known as the ROUND TEMPLE. Contrary to the legend, there exists in this place, neither gold coins, neither ingots, nor any treasure. On the other hand, it is true that on the Roc Nègre are two mines, one of copper and the other of gold, but the very small quantity of the ore cannot be exploitable. Only the gold mine of Cardou seems to have an interest for the Company of Salsigne.
Therefore, the Spanish documets on which F.·. NORBERTO drew his research, are the memories of the Abbot François-Pierre Cauneille, with the files of the Commandery of Barcelona (affair Fleury/Dubosc - 1780/1789). According to this document, it was a question of replacing the importation of jet coming from Spain and used at Sainte Colombes, by that of Rennes.
M. Sangia
(from the Sept. 1989 issue of Vaincre, page 19)
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