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Conlig in County Down was once the site of a thriving lead mine.

The mine had been in operation from the mid-1800s, but by the early 1900s it was no longer commercially viable. Then, in 1910, a German company attempted to raise investment for a scheme to extract lead from the slag heaps remaining from Conlig鈥檚 heyday.

The German venture failed some years before Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914. The employees left Conlig - all but Paul Wentzel, who was subsequently accused of being a spy.

Bob McKinley, Chairman of Bangor Historical Society and Project Assistant with The Somme Heritage Centre at Conlig, has studied Wentzel鈥檚 story.

Julie McCullough talks to Bob for 麻豆约拍 Newsline.