enden ▁( Secret ary ▁of ▁Scotland )" ▁perhaps ▁int ending ▁John ▁Bell enden ▁( L ord ▁Justice ▁C ler k ), ▁Abraham ▁Pet erson ▁a ▁Dutch ▁man ▁res iding ▁in ▁Edinburgh , ▁and ▁James ▁Re id ▁an ▁Edinburgh ▁burg ess . ▁Corn el ius ▁de ▁V os ▁and ▁his ▁partners ▁raised ▁capital ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁commission ▁by ▁Reg ent ▁Mor ay , ▁( in ▁March ▁ 1 5 6 8 ). ▁At kin son ▁says ▁that ▁Corn el ius ▁had ▁ 1 2 0 ▁men ▁at ▁work ▁and ▁employed ▁men ▁and ▁women , ▁" lad s ▁and ▁l ass es , ▁idle ▁men ▁and ▁women ", ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁begg ing ▁before . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁gold ▁was ▁bought ▁by ▁the ▁Scottish ▁mint ▁for ▁co ins . ▁The ▁mines ▁were ▁apparently ▁worked ▁by ▁sub - cont ract ors . ▁At kin son ▁mentions ▁a ▁Scottish ▁work man ▁John ▁Gib son ▁of ▁C raw ford ▁town ▁who ▁worked ▁at ▁" G l eng ab er ▁Water " ▁( G l eng onn ar ), ▁who ▁he ▁claims ▁to ▁have ▁met , ▁and ▁another ▁Dutch ▁min er , ▁Abraham ▁Grey , ▁who ▁he ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁records . ▁Grey , ▁known ▁as ▁" G rey ▁Be ard ", ▁worked ▁at ▁W an lock head , ▁( and ▁sometimes ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁same ▁person ▁as ▁Abraham ▁Pet erson ). ▁Reg ent ▁Mort on ▁had ▁a ▁bas in ▁made ▁of ▁W an lock head ▁gold ▁and ▁presented ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁king ▁of ▁France ,