In message <200010182224.XAA31645@mercury>, Peter Claughton
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>Can anyone help this non-member with information on the Conlig Lead Mines,
>Whitespots townland, co. Down.
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>I have already drawn his attention to Cole, Grenville A. J., Memoir of
>Localities of Minerals of Economic Importance and Metalliferous Mines in
>Ireland, (1922, facsimile edition, Dublin, 1998) and suggested he contact
>the Mining Heritage Society of Ireland.
>
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>>Hi , my name is Paul Whitla and I am a tour guide for my home town of
>Newtownards . I have been asked to give a tour of the lead mines of Conlig
>in Co Down. The problem I am having is that I can not get any information on
>them , of the mines itself or any reference to working conditions or any
>thing else of relevance to the work force in the 18 / 19th centuary, I hope
>you can give me a pointers in this matter . Many thanks .
>>P Whitla.
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There was a very early NMRS Memoir No. 7, on the Conlig and Whitespots
Lead Mines by A. Woodrow. This repeatedly references the Londonderry
Estate Papers and the Dufferin Papers in the P.R.O.N.I. (Which I presume
is in Northern Ireland). Production appears to have been quite high,
9500 tons 1845-65 for Whitespots and 1000 tons 1845-65 for Conlig. There
is quite a reasonable sketch map of the site in the Memoir.
Hope this helps.
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