Hi John,
Many thanks for your suggestion about river pollution.
It may not be of much use, but in the 1881 census the majority of
Skimming(s) in mainland Britain were in the south-west quarter of
Scotland. It looks as though they may have come from Ireland.
Sadly, I do not have census data for Ireland, but unless James came
from somewhere like Wanlockhead/Leadhills, it looks as though you
should seek him there.
Mike
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Mike Gill
President and Recorder of the NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY
Britain's foremost mining history society at:-
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/~RBurt/MinHistNet/NMRS.html
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