The Mines of South Western Scotland by Tony Oldham 2005. 35 pp, 5 surveys
cum location maps, 18 colour photos including colour front and rear cover.
The mines of south-western Scotland are virtually unknown to most of the
inhabitants of England and Wales. In many ways it is a lost and forgotten
area. An area of wild beauty, noted more for its agriculture and scenery
than for its industries. It has never been of great importance as a centre
of mining; nevertheless the scattered occurrences of metalliferous ores that
have been worked from time to time are relatively poorly covered in
literature. The two main works by G V Wilson (1921) and James R
Foster-Smith (1967) are long out of print and difficult to obtain. This
present work hopes to overcome this problem by recording those deposits,
which are known to exist, and which have been worked or investigated in past
times. There is no active mining in the area at present, though some
small-scale mining continued as late as 1954. Price £5.00 post free from
the address below.
Cheers - Tony Oldham
Duncavin
1 Riverside Mews
CARDIGAN
SA43 1DH
United Kingdom
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