I have several hundred pounds of Malachite ore from India and nearly a tonne
of high grade copper ore from Michigan. The problem is that I am in the USA.
But if you are still interested, I will give you some ore free if you want
to pay the postage. I am also friends with an experimental Archaeologist in
England who obtains his own tin from local sources and would be glad to sell
you some. You would not need as much tin ore. I will have to add that if you
plan on smelting ore for the first time, you are better off not paying for
it. The process is straight forward enough, but speaking from experience, it
takes some practice to do correctly. You might very well waste some money in
the beginning.
Are there any public accessible deposits of copper ore in Scotland?
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Trevor Dunkerley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: Source of Copper Ore
> Mike,
>
> I can put you in contact with a source for lead/silver ore. It would be
> somewhat costly to send due to its weight.
>
> Email me off list if interested.
>
> Trevor
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Haseler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:33 PM
> Subject: Source of Copper Ore
>
>
> > This summer I finally got around to building my own furnace and had a
very
> > enjoyable couple of days producing tin ornaments for kids.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I've now been caught with the bug, and having
successfully
> > melting aluminium and accidentally some iron I would really like to see
> > whether I could smelt some ore.
> >
> > Having tried several times to "authentically" find the copper mines that
> > are
> > supposed to be in lowland Scotland, I've given up on the idea of being
> > able
> > to just pick up copper ore, so if anyone could tell me where to buy it I
> > would be grateful.
> >
> > I'd also be interested in sources of tin, iron and lead ore.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > PS. Which all begs the question: if I, with a geological map, a book on
> > the
> > geology of Scotland, and a car to travel can't find copper ore, how on
> > earth
> > did bronze age man?
> >
> >
>
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