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Leadhills Mines and Miners
Gallery

Scots Mining Company House
House built for James Stirling the mine manager

Raik Head washing plant
Washing plant just outside the village

meadowhead engine
An etching by Paul Sandby of "Lord Hopetouns Lead Mine"

Wilson Shaft
Photograph taken around 1900.

Susanna Mine
Largest mine in the village. A mixture of open cast, shafts and adits.

Electric engine
brought into use in the latter years of the mining

smelter
The smelter buildings at Waterhead.

Glengonner mine
Taken from Mine Hill just before the mine closed in 1928

workings and workshops
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