Leadhills Mines and Miners

                    LEADHILLS MINES

 

Mine or Shaft Name                  Vein(s) Worked

 

Aitken Shaft                                Midgrain Vein

Aitkinsons Shaft                         Reids Vein

Back Raikhead                            Raik Vein

Belltrees                                      Meadowhead Vein

Borlase/Wembley                      Mill /Glasgow / Meadowhead Veins

Broad Floors                               Raik Vein

Broad Law High Level adit       Clay / Spar Veins

Broad Law low level adit          Broad Law Vein

Brogons                                       Straight Brae Vein

Browns Shaft                              Hopeful Vein

Bulmers Vein Adit                      Bulmers Vein

Califonia                                       Labour in vain / Jeffries Veins 

Carmichael                                  Raik Vein

Cockburn                                      Meadowhead Vein

Court                                             Portoto / Browns Veins

Crawhall                                       Georges Roust Vein

Dalziells                                       On Roanburn Crosscut

Deal Shaft                                    Suzanna Vein

Dicksons                                       Katystake / Horners Veins

Dunwoodies Shaft                      Gold Scar Vein

Engine Shaft on Broadlaw        Broadlaw Vein

Frazers                                         Raik / High Work Veins

Garth Drift                                    Thin Quartz Vein

Glengonner                                  Brow Vein

Haddingtons                                Haddingtons Vein

Hailshot                                        Humby / Susanna Veins

Hairs                                             Glasgow Vein

Hamilton                                      Mill / Glasgow Veins

Hays Shaft                                   Glennary Scar Vein

Heslops                                        Carse Vein

High Work                                    High Work / Raik Veins

Hillside                                        Susanna Vein

Hopes                                          Roanburn Vein

Hopes Shaft                               Glennary Scar Vein

Hopetoun                                    Brown Vein

Horners                                       Hopeful Vein

Horse Level Adit                        Mill / Glasgow Veins

Jeffereys Shaft                          Browns

Kirkapps Drift                            Thin Quartz Vein

Knollhead                                   Browns Vein

Lady Ann                                    Claystring Vein

Lamington                                 Raik / High Work Veins

Landles                                      Susanna Vein

Lithams Shaft                           Middle Grain Vein

Marchbank Vein adit                Marchbank Vein

Marrs                                          Mill / Glasgow Veins

McCleans                                   Mill Vein

McDonalds                                 Raik Vein

Meadowhead                             Meadowhead Vein

Mears                                          Mill / Glasgow Veins

Metcalf Shaft                             Hopeful Vein

Mine Hill Shaft                          Raik Vein

Moffat                                         Portoto / Roanburn Veins

Moss                                           Browns Vein

Nelsons Adit                             Glen Ea’s Vein

Nettle                                         Mill / Glasgow Veins

Old Copper Mine Worked in 1760 9 tons of ore sold

Parks                                          Portoto / Horners Veins

Pearsons Head                         Straight Brae Vein

Percivals                                    Labour in Vane Vein

Petersons Ladder                    Mill Vein

Pitkins Shaft                             Haddington Vein

Portoto                                      Portoto Vein

Raik Head                                 Raik Vein

Raltons                                      Browns Vein

Rankeller                                  Meadowhead Vein

Reids Shaft on Broadlaw vein Broadlaw / Reids Veins

Reids Shaft on Raik vein         Raik Vein

Ritchies Shaft                           Portobello Vein

Roans Drift                                Overcleuch Vein

Shortcleuch Vein Adit             Shortcleuch Vein

Silverside                                  Haddingtons Vein

Stewarts                                    Roanburn Vein

Stuthards                                   Poutshiel Level

Telfors Shaft                              Overcleuch Vein

Tennants                                    Carse Vein

Thomsons                                  Labour in Vane Vein

Timber House                           Brown Vein

Venturers                                  Mill Vein

Watsons                                     High Work Vein

Waygate                                     Horners vein

Weirs                                          Meadowhead Vein

Wetbush Shaft                          Portoto Vein

Whighams                                 Hopeful Level on Clay String

Whitefield/Heslops                 Carses Vein

Wigham Shaft                          Glennary Scar Vein

Wilkeson Shaft                        Glennary Scar Vein

Williamsons                             Straight Brae Vein

Wilsons (1)                               Browns Vein

Wilsons (2)                               Roanburn Vein

Wilsons                                     Knowe Raik Vein

Withams Shaft                        Middle Grain Vein

Woodbush                                Raik Vein

 

 

 

This list is made using old maps and other sources to the best of my ability.

I will not guarantee it free of errors or complete

©Ken Ledger 2016