OS1/24/21/53
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SILLER HOLES | Siller Holes Siller Holes |
H. Brown Esqr Newhall T. Kirkpatrick Cockitslane |
005 | [Situation] About ΒΌ mile NW by W [North West by West] of Linton Cottage Several old shafts where mines have been sunk situated on the north side of, and at the base of Lead Law. Lead and silver has been worked here, but there was not sufficient got, to remunerate the labor of working it, but had the shafts been sunk deep enough lead would have been got in abundance. On the bottom of Lyne Water, between Stonypath and Linton, small particles of silver have been seen, and even gold occasionally. The surface is the property W. Forbes Esqr Medwyn House, but the minerals belong to the Earls of Wemyss, who is the superior; he does not intend to work those mines, till the lead workings on the Lead Hills in Lanarkshire become exhausted, which are also his property. |
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[page] 53Parish of Linton -- Sheet 5 No. 6 -- Trace 4
[Note] --
Thomas Kirkpatrick says
that it is the Earls policy
not to work Lead Law;
because it would bring such
abundance into the market
that would be the cause
instantainously of reducing the price
of lead.
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Nora Edwards, Moira L- Moderator, P Wills
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