Wouldn't mind a copy of that (went to Wanlockhead with CATMHS a while back).

Is anybody on here bidding on it? Don't want to bid against anybody here.

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Is anybody on here bidding on it? Don't want to bid against anybody here.

Too late its mine MINE !!!!!
ITs all MINE !!!!!!!

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Good luck old bean :)

Know who you are on eBay now... never saw you as a chap that used hair straightners though :lol:

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Know who you are on eBay now... never saw you as a chap that used hair straightners though :lol:

oh oh.... Crap, now my secret is out !
at the weekends I am known as 'Antonia'.. 😞

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The gazeteer published by Wanlockhead Museum is listed on ebay at the moment if anyone wants a copy
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gazetteer-Metal-Mines-of-Scotland-J-G-Landless-Mining_W0QQitemZ300167388111QQihZ020QQcategoryZ274QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem 

Probably still in print. Wanlochead Museum Website is down. Perhaps the whole museum is closed for the winter. They stock an interesting colllection of mining books.

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Oops ignore the typo thats Cononish

It appears that this adit is 1.2 km long. There are plans to reopen this mine:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7189118.stm 

http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page674?oid=44346&sn=Detail 

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"Open Country" on BBC Radio 4 had a half hour on Wanlockhead, Leadhills and gold panning.
It's on the BBC Iplayer site if anyone wants to listen.

On a slightly different note, but relevant to the topic, we've now got a Major Mining Regions editor for Scotland, so hopefully the number of Scottish mines on the site and MMRs will be increasing over the coming months :flowers:

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Did anyone here ever get to Tyndrum?

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this isn't entirely about Scotland, but does anyone know of any good mines to visit in the Carlistle and Dumfries area please?

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this isn't entirely about Scotland, but does anyone know of any good mines to visit in the Carlistle and Dumfries area please?

Heres one : http://www.aditnow.co.uk/mines/Harelawhill-Limestone-Quarry/ 

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this isn't entirely about Scotland, but does anyone know of any good mines to visit in the Carlistle and Dumfries area please?

I can recommend:

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 covers. 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. Laminated covers. £7.50

pm me if you want more details.

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Anyone seen this Iron Mine on Raasay?

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Anyone seen this Iron Mine on Raasay?

Which?

Any of them, I was only aware of there being one, but again I haven't done much resurch into it.

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Strictly speaking, there were probably two mines, and some open-cast, but part of the same complex.

I have a little book about it somewhere. Will post details when I find it, which may be soon, or otherwise. The book is very interesting.

I was impressed by the sheer size of the tramway and other equipment. It was quite a major undertaking. There were even calcining furnaces to do the initial processing to reduce the mass of the ore prior to transport to the blast furnaces.

Alan

Do a Google search for Raasay Iron mine - quite a few pages of info come up.

Do a Google search for Raasay Iron mine - quite a few pages of info come up.

Inverarrish Ironstone Mine [=Raasay Iron Mine] NGR NG 553 340-NG 569 371 Landranger 32

Draper, Laurence and Pamela. Supplemented edition 2003 The Raasay Iron Mine 1912-1942 / Where enemies became friends 79 pp, 22 plates, 10 tables, 6 plans, 4 figs. Contrary to the Geneva Conventions, German Prisoners of War mined iron ore just off the coast of Skye in Scotland. SB Dingwall: The Authors.

Fabian, Derek John 1989 The Islands of Scotland including Skye. Scottish Mountaineering Club District Guidebook, 364

Gribble, C D 1983 Mineral resources of the Inner Hebrides. Proc Roy Soc Edin, 83B 611-625. 613 Raasay iron. 613 Islay lead.

Boyd, J Morton and Boyd Ian L 1990 The New Naturalist The Hebrides. 349 Raasay iron. 350 Islay lead.

Haswell-Smith 131 iron mining by Baird & Co using German prisoners of war [a war crime?] closed 1919. 132 location map.

Industrial Heritage - Industry People Transport. 27 (1) Spring 2001 Iron Mining on the Isle of Raasay, Scotland by Rota. The massive iron deposits were discovered during surveys carried out before the Great War. During the 1914-18 war they were worked by Baird Ltd who mined 140,000 tons underground and 12,000 tons opencast. The mine was entered by the main adit at 330 feet above sea level. From here the ore was lowered down an incline for 1¼ miles to a 4,000 ton ore bin, where it was taken by steamer to Glasgow for smelting. The mine closed in 1919 and in 1941 all available scrap metal was recovered for armaments. The headings were 12 feet wide by 8 feet wide and until recently one was still open. The article is illustrated by 8 fine photos and 3 maps.

Warwick, Chris 2005 Some Caving Notes. GSG Ser 4 2 (4) 25 Raasay Iron Mine. Gated, but can easily climb over. Three hour trip hundreds of metres of passage.

WL Oban 1936/7 100 Raasay Iron Mine

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The Laurence and Pamela Draper book is the one I have. It sounds like there may be a new edition. The original was a very good read indeed, although not produced by mining experts.

Lots of interesting photos of the machinery, and fascinating history.

Definitely recommended, if you can find one.