Blackcraig1
16 years ago
Hello,

I arrived back home from University last Friday night and was told that there had been a local TV news item earlier last week saying that Gold mining had re-started at Wanlockhead.

Does anyone have more details, such as if it's true, who's involved, which mine has been re-opened etc?

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16 years ago
I understood that all the gold at Wanlockhead had come from alluvial deposits rather than out of the mines, and no-one had ever found gold in anything other than microscopic amounts in any of the veins around there. It could be someone's trying something a bit bigger than panning in the streams, or that someone's trying a few of the veins.
Follow the horses, Johnny my laddie, follow the horses canny lad-oh!
ChrisJC
16 years ago
The only active prospecting for gold in Scotland that I am aware of is Scotgold (!) near Tyndrum.
http://www.scotgoldresources.com/home.aspx 
It is of course nowhere near Wanlockhead.
Chris.

Manicminer
16 years ago
The Annual Goldpanning Championships are on over this weekend at Wanlockhead
Gold is where you find it
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