I would appreciate any information on mines in this area, particularly around Ft.William/ Glen Coe / Glen Nevis areas. Than you in advance!

Hi,
The obvious place is to use the Coran ferry and go to see the
Strontian lead/baryte mines these are extensive and some are accessible.
The land owner Black Dan is not too keen to let you underground but there are some places off the beaten track you can enter but be careful!
It is a few years since I was underground there but if you can do so it is very interesting.

*Strontian Mines: (see also Sunart Mines below)

Strontian Lead Mines NGR NM 833 657 Explorer Strontian, Argyllshire
Situated at Bellsgrove Lodge 3½ miles north-east of Strontian, Argyllshire. Worked since 1722, these mines were at their height at the time of the Napoleonic Wars, when the smelted lead was used for munitions . Lead was worked to a depth of over 600 feet and, although there are numerous levels, a hillside fissure over 1½ miles long, marks the surface outcrop of the vein.
Jeffreys, Alan 2008 Mines in Scotland 44
Landless 58 The area is now being re-worked by Strontian Mines Ltd [1993]
Log Entry 31 (040909)

http://gateway.snh.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=53,910305,53_910314&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&PA_CODE=1501&NEW_WINDOW=false 
accessed 16.05.07

NGRs from Landranger 40
Strontian Village – NM 815 617
Shafts (dis) 6 at NM 860 665
Gallery (dis) NM 833 655
Shafts (dis) 6 at NM 833 659
Shafts (dis) 3 at NM 824 660

The lead mines at the east end of Loch Sunart, NGR NM 84 61, were operating in 1720’s, soon after Sir Alexander Murray of Stanhope purchased from the estate. Although they were subsequently worked under many proprietors, well into the twentieth century, it is generally thought that they never showed the expected profits.
Dye, John et al 2001 The Sunart Oakwoods / A Report on their History and Archaeology. Sunart Oakwoods Research Group. 78

see also:

http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/~arb/scotland/mines_biblio.html 

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Thank you both very much!