Leadhills Lead & Silver Mines & Smelting Works
Other Business Names:
- Hopetoun, Earls of
- Scots Mining Co
- Leadhills Mining Co
- Leadhills Silver Lead Mining & Smelting Co Ltd
- Leadhills Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
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Extraction
Lead extraction
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Basic metals production
Lead smelting
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Extraction
Silver extraction
Notes:
Extraction of lead and silver [and sometime gold] dated to early times. Landowners were Hope family, Earls of Hopetoun, who early on worked the mines themselves. From early 18th century leased to Scots Mining Co until 1861 when operated by Leadhills Mining Co until 1876 when worked by Leadhills Silver Lead Mining & Smelting Co Ltd until 1903. From then until closure in 1929 leased by Leadhills Co Ltd. With nearby Wanlockhead Lead Mines sometime responsible for 80% of Scottish lead output. In early 20th century noted for labour disputes
Publications:
- Lead and Labour. The mines of Leadhills, a social history by Harvey, William S
- Lead mining and the lead industry in Scotland, 1680–1780 by Bassett, Charlotte
- Leadhills & Wanlockhead Light Railway by Ireland, Alastair
- Mines and minerals of Leadhills by Brown, Robert
- More about the mines and minerals of Wanlockhead and Leadhills by Brown, Robert
- Old Leadmills by Anderson, John F
- Progress of trade unionism at Leadhills Mines, 1836 to 1914 by Harvey, William S
- The Restless Years.The Leadhills Co Ltd and the labour disputes at its mines, 1903-1929 by Harvey, William S
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Hopetoun, Earls of
- Scots Mining Co
- Leadhills Mining Co
- Leadhills Silver Lead Mining & Smelting Co Ltd
- Leadhills Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
- Extraction Lead extraction
- Basic metals production Lead smelting
- Extraction Silver extraction
Notes:
Extraction of lead and silver [and sometime gold] dated to early times. Landowners were Hope family, Earls of Hopetoun, who early on worked the mines themselves. From early 18th century leased to Scots Mining Co until 1861 when operated by Leadhills Mining Co until 1876 when worked by Leadhills Silver Lead Mining & Smelting Co Ltd until 1903. From then until closure in 1929 leased by Leadhills Co Ltd. With nearby Wanlockhead Lead Mines sometime responsible for 80% of Scottish lead output. In early 20th century noted for labour disputesPublications:
- Lead and Labour. The mines of Leadhills, a social history by Harvey, William S
- Lead mining and the lead industry in Scotland, 1680–1780 by Bassett, Charlotte
- Leadhills & Wanlockhead Light Railway by Ireland, Alastair
- Mines and minerals of Leadhills by Brown, Robert
- More about the mines and minerals of Wanlockhead and Leadhills by Brown, Robert
- Old Leadmills by Anderson, John F
- Progress of trade unionism at Leadhills Mines, 1836 to 1914 by Harvey, William S
- The Restless Years.The Leadhills Co Ltd and the labour disputes at its mines, 1903-1929 by Harvey, William S