| P number: | P527566 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Galena from Cononish in the Tyndrum mining district, Perthshire. |
| Description: | A specimen of galena from Cononish in the Tyndrum mining district. The Tyndrum veins were discovered in 1741 by Sir Robert Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7346. Sir Robert Clifton appears to have taken a mining lease of the Breadlebane estate in 1730 and to have opened the mine and raised 1697 tons of lead ore between 1741 and 1745. The ore was taken by packhorses to a furnace erected at the foot of Glen Falloch close to Loch Lomond. The veins are associated with a set of north-east lines of fracture. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 272.54 KB; 1000 x 665 pixels; 85 x 56 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 176 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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