Gold mining in Scotland
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Gold has been mined in Scotland for centuries. There was a short-lived gold rush in 1852 at Auchtermuchty and Kinnesswood, and another in 1869 at Baile An Or on the Kildonan burn in Helmsdale in Suthe
The Gold Burn at Kildonan, Sutherland
English prospectors Bevis Bulmer and George Bowes found gold near the Elvan water in the Lowther Hills.
George Douglas of Parkhead was said to have been killed by a landslide at his mine near Shortcleuch water while searching for gold.
Bulmer Moss, north of Leadhills, in 1605 Bevis Bulmer worked at least two sites to the west and east of the moss.
Beinn Chùirn
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Beinn Chùirn is a hill five kilometres west-southwest of Tyndrum, Scotland, standing on the border of Stirlingshire and Perthshire at the northern extremity of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs Nation
Gold mining in Scotland
…Mining, where the history of gold mining in the region is also interpreted. More recently gold deposits in quartz were discovered at Cononish Farm on Beinn Chùirn near Tyndrum at the northern end of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. Lead and zinc had been mined in the area in the 17th and 18th…
Beinn Chùirn (centre) with the higher Ben Lui (left) seen from the high ground to the NE
The entrance to the Eas Anie gold mine