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.
George Bowes (prospector)
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George Bowes was an English prospector. He mined for gold in Scotland.
Gold mining in Scotland
…painters Arnold Bronckorst and Nicholas Hilliard came to Scotland in company with Cornelius de Vos. Atkinson may have got this story from the prospector George Bowes, whose father Sir George Bowes was involved with the acquisition of a portrait of James VI in 1579. Archibald Napier of Merchiston and Regent Morton's…
Crawick water
Glengonnar water
The village of Wanlockhead