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Wanlockhead, Scotland National Lead Mining Museum - Page 2


© Blair Logie
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Sep 1, 2001



You are free to wander around the village and you may also take the opportunity of panning for some gold. Yes, hard to believe, but Scottish Gold is amongst the purest in the world. The gold from the Mennock area is approximately 22.8 carats and you can take the opportunity to pan, hoping to strike it rich, at the gold panning centre.

If you want to find out more then the museum can be contacted at:
Museum of Lead Mining
Wanlockhead
By Biggar
ML12 6UT
Opening Hours (2001) Daily 10AM till 4PM
Telephone: 01659 74387

For some pictures of the museum:
http://scotland.about.com/library/graphi...

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2.   Sep 7, 2001 8:05 AM
Blair,

Scotland is such a lovely place; I'm sure you enjoy writing about it. I love writing about Holland. I've been there several times and I always learn something new with every visit.

I ho ...

-- posted by Ophelia40
1.   Sep 4, 2001 8:08 AM
I'd sure like to visit this mine; your article intrigued me. There are a lot of old mines in the United States that have similar museums and centers, but this sounds quaint. I had no idea, either ab ...

-- posted by jerrib



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