Wanlockhead, Scotland National Lead Mining Museum
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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