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Hilderston or
Hilderstone in West Lothian, Scotland, was the site of the
discovery of a vein of
silver in 1606 and a
mining operation that
attracted international...
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Codrus Cottage,
above Wanlock Water.
Silver was
discovered on
lands at
Hilderston near
Bathgate in 1607. The
prospector Bevis Bulmer and
Thomas Foulis opened...
- In 1606 a
promising deposit of
silver was
found on Hamilton's land at
Hilderston near Bathgate. For a time,
Hamilton worked the mine,
employing the English...
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Pineda in 1519). 1608 – A
newly nationalized silver mine in
Scotland at
Hilderston, West
Lothian is re-opened by
Bevis Bulmer. 1639 –
William Coddington...
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annual visits.
William Alexander was
involved in the
silver mines at
Hilderston by 1614. In 1615, he was made a
member of the
Scottish Privy Council....
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monks of
Newbattle Abbey in 1327. In 1606
silver ore was
found at
nearby Hilderston, in the
shadow of
Cairnpapple Hill, by a
prospecting collier,
Sandy Maund...
- workers. In 1608 and 1609
Bruce was
treasurer of the
royal silver-mine at
Hilderston near Bathgate. He had a
lodging at the works, with
furniture from Culross...
- agricultural. In the way of
heavy industry there was a
silver mine at
Hilderston near Cairnpapple, a
cotton mill at Blackburn,
paper mills at Linlithgow...
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James sent him to
Scotland to
report on a
promising new
silver mine at
Hilderston near Bathgate. He
married Thomasine, the only
surviving daughter and heiress...
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several times about enthusiasm for a
promising silver mine in
Scotland (at
Hilderston) and the
results of ****ays of ore from this "mine d'Ecosse". He commented...
