Leadhills Mining Company



Dates

  /  /1861Scottish Mining Company
Scottish Mining Company wound up following a water dispute with the Leadhills Mining Company.
  /08/1903Leadhills Silver-lead Mining Company Leadhills Mining Company
Leadhills Silver-lead Mining Company is wound up and the Leadhills Mining Company replaces it from 25 September 1903.
  /  /1905Leadhills Mining Company
Archibald & William Fraser (founders of the Pumpherston Oil Works (Pumpherston Oil Company Limited)) take over the Wanlockhead mines from the Duke of Queensberry.
  /  /1923Leadhills Mining Company
Borlase Mine, Leadhills, (or Wembley mine, named for exhibition) starts to be sunk, however it is a disappointment.
  /  /1928Leadhills Mining Company
Glengonnar Mine, Leadhills, closed.
  /  /1928Leadhills Mining Company
Wanlockhead Lead Smelter closed.
12/10/1929Leadhills Mining Company
Leadhills company wound up.
01/01/1931Leadhills Mining Company
A new Leadhills Mining Company Ltd formed (by JR King and JA Walker, accountants) for Leadhills and South Shortcleuch lead and roadstone extraction.
16/07/1931Leadhills Mining Company
Wanlockhead mines closed.
  /  /1934Leadhills Mining Company
Wanlockhead mines re-open and then re-closed.
  /03/1938Leadhills Mining Company
Leadhills Mining Company closed.
  /  /1950Leadhills Mining Company
Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, re-opened.