View Catalog: MINT00784
| Catalog Name | MINT00784 | |
|---|---|---|
| Document | ||
| Title | 'Extract of a Memorial from Sr Iohn Areskine [Erskine, the proprietor of the land on which the mine was discovered] to the Lord Vict Townshend' | |
| Subtitle | ||
| Author | Isaac Newton | |
| Place of Origin | no place assigned | |
| Origin Date | 9 October 1716 | |
| Repository | National Archives (Kew, Richmond) | |
| Pages | 503 | |
| Wordcount | 0 | |
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An account of activities in the mine at Alva December 1715 to February 1716, principally the discovery of several apparently promising veins of ore, though no two accounts agreed as to what sort of ore. Work proved prohibitively expensive, however, and was suspended in February 1716.
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