another view of strangford lough Traditional Geocache
another view of strangford lough
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I was up here doing a little spot of caching.
The original spot I had looked at already had a cache slose by, so I had a very enjoyable walk around the paths and found this spot.
I sat here for about twenty mins just listening and taking in the sounds and views all around me, so very relaxing it was after a hard days work.
Quick look at the geo maps to discover not any about so place one I did.
I hope everyone else enjoys the views and sounds the same as I did.
how the lead mines began
In 1780 a farmer ploughing a field in Ballyleidy uncovered the lead
ore in land belonging to Sir James Blackwood. The ‘Bangor &
Newtown Mining Company’ was promptly set up. Its partners were
three local landowners, a Church of Ireland minister and a
mineralogist: Robert Ward of Castleward and Bangor,Robert
Stewart then of Bangor (later the first Marquis ofLondonderry of
Mount Stewart), Sir John Blackwood of Ballyleidy House, now
known as Clandeboye (a great grandfather of the First Marquis of
Dufferin and Ava), Rev James Clewlow, minister of Bangor Abbey
Church, and the mineralogist, James Millar. These partners each
invested £200, with Stewart and Ward to receive one eighth of the
value of all ore raised and Millar, who directed the mining
operations, was to have one sixteenth of the value of all ore which
was eventually smelted. Miners were paid ten shillings weekly and
other workers five shillings. The company sunk two shafts at
Whitespots but raised only sixty tons of lead ore in seven years.
Millar could not reach the main vein and, handicapped with the
absence of any water pumping equipment, the venture collapsed,
with the partners disappointed with such a poor return.
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