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Lead Mining Bargain Book 171
| Date | Mine | Bargain |
| 16 Mar 1746/7 | East End | Math. Natrace & Ptnrs to open the shaft upon the Low Level at Hopehaugh Law field foot to have 4s per fathom for the whole shaft. Partners: Math. Natrace, Tom. Hewitson, Jos. Dixon |
| 4 Jan 1750/1 | East End | Fla(?) Spark & ptrs to have liberty to work East from Knopsley Sun Crosscuts at 20s per Bing till the last of March 1751. Partners: Wm. Spark, Wm. McMilan, Wm. Kirk, Jno. Dixon, Jno. Moor, Jno. Brown |
| 24 Jan 1747 | Woolf Cleugh | William Jackson & ptnrs to Slodge or open the old level on Thorneyslit side to have 4s per fathom for 20 fathom and 5s per fathom for sinking a shaft upon that level if any of the partners refuse to go to have others in their place. Partners: Wm. Jackson, Geo. Jackson, Richd. Dixon, Robt. Dixon, James Pringle, Jno. Vickary, Rbt. Hill, Isa. Teasdale |
| 30 Mar 1747 | Woolf Cleugh | William Jackson and partners to Slodge the Old Level on Thorney Slit Side at 4/6 per fathm to the dip of the sill. Partners: Wm. Jackson, Geo. Jackson, Richd. Dixon, Robt. Dixon, Jno. Vickary, Rbt. Hill, Isa. Teasdale |
| 1 7mbr 1747 | Woolf Cleugh | Thos. Reedshaw & ptnrs to drive a new drift to the vein on Thorneyslit Side at 8s per fathom and to sink the remainder of the shaft at 8s per fathom. Partners: Thos. Reedshaw, Wm. Jackson, Geo. Jackson, Richd. Dixon, Robt. Dixon, Jno. Vickary, Isa. Teasdale, Wm. Bell, Robt. Hill was listed then crossed out. |
| 8 Jan 1748 | Woolf Cleugh | Thos. Reedshaw & ptnrs to work up a stoup in the sill abt 5 fathms in length to have the grounds for taking it fairly up and 16 per Bing for what ore they can get till the last of March 1748 to do no damage in getting ore. Partners: Thos. Reedshaw, Richd. Dixon, Robt. Dixon, Wm. Bell, Jno. Teasdale, Jno. Reedshaw. Subsequent note: This bargain let to other partners (at the same rates). |
| 30 Mar 1748 | East End | Edw. Percival & partners to have liberty to work a place west of Smiths Shaft High Spp foot @ 20/- per Bing and to have liberty to work east from Level Spp head @ 20/- per Bing and 12/- for drawing 3 shafts of deads to work for ore till the Last of June 1748 or nothing for drawing deads to take 2 men. Partners: Edw. Percival, Josh. Percival, Josh. Doddson, Wm. Kirk, Thos. Percival, Jno. Dixon |
| 2 Jul 1748 | East End | Edwd. Parcival & partners to work the place they had east of High Spp foot and west from D(?) at 20s per Bing till last of 7mbr 1748. Partners: Edwd. Parcival, Josh. Doddson, Jno. Dixon, Josh. Percival, Wm. Kirk, Thos. Percival |
| 2 8mbr 1749 | East End | Thos. Parcival & Ptnrs to work east of Smiths Shaft level spp at 20s. Partners: Thos. Parcival, Math. Natrace, Jos. Dixon |
| 3 Jul 1750 | East End | Wm. Mackmilan (sic) & ptnrs to work the east forehead at Knopley Sun vein at 16 per Bing till the last of 7mbr 1750 to take 2 men. Partners: Wm. Mallin (sic) Jno. Brown, Wm. Spark, Jno. Moor, Jno. Dixon, Wm. Kirk |
| 2 8br 1750 | East End | ?. Spark & partners to have liberty to work the place they had at Knopley East forehead viz. The Sun vein to have 20/- per Bing till the last of Xbr 1750. Partners: ?. Spark, Wm. McMilan, Wm. Kirk, Jno. Dixon, Jno. Moor, Jno. Brown |
| 3 Apr 1751 | East End | Wm. Kirk & ptnrs to Cut Cross out of Smith Shaft High Spp foot to Sun till they cut Sun vein to have 30s per fathom to have 20s per Bing in the first string they cut provided they do not neglect the crosscut. Wm. Mackmilan & Jno. Brown refused this bargain. Partners: Wm. Kirk, Jno. Dixon, ?. Spark, Jno. Lee |
| 5 Jan 1757 | West End | Mat. (B?)arty & ptnrs to work the place they had to have 19s per Bing till the Last of March 1757 to take 2 men. Partners: Mat. (B?)arty, Wm. McMilan, Tho. (B?arty), Jno. Philipson, Robt. Wallace, Wm. Hewitson |
| 12 8br 1757 | East End | Wm. Graham & ptnrs to drive the east forehead from the old gin foot to have 5 per fathom for 4 fathoms & 20s per Bing for the ore they get in the 8 fathoms to take 4 men & to have 50 per fathom for rising in the roofe one fathom. Partners: Wm. Graham, Arth. Graham, Jos. Ward, Wm. McMillan, Jno. Philipson, Wm. Hewitson Subsequent Note: Hewitson went off Jan 3rd & 6th |
| 4 Apr 1758 | East End | John Routledge to cut cross out of the low Level east of the Coal Cleugh cross cut to have 75 per fathom for 2 fathoms cross. April 19th agree to give them 60 for cutting a burn head and to have 75 per fathom for sinking a sump as deep as they can for water. Partners: John Routledge, Jos. Forster, Thos. Percival, Edw. Rowell, Fra. Kitson (lad), Arth. Adamson, John Shield, Wm. Hewitson |
| 20 Apr 1758 | East End | Jos. Dixon and ptnrs to have liberty to work in the old yards at Smiths shaft at East End to have 20 per Bing till the last of June and to have 20/- for Drawing Deads. Partners: Jos. Dixon, Wm. Hewitson |
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These extracts of Lead Mining Bargains have been kindly supplied by John Stark. He has
transcribed those bargains that relate to his family history research. This is not a
full extract from the bargain book, but it does provide an indication of the information
available. To see Johns family history research click here,
for the original extracts from the bargain books
click here.
When indexing the names mentioned in the Bargains we have 'standardised' the spelling
of the names - this was to aid in eliminating obvious duplicates. The spelling as
shown in the detail of the actual bargain remains as transcribed.
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