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LEADHILLS

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 320 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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village of See also:Lanarkshire, See also:Scotland, 54 M. W.S.W. of Elvanfoot station on the Caledonian Railway See also:Company's See also:main See also:line from See also:Glasgow to the See also:south. Pop. (1901) 835. It is the highest village in Scotland, lying 1301 ft. above See also:sea-level, near the source of Glengonner See also:Water, an affluent of the See also:Clyde. It is served by a See also:light railway. See also:Lead and See also:silver have been See also:mined here and at Wanlockhead, 12 m. S.W., for many centuries —according to some authorities even in See also:Roman days. See also:Gold was discovered in the reign of See also:James IV., but though it is said then to have provided employment for 300 persons, its See also:mining has See also:long ceased to be profitable. The village is neat and well built, and contains a masonic See also:hall and library, the latter founded by the miners about the See also:middle of the 18th See also:century. See also:Allan See also:Ramsay, the poet, and See also:William Symington (1763–1831), one of the earliest adaptors of the See also:steam See also:engine to the purposes of See also:navigation, were See also:born at Leadhills.

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