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Ayrshire's Mining Industry in 1896 - A List of Metalliferous Mines

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From the Tables compiled by J.M. Ronaldson, H.M.Inspector for the West Scotland District in his Report for 1896

List of Mines worked under the Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, in Ayrshire, during the Year 1896.

Name of Mine	Situation	Owner and Postal Address	Agent	Workers		Minerals Worked	Remarksr
				U/G	Sur.
Barskimming	Tarbolton	Gilbert McPherson, jr. and Co., Stair, Tarbolton		2	1	Hone Stone
Benston	Cumnock	Cumnock Pottery Co., Cumnock				Limestone	Discontinued
Sundrum	Tarbolton	John Montgomerie, Tarbolton Station		6	10	Hone Stone

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