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Crawford's Vein [Cam Sheugh]

Cam Sheugh, Wanlock Dod, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire.

Mine shaft (Lead).

Shaft sunk on outcrop of Crawford's Vein.

"Crawford's Vein lies about 80 fathoms east of Cove Vein; passes through the middle of the Dodhill; runs south near the Manse, and Company's Office, crosses Wanlock Burn near the mouth of the Townhead main level, and enters the Stake Moss a very little to the west of Howat's Moss. Crawford's Vein, in the Dodhill, is pretty strong in vein stuff, and yielded a small quantity of ore; but the operations in it appear to have been so very trifling and so near the surface that it would be hard to say whether it is likely to bear at a greater depth. The probability is that it will do so; and should it be deemed advisable to make a trial at a greater depth, it may be done with great propriety, as soon as the Beltongrain is freed of water, by making a cross-cut due west from that vein." [History of Sanquhar]

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Labelled as 'Old Pit' & 'Old Shaft' on OS 1st Ed. 6" & 1899 25" maps, respectively. Mine plans suggest that this pit is unconnected to the Belton Grain / Lochnell complexes.