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Crawford's Vein [Adit]

Wanlock Dod, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire.

Mine adit (Lead).

Possibly a mouth to a N-S-trending passage that is connected to the Belton Grain Mine by way of a crosscut (shown between the Cove & Belton Grain workings on mine plan SP1751).

Alternative Names: Crawfurd's Vein

Notes: Entry based on OSM label ('Lead Mine Adit', beside 'Cove Vein Lead Mine'). However, BGS map shows this locality to sit upon Crawford's Vein, with the Cove Vein being located >100m further W.

"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]