Raik Vein (Carmichael Shaft)

NGR:	NS 88790 14800
WGS84:	55.41446, -3.75826
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	417 m
Geology:	Lead, Portpatrick Formation - wacke
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:	second

Approx. location of a now-buried vertical shaft sunk to the Gripps Level, also connected to the shallower Poutshiel Level. This became the site of a now-demolished lead ore washing mill depicted on the 1897 OS map. This appears to have been built on the site of the 'Old Lead Mine' depicted on the OS 6" map of 1863, which wrought lead ore from the intersection of the Raik & Meadhowhead Veins.

Notes: "The workings in the north end of Raik Vein have been carried to a considerable depth, and a good deal of ore was met with, especially near the junctions with Meadowhead, Labour in Vain and Jeffrey's Veins."

Links and Resources:

Mine Plan (BGS, SP1807): Lowland Lead Mines. Leadhills Lead Mines. - View
Abandonment Plan (AP12706.57): Leadhills Lead Mines. Section Of Raik Vein. - View
British Geological Survey of Scotland map (1:10k Series). NS 81 SE (Wanlockhead), Solid & Drift Ed. - View
OS 25" map, 1897. Lanarkshire XLIX.7 - View
OS 6" map, 1863. Lanarkshire XLIX - View (note georef' offset by ca. 40m)
Wilson, G.V. 1921. The lead, zinc, copper and nickel ores of Scotland. Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Vol. XVII: Edinburgh : HMSO - Link
Site 10333: Leadhills (Overview)

This entry was last updated: 2026-04-16 17:08:29

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