iron mining dalry ayr

[derekfrom france]

hi all I am looking for info about the iron mining in the dalry area could anyone point me in the right direction I have an awfi lot of iron miners in
my family also is there a site with old photos of this part of ayrshire for dalry i have found one but not for kilbirnie beith lochwinnoch.
BONNE ANNEE A TOUS derek

[DavidWW]

hi all I am looking for info about the iron mining in the dalry area could anyone point me in the right direction I have an awfi lot of iron miners in
my family also is there a site with old photos of this part of ayrshire for dalry i have found one but not for kilbirnie beith lochwinnoch.
BONNE ANNEE A TOUS derek

See http://www.cyberus.ca/~bharvey/dalry.shtml

For Dalry photos see http://home.clara.net/douglaswmartin/Ol ... dalry.html

David

[Liz Turner]

Hi again Derek

Russell has still got my book about Lochwinnoch (and to be fair (!) I've still got the one he lent to me!!). I've not found any more information about mining in the village since your last post in July. Here's the Lochwinnoch village web site. http://www.lochwinnoch.info/

I'll try and see if I can find any old pictures of Lochwinnoch among the stuff I have. You might also want to try the local village museum - it's got quite a wee collection of local stuff. There are a couple of other people on TS who have ties with Lochwinnoch, and one of them might have some photos.

There are a number of local historians who might be able to help you. It would also be worth asking on the village website if anyone knows where you might get copies of old photos.

Liz

[Russell]

Hi Derek

I had a look at Liz's book on Lochwinnoch and although ironstone mining was mentioned there was no detailed info.
Ironstone mining was common to most areas across the West of Scotland.
The town of Linwood in Renfrewshire grew out of an ironstone mining village where, in the 1841 census, almost all the inhabitants were miners, born in Ireland.
Like the early coal mines they were shallow mines and old maps are dotted with old mines some of which were ironstone.
There appears to be a correlation between iron bearing rocks and coal seams. (No doubt someone will be ablt to tell us different ) It may just have been that to process the ore a good coal supply had to be nearby.
If you find out anything more it might help others if you come back to us with your additional knowledge.
You learn something new every day on here

Russell