Sir Alexander Murray

Sir Alexander Murray discovered lead on his Strontian estate in the Scottish Highlands in 1722 and formed a partnership to work it, launching over two and a half centuries of intermittent mining there.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Strontian Mines Highland 1722–?

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