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- Silver_Glen abstract "The Silver Glen lies approximately 1 km to the east of the town of Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, and takes its name from the silver that was mined there in the early 18th century. The story of the silver mine is a remarkable one. The deposit, the richest deposit of native silver ever found in the British Isles, was discovered just as the Jacobite rising of 1715 was breaking out, and its owner, Sir John Erskine, left to join the rebels, leaving his wife in charge of the mine. Some 40 tons of ore were raised and buried in barrels in the grounds of Alva House, whilst the richest of the ore was smelted and the ingots concealed under floorboards inside the house. The mine was then filled in during the aftermath of the failed rising, but its existence was revealed to the government by an employee of the Erskines. Samples of the ore were analysed by Sir Isaac Newton and found to be very rich. Sir John was later able to secure a pardon for his role in the rising, on condition he revealed all he knew about the mine, and gave a tenth of the proceeds to the government. Mining resumed a few years later and the remainder of the deposit was extracted. Later, in 1759, a vein carrying erythrite, an ore of cobalt, was found and gave a new lease of life to the mines, but it was soon exhausted.Many of the old mineworkings can still be seen, but the new landowners, The Woodland Trust, have installed locked gates on the more extensive workings, as there are unprotected shafts within.There is not much trace of silver to be found now, as the dumps have been well worked over by mineral collectors. Some fine examples of crystallized dendritic silver were found in the 1980s.There are other mine workings at Carnaughton Glen, on the west side of Alva (just above the golf course), which are often confused with the Silver Glen. These are barren trials from the 1770s. Again, there is at least one shaft, this time water-filled, so casual exploration by the inexperienced is not advised.".
- Silver_Glen wikiPageID "3304941".
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- Silver_Glen wikiPageWikiLink Alva,_Clackmannanshire.
- Silver_Glen wikiPageWikiLink Carnaughton_Glen.
- Silver_Glen wikiPageWikiLink Category:Geography_of_Clackmannanshire.
- Silver_Glen wikiPageWikiLink Category:Geology_of_Scotland.
- Silver_Glen wikiPageWikiLink Category:Mines_in_Scotland.
- Silver_Glen wikiPageWikiLink Category:Silver_mines.
- Silver_Glen wikiPageWikiLink Cobalt.
- Silver_Glen wikiPageWikiLink Erythrite.
- Silver_Glen wikiPageWikiLink Isaac_Newton.
- Silver_Glen wikiPageWikiLink Jacobite_rising_of_1715.
- Silver_Glen wikiPageWikiLink Scotland.
- Silver_Glen wikiPageWikiLink Silver.
- Silver_Glen wikiPageWikiLink Woodland_Trust.
- Silver_Glen wikiPageWikiLinkText "Silver Glen".
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- Silver_Glen subject Category:Geography_of_Clackmannanshire.
- Silver_Glen subject Category:Geology_of_Scotland.
- Silver_Glen subject Category:Mines_in_Scotland.
- Silver_Glen subject Category:Silver_mines.
- Silver_Glen point "56.1583 -3.7852".
- Silver_Glen type Area.
- Silver_Glen type Mine.
- Silver_Glen type Area.
- Silver_Glen type Landform.
- Silver_Glen type Mine.
- Silver_Glen type SpatialThing.
- Silver_Glen comment "The Silver Glen lies approximately 1 km to the east of the town of Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, and takes its name from the silver that was mined there in the early 18th century. The story of the silver mine is a remarkable one. The deposit, the richest deposit of native silver ever found in the British Isles, was discovered just as the Jacobite rising of 1715 was breaking out, and its owner, Sir John Erskine, left to join the rebels, leaving his wife in charge of the mine.".
- Silver_Glen label "Silver Glen".
- Silver_Glen sameAs Q15277802.
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- Silver_Glen sameAs Q15277802.
- Silver_Glen lat "56.1583".
- Silver_Glen long "-3.7852".
- Silver_Glen wasDerivedFrom Silver_Glen?oldid=667303886.
- Silver_Glen isPrimaryTopicOf Silver_Glen.