Limestone – of a quality well adapted for building, and for agricultural purposes, was wrought in the southern part of the parish extensively especially during the 1800’s. Limestone (and Ironstone) was mined in Auchentibber from the early 1700’s to the early 1900’s. Messrs Colin Dunlop and Company were one of the most predominant companies […]
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The Auchentibber Tramway
There’s confirmed evidence that iron ore was mined in Auchentibber from the late 1700’s, but it was the mining of limestone that left a permanent indent on the hamlet of Auchentibber, on the south side of Blantyre. From as early as the 1830’s limestone was mined from large holes in the ground, which eventually formed […]