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Deep mining in Douglas: a history - Gazette 06 February 2010  Deep mining in Douglas: a historyDespite all the controversy over the past year regarding mining in the Douglas Valley no-one could argue that the area has a rich mining heritage.
For more than 100 years, deep mining was a part of the community giving the area job security and economic prosperity. Thanks to a changing economy and lack of investment deep mining was consigned to history in the late 1960s. To view pictures and read the online Carluke and Lanark Gazette article by Ross Thomson click on the link below4/2/10 |
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