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Black Lead Mines,
Security
Reports from Parliament:-
... also a petition from John Banks of
Kingstonhall, Dorsetshire, Esq; and John
Shepheard of Ireland, Esq; setting forth, that
they are now in actual possession of all those mines or
wad-holes, of wad, or black cawke, commonly called black
lead, lying in a very steep, craggy, and desolate mountain,
and situated amongst several other mountains of great length
and extent in the county of Cumberland (See VOL.xxi.
p.53.) and by reason of this desolate and mountainous
situation, the said mines are exposed to constant theft and
robbery; and therefore praying a bill for more effectual
securing the said mines, and for punishing the unlawful
breaking, entering, and carrying away the black lead,
&c. ...
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