More information : "An old smelt mill at Jeffries (Hunstanworth) was leased and reconditioned and ... was put in work in 1710 ... and only finally dismantled in 1883." (Jeffrey's Rake, NY 954473). (1) The whole of the small valley of the Bolts Burn is covered with disused lead workings, and the site of Jeffries smelt mill was not located during investigation. (2)
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