Letter – Nicholas Walton to Peter Mulcaster – 11 Jul 1785

Document Type: Letter
Date: 11 Jul 1785
Correspondent: Nicholas Walton
Recipient: Peter Mulcaster
Archive Source: TNA ADM 66 98
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Errors in Langley Mill Operations

1784 Dec 4th in Ore Smelted Blagill Burn 10.6 shd. be Bouse 2.4 Cutting 3.2 .. 10.6

      in Stock of Ore Lough Vein Bouse 281 .. Cutting 24.4 shd. be 251. & 27.4

      Jas. Johnsons piece of Lead to be struck out of the Operation it being included in the 3 

        charged in Operation ending 30 October.

1785 February 26 Stock of Litharge 295.1.9 shd. be 293.1.12

          May 14         Black Slag Lead Refined  151 pieces shd. be 166

             Produced as follows 1784 June 26th Operation          43

                                      Oct 2     Do by Thos Jameson 16

                                 1785 May 16    Do                107

                                                                  166



Messrs. Mulcaster						Farnacres 11th. July 1785



      Above you have an account of the errors in the several Operations for last Years Ore which are in little compass but Outcome a very odd one.

      The determination as to the having the Blagill Mill first done was a mistake of my own making and not Thomas Woods and he therefore did right in ordering the Men to work for the upper Mill first & we expect you are now at work taking down the side wall of the Bellows House.

      I gave directions to Thomas Wood to get the Wood for the <Stocks> of John Richardson & hope he has wrote accordingly by <Rewcastle & ptnrs> who I saw on Saturday with him.

      When your Cash is so much exhausted as to require a further Supply you shall have one & pray write in time. The sooner you have it the better as we know you’ll take care of it.

      The Bellows come much higher now than in 1766. Those for Smelting cost £36. 15. - besides Shipping Freight & Carriage and the Refining Bellows in proportion. Pray do you not think we ought to have the new Smelting Bellows as well as the new Refining ones?

      I am very glad you have got 10 Cart Loads of the Clargill Slates and much approve of their being used rather than Lough Green Slates but great care must be taken to have them good & sound. I am 

      Your Humble Servant

      Nich. Walton Junr.



PS. As soon as the Brick business is over I desire to have such further particulars as you may see proper.



1784 June 26 44 Refineable weighed     43 3 18  only reported to be 43 

                                                in June Operation

     Octr 2  16 Refineable weighed     15 2 13

     May 7  100 Do. at the Ore Hearth 100 - 23

              7 Do. at the Slag Hearth  7 - 12

                                      166 3 10

151 Reported to have been Refined     151 - 22

 15 lost or mislaid                    45 2 16		



Date of		Directions for Messrs. Mulcaster to alter their Operation Papers.

Operations



1784

Octr 30	Blagill Burn  Bouse received 2: 4 shd. be Cutting & Same in Stock

Dec    4    	Blagill Burn Ore Smelted  10.6 must be all Cutting

		Gallygill Syke Bouse recd.  7:2 Cutting 2 must be Bouse 6.2 Cuttg. 3

		Do. ……….. Stock Bouse 2.6 Cutting 6 must be Bouse 1.6 Cutting 7

         25	Do. ……. Smelted Bouse  2.6 ………. must be Bouse 1.6 Cutting 1



The above are necessary to make the Operations correspond with the General Accounts of all Ore deliv[ere]d at the Mill.



June 26 Refineable Black Slag Lead made 44 Stock	44 Total Stock  299

July 31                                    Stock 44 Do.          456

Augt 28                                    Do.   44 Do.          425

Octor. 2                                16 Do.   60 Do.          549

      30                                   Do.   60 Do.          967

Decr  4                                    Do.   60 Do.          933

     25                                    Do.   60 Do.         1771

Jany.29                                    Do.   60 Do.         1585

Mar  26                                    Do.   60 Do.        <640>

May  14                                107 Refined 167



      We are Your Hble Servts.

      Walton & Turner

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