An elegant Specimen of lead from the Lead mines on Millgrove Farm, on Perkiomy [Perkiomen] Creek, Montgomery County, Providence Township, Penna. 23 Miles from Philad.

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 3

Notes:

The donor was probably a relation of Francis DaCosta, proprietor of the Mill Grove Lead Mine, Perkiomen Creek, Montgomery County, Pa., for which see R. Damain Nance, "Cornish Mining in Eastern Pennsylvania II: The Perkiomen Mines" at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307205726_Cornish_mining_in_ea…