Gourock Copper Mine

A copper mine dating from c. 1780 was sunk in the area of Drumshantie, behind Tower Hill, Gourock, south of the Gourock Burn.

Reported as being worked by an English company when it was sunk, it was owned by the Gourock Copper Mining Company. A further deposit of copper ore was discovered towards the south end of Coves reservoir, but the quantity was insufficient to justify commercial working of the find.

Long disused, the only evidence which remains of the mine is the walled up entrance, and the burn which runs through Gourock Park, which would once have carried effluent from the works. A nearby housing scheme is named after the mine, as the Coppermine, or Old Coppermine, Scheme, and the mine would have been located in the area of Kirn Drive and Drumshantie Road.