Thomas Thurland

[9] In October 1566, Thurland was approached at Keswick by a Dutch prospector Cornelius de Vos who brought a sample of gold ore from Scotland.

[12] Stephen Atkinson, who later wrote about gold mines in Scotland, claimed to have worked with Thurland's partner Daniel Hochstetter.

[15] Despite Thurland's upbeat reports, the venture proved financially unsuccessful, due to high costs and low copper prices.

One German mine manager, Hans Loner, wrote that Daniel Hochstetter had insisted on using older methods and technology.

[17] Mining work in the Newlands and Keswick continued, managed by a local landowner Richard Dudley of Yanwath,[18] and George Nedham.