< I don't know about Russell County, but I have been doing research on the lead mines near Austinville and read that the Yankees burned a lot of public buildings in Wytheville if they were used to store ammunition and supplies.>>>>>>>> Do you know when the lines were closed?? They were the first court of the new Fincastle Co. in 1772 so they were around then. I have been in the tower. Where were the other lead mines in the Confederacy? -eddie