| | Book | Endsleigh House 50 Daniell Road Truro, Cornwall TR1 2DA England Printed in Great Britain by Short Run...that he knew of no place on earth that surpassed Cornwall in the number and variety of its minerals. Hogg's...is subtitled 'in wich [sic] is shown how much Cornwall contributes to the illustration of the science'...later by Collins' A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon' (1871; 1892 with addenda, the latter...mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work was never published, although | | | Journal (issue) | Identification A Very Serious Problem An Appeal from Cornwall Collective Use of the Society’s Knowledge The...chose Eclusham Mountain Wedding Cave Mine at Bwlchgwyng, Bryngwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain, and Great Orme...Llangollen (OS GR SJ 255.503). At nearby Wedding Cave Mine (OS GR SJ 265.541) there is galena mineralisation...of the Geological Survey. HMSO 1921 Bryn Gwiog Mine on Halkyn Mountain (OS GR SJ 194.697) was one of...magnificent specimens of blue fluorite. Unfortunately the mine shaft has been capped and the site levelled by the | | | Report (volume) | : : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...is reason to believe that many of the famous old mines are practically exhausted, and copper-ores have...tungsten ores. · Much has been written about these mines, though the infor1nation is often not of a very...important mines or groups of mines have received special attention, but as the number of mines which produced...has been made to describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring | | | Journal (issue) | INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS...second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between 1992 and...freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue numbers...Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of | | | Report (issue) | responsible for tl1e mineral lodes taken £1..om olcl mine-planR, l)11t where p<}ssible tl1e Olttcrops were...supplied at the cost of drawing and colouring. CORNWALL. 15. NE., by H. Dewey; SE., by G. Barrow and H...••• Mining ••• Output of Minerals ••• Index of Mines ••• Building Stone Polyphant-stone ••• ••• ••• Slates...14.-Wheal .Arthur. Sections ..• 93 ••• , , 15.-Cornwall Great Consols. Longitudinal Section .•• • • •...-Gunnislake Clitters Mine. Sections . . • . . . 97 ••• •.. ,, 21 .-Hawkmoor Mine. Longitudinal Section | | | Book | GUIDE TO THE PRINCIPAL MINERAL LOCALITIES IN THE United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. BY K TOWNSHEND...to show their distribution th paghout the whole United Kingdom . A list B 2 iy PREFACE . of Cornish...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, for 1848 ; and a table of some of the principal...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Reports of the Devonshire Association for the...Catalogue of the several localities in Ireland where Mines or metalliferous indications have hitherto been | | | Report (volume) | VOI.1. XXI.-LEAD, SILVER-LEAD AND ZINC O1-tES OF CORNWALL, DEVON AND 8O1\fERSET. BY HENRY DEWEY. PUBLISHED...of lead, zinc and silver in the south-west of England. The early history of the industry is obscure and...in considerable amounts from a large number of mines widely scattered through Comwall, Devon, and Somerset...as compared with n1ining for tin and copper the mines of this group are of secondary importance in the...particulars of the older and abandoned mines, and by personaJ visits the mines still ,vorking have been exa.m | | | Catalog/List | Giller) 2 6 Nursery Road, Bewdley, Worcs. DY12 tAL, UK. Tele/Fax: +44 (0) 1299 403916 E-Mail: saragiller@crystalvine...colours than A. £5. 3. ALSTONITE, Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. 4x3.5x3.2cm. Ex D. Hoyle coll...under magnification. £8. 4. AMETHYST, St. Austell, Cornwall. 2.5x3x2.5cm. A single fairly pale dumpy xtl with...xtls. A fine example. £6. 7. ANATASE, Virtuos Lady mine, Devon. l.4xl.5xlcm. A MM with a micro xtl of sparkly...top. £4. IO. APATITE, llarding's Vein. · Carrock mine, Caldbeck fells, Cumbria. 5x4x2.5cm . One fairly | | | Book (edition) | iv INTRODUCTION THE HISTORY of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and copper, iron, lead, tin and...mined over the centuries. Today, only one large tin mine is at work, but the winning of tin is known from...CORNWALL'S MINING HERITAGE Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in...schooners returning with coal for the engines on the mines. Mineral railways to ports on the coast were part...depressed the price of copper and then tin, hundreds of mines were hastily abandoned or ‘knacked’ and many of | | | Catalog/List | _j Byways, 2o·Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KT112NL EMAIL Phone 01932 862340 richard.tayler@minerals...calcite or matrix 935 ■ MILLOSEVICHITE Scholler Mine, Kladno, Czech Republic. Rich yellow-grey spongy...-·-·-- !'lo_9_ _ _ _ _ 285 ■■ NATIVE GOLD La Farolla mine, Copiapo, Chile one or two spots on 2cm matrix _£7_..._ _ _ _ __ ~ - / ~ : i E.RTRANDITE ____ .Gclc~~~Mine, G~~e~~;i~;Val~d~~~;: srazitcolourless micro crystals...BRAUNITE Praborna Mine, St Marcel ,Piedmont, Italy 849 ■ OPAL Carlaze Pit St Austell Cornwall Dark grey massive | | | Journal (issue) | ... . 11 Minerals from Driggith and Sand bed Mines: .................................................Blue Chisel Point Baryte Blades from Force Crag Mine, Cumbria: .......................... . 14 - 15...now have the prospect of a world-class tungsten mine being developed atHemerdon in Devon, a full-scale...fine mineral collection at Caerhays Castle in Cornwall , belonging to the Williams of Scorrier family...Tregudda 7 Long Row, Sheffield, Paul, Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 6UN SW Mr John Vaughan 9 George Street | | | Journal (issue) | from the collection of Dorothy & Cyril Merritt. MALACHITE Collected in 1980 from Castle Hill quarry, Somerset...GOETHITE Collected in 1982 from Wheal Edward, Cornwall. As newcomers to minerals we thought goethite...AGARDITE(Y) Collected in 1987 from Marke Valley mine, Cornwall. Identified by David Green and photographed...FLUORITE Collected about 15 years ago from Yew Tree mine in Weardale. A beautiful combination of the two...Collected on a SMLS trip to the north of England in 1998 from Eagle Crag mine. A site memorable for a 3 mile walk | | | Book (volume) | IE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF UTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume II LONDON HER MAJESTY ' S STATIONERY OFFICE...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South -West England Volume II By H... ... iv CHAPTER V . — Details OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 8. St. Austell...St. Neot (p. 608 ); Menheniot (p . 615). 11. Callington and Tavistock district . . .. .. .. 623 ...Okehampton district . . .. .. . Mines in the granite (p. 750); Mines in the Culm Measures (p. 751); Newton | | | Book (edition) | See Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses...Skip Shaft P.S. The history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron, lead and...typical view of Cornish i mining. Marke Valley Mine. P.S. innovations in machinery, particularly the...winding, and crushing ores. Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in...schooners returning with coal for the engines on the mines. Mineral railways to ports on the coast were part | | | Book (volume) | The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England 0 iz 0 1-rj VOLUME II Assistant Director's...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume II By ...published 1956 Second impression 1969 Printed in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...OF PLATES V CHAPTER V.-DETAILS OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 509 8. St. Austell...589); St. Neot (p. 608); Menheniot (p. 615). 11. Callington and Tavistock district . . 623 Kit Hill (p. 624); | | | Catalog/List | is fluorescent. MUS,L85. 2. ADAMITE. Kameriza Mine,Laurium,Attica,Greece. Goethite fragment vith aggregates... SC,L6. 3, AGARDITE(CALCIAN).Penberthy Crofts Mine,St Hilary,Cornvall ■ Tvo specimens. Specimen A-boxed...xtls and thin crusts. SC,L8. ~- AGARDITE-Y. Clara Mine,Rankachtal,BLack Forest,Germany. 3 boxed specimens...deeper blue. SC,L9. 6. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine,Nenthead,Cumbria. Six specimens. Specimen A-matrix...vhen found! L3 each. AHDBRSONITE.Peeth Lode,Geevor Mine,Pendeen,Cornva11. Dark brovn matrix fragment vith | | | Catalog/List | Tellurium down one side small 2x3 inch (Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mexico) £25 BERYL translucent colourless...CHALCANTHITE rich blue mass on lx2 matrix (Majuba Mine, Nevada USA) £6 STRONTIANITE yellowish. strongely...crystalline areas in white Barytes. (Whitesmith mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland) lxl £5 lx2 £10...5mm brown crystals over 2x4 inch surface hardshell Mine, Santa Cruz County Arizona USA £ I 2 GYPSUM variety...chalcocite) on matrix with dark grey Pyargyrite Uchuchaqua Mine, Peru £ 10 b) with 3mm crystal on lxl inch £5 FLUORITE | | | Journal (issue) | jomius Povery pr Pee h Wh Bs, 4), il, M4 in Mines, 3, 12, 26, 30, 39, 78, 113, 127, , G 25, 25, 34...194, ul y, 34, 63, 66, 82, 105, 112, | iv“ pee Mines, 48 = Mining Company, 73, 97 »D Pridgafining Company...fmmerciil Intelligence, and Corn E ‘ '° . rnwall tireat United Mining 7 lombiar Mining Association, 16, 42, 49...wall United Mining Company, 41, 89, 121 + Min@ais 213, 214, 219, 222, Falling of Coal in Mines, 17...Company, Green Hills, 47 Gas, 54 Gold and Silver Mines in Ireland, 86 Great Western Railway, 90 Geology | | | Catalog/List | Gems Endsleigh, 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall TRI 2DA England Telephone 01872 223 227 Fax 01872 262...C. £8.00 10 BINDHEIMITE & MALACHITE, Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. R. GRF. Ml. £8.00 LAZULITE...ARSENOPYRITE, Hue! Neotune, Perranuthnoe, nr Marazion, Cornwall. Almost P XN. GRF. C. £10.00 16 DIAPHORITE,...Dawn Quany, Callington, Cornwall. XR with wolframite. VGRF. SC. £12.00 22 GALENA, Foxrock Mine, Glendasan...RWB. VGRF. Ml. £12.00 24 GALENA, Ballinafunshoge Mine, Glenmalura, Co. Wicklow, Eire. R. XN. RWB. RF. | | | Book | ISLES Series Editor: E. R. R. GREEN Southern England, by Kenneth Hudson The East Midlands, by David...The canal mines 129 EIGHT Devon Great Consols mine SIX NINE TEN 43 The East Cornwall Mineral Railway...Railway i 178 The Hingston Down mines 192 •• 204 ELEVEN The coming of the South Western .. TWELVE...Notes .. Acknowledgements APPENDIX ONE 279 283 Mine outputs APPENDIX TWO Tavistock Canal tonnages... .. .. .. 56 Section of South Tamar or Hooe Mine .. . . .. 63 Three-masted schooner Eleanor | | | Catalog/List | NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EG Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 * *...beforehand. NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1995 1. ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. V-shaped cavity in limonitic...£18. 3. APATITE. Kessel Dows Quarry, Penryn, Cornwall. A 20x15mm cavity in pegmatite matrix showing...APATITE (VAR FRANCOLITE). Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. Cellular matrix lined with lustrous brown...60x50x45mm. £22. 7. AURICHALCITE AND HEMIMORPHITE. 79 Mine, Hayden, Arizona, USA. A 50x20nan cavity in veinstone | | | Journal (issue) | shipped from Cardiff in the 1660's and the Pare mine south of Llantrisant was worked from the 1500's...Llangan mine near Cowbridge was producing ore as recently as the late 1870's. The iron mines were widely...anglesite of exceptional size and quality for the UK. More recently the rare lead sulphite scotlandite...aurichalcite, rosasite, micro-crystals ofhydrozincite, malachite, linarite and smithsonite in crystals to 2mm....outside the north of England with typical pyramidal crystals to 6mm. Nearby at M\.vyndy mine small balls of | | | Catalog/List | _1_0_0_ Byways, 20 Burstead Close, Cobham, Surrey, England KTll 2NL EMAIL ·_-2_0_0_6__, -· Phone 01932...Lochinver, Scotland 12 ALUMINITE Newhaven Sussex, England / MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE, dark green fibrous mass....___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...- - --··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker...Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety) Olive | | | Book | and sub -species) which have been met with in the United Kingdom ; their characters, uses, crystalline forms...Statistical and other useful information relative to mines, or the minerals and ores extracted from them ,...characteristic crystalline forms, met with in the United Kingdom . Exclusive of calcareous spar (whose almost...Francis of London . A list of most of the Cornish mines referred to is, for the sake of convenience, given...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society | | | Catalog/List | refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...Name of the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure...ANGLESITE 12 POSNJAKITE 13 UTHARGE 14 MILLERITE 15 MALACHITE 16 CUNOCLASE 17 ANGLESITE 18 PYROMORPHITE 19 CALCITE...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland |
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Holmbush Mine, Callington United Mines, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK