 | | Book (volume) | | Oyllansow Truran, Trewolsta, Trewi rg ie, Redruth, Cornwall ISBN 0907566 83 9 Pr inted in Great Britain by...by A. Wheaton & Co Ltd. Exeter \ MINES IN CORNWALL Callrr'IG}tone • ltskeard MAPJ Volume 2 Sr Austell...MAP1 West Seton• ._earn Brea mi le 6 Introduction T has been said that a mine is a hole in the ground...spanning a period of over a hundred years. Mining in Cornwall goes back to between 1,000 and 2,000BC, and exploration...attempts to raise copper ore in the St Just, St Ives and Perranzabuloe areas. Mining for copper began on a large |  | | Book (volume) | | expansion and then rapid decline in the Cornish copper and tin mining industries. Four decades of vigorous...disastrous fall in metal prices later in the century, Cornwall led the world in the art and science of mining...such legendary names as Cook's Kitchen, East Pool and the Carn Brea Mines: the mines of the northern district...1980 by Alison Hodge, 5 Chapel Street, Penzance, Cornwall. ©T. A. Morrison, 1980 No part of this publica1ion... 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41; Royal Institution of Cornwall, Plates 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | INTRODUCTION THE HISTORY of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and copper, iron, lead, tin and other minerals...mined over the centuries. Today, only one large tin mine is at work, but the winning of tin is known from...from prehistoric times, and it is likely that copper was also worked at an early date. Tin was important...far south-west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining was then far more important than tin, and...CORNWALL'S MINING HERITAGE Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in South Wales |  | | Book (edition) | | See Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses...The history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron, lead and other minerals...known from prehistoric times, and it is likely that copper was also worked at an early date. Tin was important...south- west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining was then far more important than tin, and...typical view of Cornish i mining. Marke Valley Mine. P.S. innovations in machinery, particularly the |  | | Book (edition) | | and S. DAVEY, Pursers, and Managers, Redruth, Cornwall. BULLER ANDLocal BASSET UNITED isGEORGE situate...8, Gresham House, Old Broad Street, London. ARN BREA is situate in the Parish of Illogan. London Offices...WESTLondon BASSET NORTH BASSET, SOUTH SOUTHTOLGUS CARN BREA. Offices, 50, Threadneedle Street. Secretary,...JOSEPH LYLE. LELANT Uny Lelant , near Hayle, Cornwall. Comanager and Purser,CONSOLS, WILLIAM RICHARDS...Street, London. ESSRS. HIGGS & SONS, of Penzance, Cornwall, are Managers MESSRS, & Providence Mines, Uny |  | | Other Paper | | The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Appendices to the World Heritage Site...Site Management Plan 2013-2018 The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Appendices... The Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage...and recording events within the Site 8.6 The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage...and research commissioned or co-funded by the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage |  | | Report (issue) | | and tin-bearing vein from Hemerdon deposit, Devon, UK. The tungsten is present in wolframite, the dark...deposits occur in the orogenic belts of the Far East (southern China, North and South Korea, Japan, Thailand...the Czech Republic through France and south-west England and into Spain and Portugal also has some important...Other metals that may accompany tungsten include copper, molybdenum, tin, zinc and bismuth. Tungsten skarns...Economically important accompanying metals include tin, copper, molybdenum, bismuth and gold. Complex uranium |  | | Field Trip Notes | | that once produced 53 Cornwall's tin and 52 of its copper. £ I of The mining boom of the early 19th century...in the buying and selling of shares, Y/hen a new mine was to be worked , a " Setting Day " was held in...contractors would bid for the job of digging the mine , the contract going to the lowest bidder. At the...price was sealed on its ’ hitting the ground. Tne mine - owners thus payed minimal wages- for the woA that...mass and its two smaller , outlying masses , Cam Brea and Cam Marth. Many steep lodes were found in the |  | | Report (volume) | | notable quantity in Britain outside · Devon and Cornwall, and there they are produced chiefly as a by-product...antimony a-re practica-lly confined to a. fev;, mine-, iu Cornwall and to two localities in Scotland at one...was paid by 1\-Ir. Dewey .to every active mine in England ond Wa.les from which · arsenic or antimony...Henwood called 'The :\'fotalliforous Deposits of Cornwall ancl Devon,' which was published in 1843 as vol...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, and has prove.cl t o be of great VA,lue. Lil |  | | Book (volume) | | top: Holman's 70-inch engine house, South Caradon Mine, 1995. (Walk 1) Front cover, bottom: The pumping...engine houses at Chapple's Shaft, Cook's Kitchen Mine, 1995. (Walk4) Back cover, top: Wheal Trewavas -...OPPOSITE The 25-inch whim-engine house at Ding Dong Mine. (Walk 7) (Photograph by Simon Vere Jones, 1995)...PUBLICATIONS Landfall, Penpol, Devoran, Truro, Cornwall TR3 6NW Telephone Truro (01872) 862581 Copyright...Record Office, the Cornish Studies Library and the Cornwall Archaeological Unit. Typesening and maps (other |  | | Report (volume) | | MINERAL RESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN. VOL. XXVII.-COPPER ORES OF OORNWALI, AND DEVON BY HENRY DE"\VEY.... .. .: : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote...this district took a prominent place among the copper-producing districts of the world. Since then the...famous old mines are practically exhausted, and copper-ores have tended to become by-products of mining...has been made to describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring |  | | Book | | Bougainville copper mine, AND M1 4 td oe 3 om. Papua New Guinea — the fourth largest copper mine in the...the world. COPEER COPPER MINING R. Shire L. Atkinson Publications Ltd CONTENTS First Copyright...History batiaes cme tetestadaeeenteevesee 10 Copper mining in Britain ..... bien fe Oe Mining, processing... Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Bucks HPI7 9AJ, UK. Set in 9 point Times roman and printed in Great...Mr R. Penhallurick of the Royal Institution of Cornwall for his assistance. Photographs are acknowledged |  | | Book (edition) | | from a mine or group of mines. Adventurer: Traditional name for a shareholder in a Cornish mine. Bal:...used for female mine surface worker engaged in copper and tin dressing. Barrow Road: A mine tunnel which...surface by means of trench-like excavations. Burrow: Mine waste tips at surface. Deads: Also called attle:...transfer shares without consent of the rest. Kibble: A mine bucket used for hoisting ore and waste rock to surface...2002 by Tor Mark, United Downs Ind Est, Redruth, Cornwall TR16 SHY Reprinted 2008 © 2002 Tor Mark ISBN 978 |  | | Report (issue) | | waste-product has often become the most valuable asset of a mine under changed conditions as regards de,mand. Tin-mines...2.-0re-dressing plant of the Gunnislake Glitters Mine 26 A2 ,\. , ... I 'l CHA.P�L'ER I. TUNGSTEN...output, and is obtained mainly :from Cumberland. In Cornwall wolfram is restricted in its occurrence to :four... The most important dis trict lies in "\Vest Cornwall between Scorrier and Camborne, and especially...parish of Illo�an where t!1e chief active mi?es, East Pool, South Crafty and T1ncroft are situated. These |  | | Book | | Alison Hodge. 2 Clarence Place. Penzance, Cornwall TRI 8 2QA. UK info@alison-hodge.co.uk WVAVal sonhod gepubl...BDP - Book Development and Production. Penzance. Cornwall Printed in China Title poge: Lyle's Shaft, North...Acknowledgements I would like to thank Paul Richards, of Brea, for checking the text and making useful suggestions...features but also include areas containing open mine shafts, ruined buildings and high cliffs. Please... Botallack Mine 14, Wheal Owles, West Wheal Owles and Wheal Edward 18, Cape Cornwall Mine 21 Boswedden |  | | Book | | published by Penhellick Publications. Pool, Camborne. Cornwall. Copyright 1999 J A Buckley & K T Riekstins...permission of Dyllansow Truran, as used in South Crofty Mine (1997). Title page: This photograph was taken during...Way, Pool Industrial Estate, Redruth, Cornwall. INTRODUCTION The workings of South Crofty Mine extend...scores of ancient mine setts, some of which, like Dolcoath, Carn Brea, Tincroft and East Pool were large and...us of the years of intense activity at East Pool and Agar Mine before and after the Great War. Those at |  | | Report (issue) | | Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey ...the Lodes ••• ••• III. Relative Age ot· the Tin-Copper and Silver... Lead Lodes . . . ••• ••• IV. Struct11re...III.--1 he Ca111borne tnining district ,vith Carn Brea in the distance . . . ... ... PIJATE IV.--Su11ny...stages of ... ... ... the process . . . PLATE VII.-Carn Brea. Granite tor ,vith stratiforrn ... ... ... v,reathering...(.. � Croft)" lVline. ( 13 ) Cat111ter lode, East Pool ... ... Mi11e ... ... Pr_JATE XI.-Speci111ens |  | | Book (edition) | | STATISTICS OF , AND OBSERVATIONS UPON THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON . ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND GROUND PLANS...Statistics of, and Observations on the Mines of Cornwall, published by me in 1859, have emboldened me,...to sustain legitimate mining enterprises, in Cornwall and Devon, to make an appeal for the public support...the numerous Mines, not only in the county of Cornwall, but in the adjoining county of Devon. Satisfied...will be en riched with a map of the county of Cornwall, and ground plans, distinguishing the Mines of |  | | Book | | by Alison Hodge, 2 Clarence Place, Penzance, Cornwall TRI8 2QA, www.alison-hodge.co.uk, info@alison-hodge...Cornish minerals. Thanks also to Michael Merry of Cornwall Devon Mineral Specimens (www. cornwalldevonmineralspecimens...taken by him of the botallackite in situ, Wherry Mine pump column and wolframite outcrop. Two private...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org...Landreath to Linkinhorne East Cornwall: Callington to Calstock Rocks of Cornwall Precious Metals and Semi-precious |  | | Book | | There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic... They range from azure-blue 'hair crystals' of copper ore and the branching leaf-like growths of pure...purple crystals of amethyst to huge masses of iron copper sulphide. Chosen for their aesthetic qualities...significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...t). ~ e • ~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants |  | | Report (issue) | | 13R0:'.'.1EFIEAD, B.A. , WITH CO�'l'I.UBUTTONS BY T. EAST,¥00D, A.H..O.S., G. V. \NILSON, B.Sc., A�D R. W...a&te-product has often become the most valuable asset of a mine under changed conditions as· rega_rds demand. Tin-mines...Kingdom from 1873 to 1913. Output from Devon and Cornwall from 1897 to 1913. Commercial Uses. Rise and present...2.-0re-dressing plant of the Gunnislake Clitters Mine ... PAGB 2 26 , CHAPTER I. TUNGSTEN OltES--IN'l'RODUCTION...and is obtained u-iainly :fron1 Ournberland. In Cornwall wolfram is restr.icted in its occuri•ence to :four |  | | Book | | A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING CORNWALL AND IN | DEVON D. B. BARTON on |» Se Fai 4 H} r) Cavodent...DISTRICT 12 0@T45 6037 A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON Nac . A aes dex “8 ob ea...sigh ee Ja Teal Ps IOuROYE | (One COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON Deb ab Ak ON De BRAD RO RAD...Page BULLEN GARDEN MINE: FOWEY CONSOLS: SECTION, 1778 SURFACE PLAN, 1839 CORNWALL AND SOUTH-WEST ...SWANSEA . 82 84-85 : . 64 8I : THE PRINCIPAL COPPER 59 63 . : AERIAL VIEW . 29 DEVON, MAP. | | | Book | | Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...Introduction 4 About this Book 9 Geology and Mine ralization 14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith:...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious...elements sough or disco ered 1ere not only of tin and copper but also o lead , zinc, tungsten. antimon , sil...cassiterite (tin oxide), and most probably for copper ores for the production of bronze weapons and tools |  | | Report (issue) | | forthcoming from Mr KE Beer of the South-West England field staff, and from the Mineral Statistics and...tin, 1970-72 31 IDustration Map of south-west England showing locations of tin deposits Vl 6 Summary...between Land's End and Dartmoor in south-west England. In mid-1973 three underground mines were in operation...after purchase of the mine by St Piran Mines Limited. In I 972 total domestic mine pro duction was greatly...produced by companies engaged in the treatinent of old mine tailings and sands. In addition; nearly 5,000 tonnes |
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East Pool Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK