 | | Book | | REPORT ON A Survey of the Mining District OF CORNWALL , FROM CHASEWATER TO CAMBORNE. BY RICHARD THOMAS...with the average Quantities and Values of Tin and Copper Ores raised per Month .-- 1818 Table showing the...the nearest being those of St. Agnes Beacon and Carn -Bonellis ; the former is 14,000 feet north, and...Camborne Steeple, Carn - Brea Castle, the highest rock on Carn-Brea, the house on the top of Carn Entral *, the...Market-house, the eastern barrow on Carn -Marth, and the engine-house at Wheal Gorland t ; all the relative |  | | 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 (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...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 | | published by Penhellick Publications. Pool, Camborne. Cornwall. Copyright 1999 J A Buckley & K T Riekstins...South Wheal Crofty Section used by kind permission of Dyllansow Truran, as used in South Crofty Mine (1997)...stope on Great Lode at the 255 fathom level of Wheal Agar. This stope varies between 40 and 50 feet wide...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 |  | | 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 of |  | | Report (issue) | | 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...4. The most important dis trict lies in West Cornwall between Scorrier and Camborne, and -especially |  | | 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 ...8I : THE PRINCIPAL COPPER 59 63 . : AERIAL VIEW . 29 DEVON, MAP. WHEAL ELLEN, ENGINE HOUSE NORTH |  | | Book (volume) | | top: Holman's 70-inch engine house, South Caradon Mine, 1995. (Walk 1) Front cover, bottom: The pumping...Chapple's Shaft, Cook's Kitchen Mine, 1995. (Walk4) Back cover, top: Wheal Trewavas - looking south-west...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 |  | | Book | | Alison Hodge. 2 Clarence Place. Penzance, Cornwall TRI 8 2QA. UK info@alison-hodge.co.uk WVAVal sonhod gepubl...Production. Penzance. Cornwall Printed in China Title poge: Lyle's Shaft, North Wheal Basset. Cambome-Redruth...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 | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | Woodcockshayes, Halberton road, Willand, Devon, ENGLAND EX15 2QF Tel/Fax (01884) 821563 Catalogue 2/1997...CARROLLITE I I (5cm x 4 cm x 3.5cn>) Mashamba West Mine. Shaba Province. Zaire A composite oystal group...& QUARTZ & CALCITE (7cm x 7cm x 5cm) Dalnegorsk Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia An impressive very sharp well-formed...CRYSTALLISED NATIVE SILVER (4cm x 3cm x 1cm) Sierra Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Mexico A beautiful example of herringbone...ROSE QUARTZ & SMOKY QUARTZ (4cm x 4cm 2cm) Piftorra Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brasil A very pretty specimen |  | | Book | | Nati 'fe Copper. -.. Red and Black Oxides Blue and Green Carbonates Silicate of Copper - COPPER. ......Arseniates of Copper Phosphate of Copper Copper Glance Copper Pyrites .. Purple Copper Ore - Tennantite...54 55 56 56 57 59 • FOREI'GN ORES. . • I •• COPPER -" -... - - Galena Anglesite,- &c. Cerussite... • Page . Wall-cases 15 to 23. .. ~ Native Copper Red Oxide - Black Oxide .. - Chrysocoll a...Phosphates, Arseniates, &c. Copper Glance and Pn.rple Ore Kupfer Schiefer Copper Pyrites ... ... ·· Fahlerz |  | | Journal (volume) | | TRANSACTIONS OF THE Royal Geological Society CORNWALL ; INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 11th , 1814. VOLUME THE...PRINTER, PENZANCE ROYAL Geological Society OF CORNWALL . PATRON . Her Most Gracious Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA... CONTENTS. I. On the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon . By William Jory Henwood , F .R .S...p. 445 V . Statisticalnotices of the Mines in Cornwall and Devon . By William Jory Henwood, F .R .S...J. H . 1. - On the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon . BY WILLIAM JORY HENWOOD , F .G .S |  | | Book | | ores extracted from them , as Coal, Iron, Lead, Copper, Salt, &c., are appended, as well as a list of...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society.... 161. Cuprite. 162. Melaconite . 163. Pitchy copper. 144. Mispickel. ORDER V. Manganese. Genus 3...IN COMBINA TION. 154. Eisen -nickelkies. 178. Copper glance. 179. Kupferindig ( Covelline). Genus 6...OXIDE . 1 ORDER VIII. Genus 1. NATIVE COPPER . 160. Copper. 186. Molybdenine. Genus 2. SULPHIDE. 187 |  | | Report (issue) | | 71.79 28.21 Total 100.06 99.61 100.00 (1) Mohawk mine, Michigan, USA. (2) Wasserfall, France; by electron...Occurrence: Of hydrothermal origin. Association: Copper (typically arsenian), silver, algodonite. Distribution:...Distribution: In Chile, from the Algodones silver mine, near Coquimbo [TL] and at San Antonio and Chañarcillo...the Sheldon-Columbia mine, Portage Lake, Houghton Co., Michigan; at the Cashin mine, Montrose Co., Colorado;... on Michipicoten Island and at the Silver Islet mine, Thunder Bay, Lake Superior, Ontario; in the East |  | | Journal (issue) | | finds at Gunheath China Clay Pit, St Austell, Cornwall by Nick Elton ........................ 31 A tin...mineral which I had enquired about from that kindly mine of info rmation which was Peter. He was always willing...Such wa P rr. information, particularly about Cornwall, you would have been wise to ask Peter Colley...Comish minerals. Phoenix was, perhaps, his favourite mine. His collection of Cornish minerals and mining memorabilia...Sunday 11 August, and the October trip to Sedling Mine is on Sunday 6 October. In most cases a species | | | Book | | Wall-cases 1 to 14. - CoPPER - - - sº- - * - - - - • - Native Copper - Red and Black Oxides...Silicate of Copper Arseniates of Copper - . • *- - - - - - - - * • - e - -* • Copper Glance ->...Tennantite . - * Phosphate of Copper Copper Pyrites - , Purple Copper Ore. - l - - - - - - -...FOREIGN ORES.. " .* Wall-cases 15 to 23. CoPPER Native Copper Red Oxide Black Oxide - - - - - 1... - 60 61 62 - - - Copper Glance and Purple Ore - Kupfer Schiefer Copper Pyrites - - " - " - - |  | | Book | | CHAPTER I. �etch of tlze Pllysical.Eealu1'es of Cornwall, Devon, and 1Pest·sonterset. Rcaso11s for first...Hensbt\tro,v l1igh-lancl, ib. St. Brooclt:s Downst 7. Carn Me nelcz l1i 11-lancl, ib. St. Agnes Beacon, 8...district of Cambo1ne, Red ruth. Gwennap, &c., Cornwall, by Mr. Thomas, ib. Course of the ,vater• l1erl...courses of the prin cipal rivers and streams of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset, 22. • Gctteral con...detrital rocks round the granite of Devon and Cornwall, ib. Remarks on the conditions which would have |  | | Report (issue) | | STATIONER. ■ 1841. ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL. HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. 10Picr-ipatron:...Jonathan Couch, F.L.S., Polperro. Rev. Thomas England, F.G.S., &c, London. Abraham Gesner, F.G.S., St...Marazion. James Evans, St. Agnes. Thomas Richards, Wheal Vor. Absalom Francis, Halkin, Flint. Stephen Thomas...accounts for the absence of organic remains in Cornwall is characteristic of the state of knowledge in...his denial of the existence of fossil remains in Cornwall, with respect to one locality only, Tintagel) |  | | Book | | Eighteenth Century. ,, IV. Mining for Tin and Copper to the Bwd of the Eighteenth Century. „ t „...discovered, a district producing tin. Indications of old mine workings such as holes pierced in the faces of the...present day, throughout the jength and breadth of Cornwall, which are ^mistakably of great antiquity. \V%...history. This metal is well known to be an alloy of copper with There can bo no question but that the tin...rhinoceros’ horns amongst the imports we find white copper for ornaments and coins; brass for culinary vessels |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK j I o mi minerals TS C nlm~ 2 EDITORIAL COVER: Vanadinite from the LeadhillsWanlockheadminingdistrict... 5 PEGMATITE MINERALS FROM CI-IYWOON QUARRY The UK Joumal efMines a11dMinerals publishes articles of...Worbop, Nott~. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 26 -1- EDITORIAL...these mark the event out as one of the best in the UK This year the society instigated a mineral competition...spectacular. T Since the theme was fluorite, north-of-England localities featured extensively. Only one case |  | | Book (edition) | | Bridge from a £4.95 net ISBN 0 7153 6250 X /n. UK only The BP Book of Industrial Archaeology i:...of ore separator (Brian 208 210 Straitsteps lead mine, Dumfriesshire, water bucket beam engine (Leadhills... ILLUSTRATIONS Distribution of population in England and Wales, 1700 and 1800 41 Tower mill 58 Watermill...industrial installation, workers’ housing, watermills or mine shafts as a means of establishing distributional...Monuments of Scotland (unfortunately not paralleled in England and Wales), to building surveys by schools of architecture |
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