 | | Book | | Cornish Mines: St Just to Redruth Cornish Mines: St Just to Redruth Barry Gamble Alison Hodge First...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...Botallack Mine 14, Wheal Owles, West Wheal Owles and Wheal Edward 18, Cape Cornwall Mine 21 Boswedden |  | | Book (volume) | | CORNWALL'S CENTRAL MINES THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT 1810-1895 by T. A. MORRISON M.A., A.C.S.M., M.I.M...Hodge, Bosulval Farmhouse, Newmill, Penzance, Cornwall. ©T. A. Morrison, 1983_ No pan of 1hi~publica1ion...34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40; Royal lns1i1u1ionof Cornwall, Pla1es 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 26, 27, 28, 30... Ives, Cornwall. Origination and printing by Dowrick Design & Print Lid., S1. Ives, Cornwall. CONTENTS...3. Camborne Vean 4. Camborne Consols 5. Carn Camborne 6. Wheal Harriett 7. West Stray Park 11 61 75 89 |  | | 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) | | iv INTRODUCTION THE HISTORY of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and copper, iron, lead, tin and...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...of granite associated with mining include Carn Brea, Carn Marth, Castle-an-Dinas, Hingston Down, Kit |  | | Book | | Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious...a posler (or Lovm's shop, Penzance: liroconilc, Wheal Garland, Sl Day the early I 800s to supply their...Book Fluorite on amethyst. Wheal Jane, near Truro (le(t) . Bornitc, Corn Brea Mtne, Redruth (nght) As...physical properties of minerals (pages I I 0- 1 I). Cornwall, for its size, has one of the most diverse ranges |  | | Field Trip Notes | | of the early 19th century saw the opening of 26j mines in the Redruth - Camborne district. The economy...trades unions living standards began to improve. The mines of Redruth and Camborne are clustered around the...mass and its two smaller , outlying masses , Cam Brea and Cam Marth. Many steep lodes were found in the...the killas country separating Carnmenellis from Carn Brea and in the North fringe of the Carnmenellis mass...junction. This lode was notably exploited at the Basset mines. Both tin and copper were extracted from the |  | | Book (edition) | | Skip Shaft P.S. The history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron, lead and...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...depressed the price of copper and then tin, hundreds of mines were hastily abandoned or ‘knacked’ and many of...granite associated with mining include ~ \ Carn Brea, Carn Marth, Castle-an-Dinas, Hingston Down, Kit |  | | Book (edition) | | THE CORNWALL & DEVON MINING DIRECTORY : CLASSIFIED IN DISTRICTS ; 1 With their Produce, number of...; AND ALL BOOKSELLERS . rusuh g Ndalhs1870.Cornwall Gfo . gogy ENTERED AT STATIONERS: HALL ... THE desire for a new edition of the CORNWALL AND DEVON MINING DIRECTORY having been often expressed... J. W. Hayle, Cornwall, April, 1870. INDEX . CORNISH THOSE MARKED THUS MINES . HAVE CEASED WORKING...Boscean . . . . . . 95 . . . Boswedden and Wheal Castle 94 4 4 4 Botallack and Carnyorth United |  | | 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) | | Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey ...••• ••• III. Relative Age ot· the Tin-Copper and Silver... Lead Lodes . . . ••• ••• IV. Struct11re of the...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...Nortl1 Pc>ol ... 1 2.--- Section from Bt1ller and Basset - lJ11iteci to \\T l1ettl 'l'olcrt1s ... ... . |  | | Book (edition) | | ON THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON. STATISTICS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON...which my Statistics and Observations on the Mines of Cornwall and Devon have been received, I am induced...various mines in each district, and, be illustrated by ground plans, distinguishing the mines in each...respective districts, and of the lead yielded, and silver extracted, in each lead mine. 301591 vi PREFACE... and that the plans and classifications of the mines, may be considered an improvement upon the ordinary |  | | Book (edition) | | STATISTICS OF , AND OBSERVATIONS UPON THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON . ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND GROUND...the Statistics of, and Observations on the Mines of Cornwall, published by me in 1859, have emboldened...to sustain legitimate mining enterprises, in Cornwall and Devon, to make an appeal for the public support...realized prices of the numerous Mines, not only in the county of Cornwall, but in the adjoining county of... Satisfied that an accurate knowledge of these Mines can only be attained by ground plans of the great | | | 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...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...copper discc but lead, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, nickel im, bismuth, iron, 1 and molybdenum, |  | | 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...describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring the information up |  | | Journal (volume) | | ; Abstract of Mr. Lee Thomas's pamphlet on the Mines of Rio Tinto, Geology, 326 ; The Mineral Agents’...Review , 327 ; The Annales des Mines on theMetallurgy of Iron in England , ib. ; Proceedings of the Manchester...Annales des Mines on the manent Relief Fund, 402 ; The Geo Metallurgy of Iron in England, 120 ; Blow...Coal - Fields of Great Britain, ib. ANNALES DES Mines on the Metallurgy March - Historical Notices on...Percy's, 174 ; The Annales des Mines on the Metallurgy of Iron in England, 181 ; Abstract from Rev. 8. |  | | Book | | There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...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...Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and n1ineral...n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009 8 9- 3 |  | | Journal (volume) | | SMELTING MAGAZINE . The System of Selling Tin-Ore in Cornwall. In our last number we referred, under a local...local heading, to the system pursued in Cornwall of selling black - tin by private contract. We stated that...smelters a patronage in the hands of the pursers of mines---was “wholly indefensible, and must sooner or later...valuable metals - such as copper, lead, zinc, and even silver - raised in this country are sold at “ ticketings”...January, 1862. THE SYSTEM OF SELLING TIN-ORE IN CORNWALL. 7 we need scarcely point out to any man of |  | | Book (volume) | | THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .,pvii Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume I Ву...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset . the territory in which |  | | Journal (volume) | | 17. 270 Section on Line of West Chiverton and Wheal Chiverton Main Lodes 18. Transverse Section at...VALE IRON COMPANY, 351. ASSOCIATION , Miners, of Cornwall and Devon, Proceedings of, 157. AUSTRIAN ENGINEERS'...358. CANADA, Review of Mining in , 39, 109. CAPE CORNWALL CONSOLIDATED TIN AND COPPER MINING COMPANY, 167...CWMSYMLOG UNITED SILVER-LEAD MINES COMPANY, 234. 176, 238, 300, 360. CHIVERTON MINES, The, 269. CLARKE... 236. Progress of Iron Trade in , 353 . COAL MINES, The Rating of, by Mr. Hedley, 15. COAL, Drying |  | | Book (volume) | | Redruth, Cornwall ISBN 0907566 83 9 Pr inted in Great Britain by A. Wheaton & Co Ltd. Exeter \ MINES IN...IN CORNWALL Callrr'IG}tone • ltskeard MAPJ Volume 2 Sr Austell • MltP1 Volume/ • Re MAP 2...'•Hoyte l 2 i. miles MAP1 West Seton• ._earn Brea mi le 6 Introduction T has been said that a...publish the cream of a collection of photographs of mines, collected over the past half-century and spanning...spanning a period of over a hundred years. Mining in Cornwall goes back to between 1,000 and 2,000BC, and exploration |  | | Journal (volume) | | kinds. The gold of Nagyag, in the Siebenbürgen ; silver in many localities, both native and in the form...resources of the country. Very little is known in England of these coal-fields, and some account of the most...year : The mineral fuel at present obtained from mines in Hungary is partly brown coal and partly stone...geological origin. The latter, does not, as in England, belong to the older or palæozoic formations, but...manner of the French and Belgian mines than of ordinary English coal mines. There are many shafts, and wherever |  | | Journal (volume) | | Agents and others. BY W. FAIRLEY , Surveyor of Mines, Member of the South Wales Institute of Engineers...Work, XI. - Probabilities of Accidents in & c. Mines. VI. - Specific Gravity, Weight, and XII .- Sundries...every kind of business in the Stocks and Shares of Mines, Ironworks and other Industrial Com panies, are...particular undertaking. With respect to Stock in Mines and Ironworks, Harris and Co. have made arrangements...operation. In the metallic mining districts of Cornwall and Devon, of Wales, Shropshire, and the Isle |  | | Book (edition) | | THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON : STATISTICS AND OBSERVATIONS. THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON...counties in England with which are associated more varied objects of interest than Cornwall and Devon...pecu liar. Cornwall stands at the head in the moral statistics of the counties of England. There is much...admire in the life and habits of the humble poor of Cornwall. The hardy pilchard fist ermen , with their clean...and enterprising persistence. The pursuits of Cornwall have enriched so many, that in few counties is |  | | Book | | i'ish, tin"'cor per NF )907566804 ~42 . 37 • CORNWALL COUNTY LIBRARY ll 11111111111111 3 8009 014 20...Dyllansow Truran. Trewolsta, Trewirgie. Redruth, Cornwall. © 1983 D. Kneebone \ All rights reserved...Chapter 1. Life in Cornwall in 1875. 22. Chapter 2. Some Smaller Mining Setts in Cornwall. 27. Chapter...Metals in Cornwall. 41. Chapter 5. More about Old Helston. 52. Chapter 6. St. Ives and its Mines. LIST...introduction to Celtic Cornwall, together with chapters on the Wendron and the St. Austell mines. 'Cornish Diamonds' |  | | Book (volume) | | The Metalliferous MiningRegion of South-West England VOLUME I Assistant Director' s copy LIBRARY...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AN D WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume I By H...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...This account of the mining geology of south-west England summarizes the .iological information gained during...south-west of England was the first to be published, and his ' Report on the eology of Cornwall, Devon and |
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