 | | Book | | So ·Very Foolish A History of the Wherry Mine, Penzance Peter Joseph THE 1:rDVII1rIHill CCJK SOCIETY...Founded1935 Cover image: Print ofa painting of the Wbeny Mine by Denys Law (1907-1981), taken from the Holman...artist bad one or more of the early skecthes of the mine to refer to. Published by The Trevithick Society...by Peninsula Projects, c/o PO Box 62, Camborne, Cornwall TR14 7ZN I instanced a lamentable case of a...000, by a Comish mine. 'I remember,' said another passenger, 'the case of the Wherry mine being re-opened |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SOCIETY June, 1949 Vol. XXVIII The Wherry mine, Penzance, its history and its mineral productions...standing at Wherry Town on the south-western end I Fofthethevisitor esplanade at Penzance looks seaward...by water, there existed many years ago a rich tin mine, unique in the boldness of its conception, romantic...during the hey-day of its career, this remarkable mine was examined by a very competent observer in the...John Hawkins (1761 ?-1841), F.R.S., of Trewithen, Cornwall, and Bignor Park, Sussex, and it is to him that |  | | Book | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geology .of the country around Penzance ' . i\i�i / ---�-----✓- \ \ // •• ,- ---...C-�. --·.J;:;{ GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION IN THE PENZANCE DISTRICT Superficial deposits (Drift) Quaternary... Geology of the country around Penzance The district around Penzance (Sheets 351 and 358) has been exploited...copper since the Bronze Age. Only the Geevor tin mine was still open in 1986, but the vigorous development...district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALISATION IN G.K. ROLLINSON 1, N. LE BOUTILLIER CORNWALL – A AND NEW DISCOVERY AT PORTHTOWAN R. SELLY...mineralisation in Cornwall – A new discovery at Porthtowan. Geoscience in South-West England, 14, 176–187...Although cobalt mineralisation has been noted in Cornwall and Devon in the mining literature, there are...cobalt mineralisation discovered at Porthtowan, Cornwall, in the vicinity of old workings which are part...in Cornwall. 1 Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 |  | | Book | | 2010 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...photographs taken by him of the botallackite in situ, Wherry Mine pump column and wolframite outcrop. Two private...originated by BDP — Book Development & Production, Penzance, Comwall Printed in China Title page: Connelite...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org |  | | Catalog/List | | !!~~~~~!J 6 CASSI fERllE In etvan Wherry Mine Penzance Cornwall A specimen from this famous mne which...which was operating off the shore from Penzance until run down by a steamship one n,ght Etvan ,s a south...M•l:lrard 9 CASSITERITE and tourmallll(I Bodelva Clay P,t (now the Eden Pro1ed) St Austell Cornwall Heavy and...galena Wheal Her1and Gw,near Cornwall A rare sample of silver from Cornwall 34x26x16mm £48 Fiitiiii Mfiiiril...posS1blycalate 103x62x54mm £68 4 NATIVE COPPER Wn1te P,ne Mine Wnu.e Pine. Ontonagon County MIclugan. USA Well |  | | 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 | | 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...Embrey. P. G. Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and...and n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009 |  | | Catalog/List | | NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...2006 1) ADULARIA. Ogo Dour, Predannick, Lizard, Cornwall. Nice group of salmon pink xls to 1mm covering...AMETHYST. Park Clay Pit, St Neot, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. A nice clean group of amethystine xls to 5mm...3) ARSENOLITE. Levant Arsenic Works, Pendeen, Cornwall. Flue product. A group of spiky grey xls to 4mm...60x40y,5nirn. 4) BARITE. Wheal Drea, St Just, Cornwall. Pinkish buff radiating masses in a cavity in |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | BJillSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. CRDERING INFORMJi.TION Mail orders are...bN~TaSE~ 4. hNGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent "spear shaped" crystals...Quartzose gossan. 2x2". £1. 5. hNGLESITE. Parys Mine, bllglesey, N. Wales. Small well formed lustrous...3xlt'l. £2. 6. aPATITE. Stennagwyn Mine, Nr. St. ~ustell, Cornwall. Pale bluish hexagonal crystals aggregated...var iety FRl..NCOLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardrea th, Cornwall. i,. 2xl" cavity in Quartz/slate matrix |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 Cassiterite Downloaded by [University of Saskatchewan Library]...2012 CiNOVEC, CZECH REPUBLIC This classic cassiterite specimen is from Cinovec, Czech Republic, much...wide and consists of an aggregate of dark brown cassiterite crystals to 3.5 cm attractively placed on a matrix...acquisition of a good suite of cassiterite within the scope of most collectors. Cassiterite has been known for centuries...of bronze, having been mined and exported from Cornwall to Italy by the Romans during the reign of Julius |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EarlyandMain StageOre Mineralization in Southwest Cornwall A. N. H^i•i•m^¾ Scottish Universities Research...occurs rectly connectedwith the main stagesof cassiterite as lenticular, veinlike bodies and irregular-shaped...southwestEngland (Cor- ondary muscovite,fluorite, apatite, cassiterite,pyrite, nubian) batholithof 290 to 300 m.y. seemsaccepted...Introduction 752 ORE MINER/ILIZ/ITION TIMING: S. W. CORNWALL r'• Basement Rocks ,,,. . . • Granite Cupolas...replacementat the granite margin (in the Geevor mine). The K-feld- orange-pink swarms(Hall, 1971) andcommonly |  | | Catalog/List | | BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 (STD 0736)...£5.50. 3. APATITE. Botallack Head, St. Just, Cornwall. Lustrous, creamy, well formed hexagonal crystals...Limonitic matrix. 2x2xlt" .£2.75. ARGENTITE. Valenciana Mine, Guana,;uato, Me~ico,. Fine, bright, silvery grey... 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Select turquoise blue...etx 2lx2 w• £6.50. AXINITE. Botallack, 5t. Just, Cornwall~ 5harp, lustrous, clove brown crystals to 1 cm |  | | Book | | Collectors Guide to ^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; '’i '■-■ ,, t Cedric Rogers...Collector’s Guide to MINERALS, ROCKS AND GEMSTONES in Cornwall and Devon Cedric Rogers i D. BRADFORD BARTON...Truro LTD MINERALISED ILPMACOMar AREAS of CORNWALL & DEVON Main. Concentrations of mints. (has...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS...WHERE. Beaches Cliffs and Caves. River Beds etc. Mine Dumps Quarries St. Just - Botallack - Pendeen Camborne |  | | Journal (issue) | | UK Journal of mes ·and .Minerals Issue SprJng 1989 , No ...6 Pr:f ee ~3.95 ·- • r .. Arnold...Lower Trewellard, Penzance, Cornwall. TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Calcite (Cornwall) UK Journal of Mines...EUROPE SOUTH AFRICA The History of Ystrad Einion Mine J & A Wolters. Leeuwendaal 2, 3273 XD Westmaas...1988 21 Dorothy Merritt Cassiterite from Whiteworks Carharrick, Cornwall R. Morton.Dr. K.F.G. Hosking...the Boscawcn Diagonal Shaft at Botallack Mine. St. Just. Cornwall. Reproduced hy permission of City of Manche |  | | Book | | 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...LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHESHIRE 31 CORNWALL . 32... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...124 130 APPENDIX 137 INDEX TO LOCALITIES IN CORNWALL 149 INDEX TO MINERAL SYNONYMS 153 1 THE |  | | 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... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New South Wales. Apophyllite, New South Wales. Cassiterite, Emmaville, New South Wales. Phosphate Deposit...suggested by Hess and Schaller (1914, p. 37). E. T. Wherry (1914, p. 501) bases his classification on the...of Hess and Schaller would be adopted, but, as Wherry very clearly points out, such a ·classification...principles to the wolframite series, the insistence of Wherry on the use .of the names hubnerite and ferberite...Chalmere, Bismuth Mine, TOlTington. Analyst H. p, White (Smith, 1926). .Tamee Mine, Torrington. Analyst |  | | Journal (issue) | | elements in Permo-Triassic red beds of south-west England, by R. K. Harrison, M.Sc. with contributions by...age of the Brannel, South Crofty and Wherry el van dykes, Cornwall, by J. R. Hawkes, Ph.D., R. R. Harding...and chalcedonic concretions in anhydrite, Sandwith Mine, St Bees, Cumbria, by R. K. Harrison, M.Sc. . ....occurrence of sapphire in the Land's End Granite, Cornwall, by A. C. Wilson, B.Sc., Ph.D. 61 I. VII. Refringence...Sandwith Mine, St Bees, Cumbria 58 Photomicrographs of concretions in anhydrite from Sandwith Mine, St Bees |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EconomicKaolinization,GoonbarrowChina Clay Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England:GeologicRelationships and Geochronology...Carboniferous(Westphalian)St. Austellgranite, Cornwall, England,consistof K-feldspar megacrysticbiotite-muscovite...boundarywasrelatedto cauldronsubsidence. In southwest England,zonesof completelykaolinizedgranite('-'5-25 wt...greisen(quartz-muscovite-tourmaline 4- topaz_ cassiterite) alterationselvages. At the Goonbarrowpit the...MINERALIZATION, CORNWALL,ENGLAND TABLE 1. 1065 Estimated World Production of Refined Kaolin, 1979 England(IndustrialMinerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | 55 Colorado 57 Congo 57 East Indies 58 England Europe 61 Finland France 84 French Guiana ...Canada Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Texas Ann. Rep. Roy. Cornwall Polyt. Soc. Ann. Rep. Roy. the Board of ReSmithsonian...Survey of Texas, Austin. Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, Falmouth. gents Institution...the Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Institu- tion of Cornwall, Truro. Annual Report of the School...Supply. Ann. Rep. Trans. Plymouth Inst. Devon and Cornwall Nat. Hist. Soc. . Annual Report of the Secretary |  | | Report (issue) | | MEMOIRS· ·OF ·-1}RE-·GEOLOGICAI/ SURVEY.. -: ,. ENGLAND AND WALES. .. - -EXPLANATION Q_F SHEETS 361...SECTIONS, AND MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGIOA SURMEY. OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MU,SEUM E>F PRACTICAL GEOLOGY• of...6d. A Compl1 �) ; 4 (I. of l\ta11); 5 {Lake ENGLAND .i Di��rct) Dewon;}; ' ....' .. -: Torquay NEW...by Joseph Ca1�·n e, a11d the geological map of Cornwall of 1 832 by D1'. H . S. Boase, are deserving of...ILLUSTRATI ONS. ... ... Fig. 1 .-Map of South-Western Cornwall Fig. 2.-Diagrarnmatic Section across the St. Erth |  | | Book | | A HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY CORNWALL AND DEVON TRUR : PRINTED BY HEARD AND SONS, BOSCAWEN...BOSCAWEN STREET. HANDBOOK MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOE THEIR DISCRIMINATION...THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION OF CORNWALL AND DEVON; SECRETARY TO THE KOYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; OF THE...KOYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL, AND OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CORNWALL, &C., &C. ASSOCIATE TRURO:...F.R.S., THB ELECTRICITY OF MINERAL LODES IN CORNWALL, AND OF MANY CORNISH MINERALS, (WHOSE OBSERVATIONS |  | | Report (chapter) | | on August 7, 2015 Geology and landscape in SW England in the late eighteenth century, as recorded in...Hatchett and Thomas Rackett, embarked on a tour into Cornwall visiting the more southerly parts of Dorset and...Maton, providing a contemporary description of SW England during the latter part of the eighteenth century...sites which they visited, such as Roche Rock in Cornwall, Kent’s Cavern in Devon and Wookey Hole in Somerset...map is of considerable historic importance. SW England has been a popular destination for travellers at |
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Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK