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| REPORT ON A Survey of the Mining District OF CORNWALL , FROM CHASEWATER TO CAMBORNE. BY RICHARD THOMAS...and Carn -Bonellis ; the former is 14,000 feet north, and the latter 10,380 feet south of the ground...cupola of Redruth Market-house, the eastern barrow on Carn -Marth, and the engine-house at Wheal Gorland... 120 feet north of the centre of the highest barrow on Carn-Kie Beacon, and 80 feet north of the centre...Beacon passes at 2450 feet east of the cupola of Redruth Market-house, 3310 feet west of the large rock |
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| House 50 Daniell Road Truro, Cornwall TR1 2DA England Printed in Great Britain by Short Run Press Ltd...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 |
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| THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON : STATISTICS AND OBSERVATIONS. THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON : STATISTICS...counties in England with which are associated more varied objects of interest than Cornwall and Devon...beautiful, were of fashion able resort ; now the two great south -western counties are visited for purposes...two coasts is as diverse as the scenery ; the north bracing and invigorating, the south almost winterless...variety of scenery , except those of mountains of great elevation, and lakes of large iy INTRODUCTION |
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| SURVEY. SPECIAL REPORTS ON THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN. VOL. XXVII.-COPPER ORES OF OORNWALI,...: : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...or were worked for a short period only is. very great, and the information about them often scanty, no...has been made to describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring...information up to date Mr. Dewey has visite.d everv active mine and rnanv of those recentlv abandoned • • • or of |
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| GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .,pvii Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING...SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume...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 |
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| GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The Metalliferous MiningRegion of South-West England VOLUME I Assistant...Director' s copy LIBRARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN. (Scottish Office.) Press._ _ _ __,J helf_...SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AN D WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume...by the incorporation of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology with...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers |
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| 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...mining was then far more important than tin, and a great wealth was won from beneath the Cornish soil. The...CORNWALL'S MINING HERITAGE Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in...they often worked in appalling conditions at a great depth, reached every day by climbing up and down |
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| 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...mining was then far more important than tin, and a great wealth was won from beneath the Cornish soil. The...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 |
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| THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON. STATISTICS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, ILLUSTRATED...E.C. LONDON : PRINTED BY VINCENT & SKEEN, 19, GREAT ST. HELENS. 1864 . Price Five Shillings , S ...my Statistics and Observations on the Mines of Cornwall and Devon have been received, I am induced to...an account of the condition, and prospects of the mine to which the reader's attention is at the time directed...founded upon accurate data, furnished from each mine, and shew the quantity of black tin, copper, and |
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| RESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN. : VOI.1. XXI.-LEAD, SILVER-LEAD AND ZINC O1-tES OF CORNWALL, DEVON AND 8O1\fERSET...of lead, zinc and silver in the south-west of England. The early history of the industry is obscure and...importance in the district, but they have always been a great training ground for miners and mining · engineers...Central Cornwall to l\fessrs. Scott, Marshall, Paull, .Taylor and Faull, and for those of North Cornwall...placed at our disposal 1nany records of mines in North Devon and our thanks are due to him and to Prof |
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| 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...entries. It includes valid mineral species (eg. quartz), series names (eg stilbite) and group names (eg...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue |
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| The METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume I 1956 20 I 7 reprint 0 z z ~ w ...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME I H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE ·with petrographical...tl"University lvfemoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. Main Building Park Place ISBN 978-085272104-9...This account of the minmg geology of south-west England summarizes the geological info1mation gained druing...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall. Devon m1dwest Somerset. ·n1e region covered is |
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| Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey ...con11ect1on with the rl"rigono1r1etrical Sttr '";ey of Great Britain, then under the superi11te11de11ce of Colo11el...vith the exception of a narro\v tract 11ear the north coast; that ,va,s n1itpperl by :Wlr. E. E. L. I)ixon...tour111aline peacl1 ce111e11ted by quartz. ( b ) East Pool. Quartz , ,volfram , and 1nispickel. (c) Dolcoath...(J rea t \V11 eal _H cld de r11 . . • ... ... 4.-Great VVheal llL1S.) ... G.-- Sitl1ney a11(l C:trn1r1eal |
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| There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...many of the ores and associated minerals are of great beauty both in form and colour. They range from...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...not be complete without acknowledgement of the great debt of gratitude owed to our late friends Sir Arthur |
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| LAN D + MANUAL w OF THE MINERALOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. BY ROBERT PHILIPS GREG, F...of the present work to place the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland on that footing to which scientifically...(between 30 and 40) new tion may vi PREFACE . to Great Britain, a number of new forms and measurements...Authors take this oppor tunity of acknowledging the great obligations they are under to that gentleman . ...information, & c ., to Mr. Brice Wright, now of Great Russell Street, London, for a very complete list |
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| 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 |
 | Pirrie, D., Power, M.R., Payne, A., Camm, G.S., Wheeler, P.D. (2000) Impact on mining sedimentation; the Camel and Gannet estuaries, Cornwall. Geoscience in South-West England, 10 (1) Ussher Society. | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
| SEDIMENTATION; THE CAMEL AND GANNEL ESTUARIES, CORNWALL D. PIRRIE, M. R. POWER, A. PAYNE, G. S. CAMM AND...the Camel and Gannel estuaries, Cornwall. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 021-028 The mineralogy...sediments in the Camel and Gannel estuaries on the north Cornwall coast has been examined to test the importance...supplied to the estuary as a result of the release of mine waste tailings from hard rock mining of main stage...mineralisation, probably from mines such as Mulberry and Wheal Prosper in the area around Lanivet. In contrast |
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| Mining in Cornwall 1850-1960 (Moorland, 1980-1) 2 Volumes ISBN 0 85989 334 0 Printed in Great Britain...Mining Districts II The Marazion District III The Wheal Vor or Breage District IV The St Erth, Gwinear and...Austell-Par Mines to Trebartha-Lemarne 147 163 181 Mine Index 191 LIST OF GRAPHS AND MAPS Fig.l. Diagram...Showing the Output of Metallic Tin and Copper from Cornwall, Estimated from the Public Sales of Ore 35 Fig...Situations of the Principal Mining Districts in Cornwall and South Devon 50 Fig.3. Sketch Map Showing |
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| GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM...Geological Survey carries out the geological survey of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the latter as an agency...south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi,· Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. r...staffs of Geevor Mine, South Crofty Mine, Wheal Pendarves, Wheal Jane and Mount Wellington Mine. The generous...notably his 16-volume series Mines and miners of Cornwall, and two volumes on the mines of Devon, one of |
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| enough to discover a water-worn mass of gold in quartz weighing 501-2 grains, by far the largest and richest...crystallized mass of slightly yellowish stained quartz measuring 4 • 3 x 189 cm. thickly coated on one...tongue in one corner. The proportion of gold to quartz is probably rather less than half by weight, practically...of the gold being on the exterior of the mass of quartz and hardly penetrating it. The gold shows marked...whole of the alluvial gold here is derived from quartz veins. In concluding this note I should like to |
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| 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 |
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| 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...Mines can only be attained by ground plans of the great mining districts, I have had them carefully surveyed |
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| 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...Penzance. Cornwall Printed in China Title poge: Lyle's Shaft, North Wheal Basset. Cambome-Redruth Mining...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 |
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| Twelveheads Press PO Box 59, Chacewater Truro, Cornwall TR4 8Z}. especially true of its minerals, some...rocks lie at the bottom of a sequence, but in Cornwall this becomes far from simple where rocks have...(metamorphism) of existing rocks. The land wl ‘ch is now Cornwall has seen periods of uplift and sinking beneath...conditions changed too, for the land that is now Cornwall was once close to the Equator before the action...are older rocks on the Lizard peninsula, most of Cornwall consists of Devonian rocks, known locally as “killas’ |
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| STATISTICAL NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL MINES IN CORNWALL ; TO WHICH IS ADDED , THE HISTORY AND USES OF...STATISTIGAL NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL MINES IN CORNWALL ; TO WHICH IS ADDED , THE HISTORY AND USES OF...FEATURES OF A MINE. Definition of a Mine_Mode of commencingfrom the Surface Shafts, Adits, great Cornish Adit...Underlay - Fairest Method of Working a Mine - The legitimate Value of a Mine- Bad Management in Working often...Power employed in Great Britain for Mining Purposes - First Steam Engines in Cornwall - Manner of Calculatingtheir |
