 | | 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 |  | | 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...appalling conditions at a great depth, reached every day by climbing up and down long ladders in the dark...depressed the price of copper and then tin, hundreds of mines were hastily abandoned or ‘knacked’ and many of |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses the...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...appaling conditions at a great depth, reached every day by climbing up and down long ladders in the dark |  | | Report (issue) | | Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey ...Unitcd Mines 26.-Consolid�tecl lVIi11es . . . ... 27.-Eas t Wl1eal Lovell 28. -Gi--eat Wheal Fortt1ne...i11e . . . :3 2.-\Vhenl Lt1sl1ington .. . . 3?. -Wheal \rincent (part ot· \Vl1eal ... :1 4.-Nangiles :-3...an J)rea Mine . . . ... ... ... :1 7. -Porkellis United 1\ii i11es ... ... ... :-3 8 <.� 39.-Wlieal Seto11... 43.-rl,r·esket·by l\Iine ... ... ... ... 4 4.-United Hills . . . .. ... ... 45.-l�illifi·eth. T_J 11ity |  | | Book | | notable British metal mines Whereas t o d a y B r i t a i n h a s a negligable production o f m e t...exporter of metals. The tin and c o p p e r mines o f Cornwall a r e w e l l known, w h i l e areas such...the lure of silver (as a by-product of the lead mines) that d r e w t h e Romans t o these isles. I t...tons of these metals have been extracted from the mines of Britain. By t h e o p e n i n g years o f t h...the severe flooding problems of the deep Cornish mines p r o d u c e d a n e v e n m o r e r e f i n e |  | | 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...London s.E.1 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh 2 109 St. Mary Street, Cardiff 39 King Street, Manchester...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during |  | | 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...PH EM I STER, M.A., D.Sc. LONDON H ER MAJESTY'S ST A TI ONER Y OFFICE 1956 The Institute of Geological...London WCI J 3a Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 3AR 109 St Mary Street, Cardiff CFJ IJW Brazennose Street, Manchester...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers |  | | Book | | 4. Cana,)' Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris...PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...the production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...Survey, Edinburgh and Keyworth; Cambome School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn; Department of Earth |  | | Book (volume) | | The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical notes...copyright 1988 First published 1988 Printed in the United Kingdom for BGS by Derry and Sons Ltd, Nottingham...The metal/iferous mining region of south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi,· Memoir of the Geological...Brook-Fox, Mr D. G. Broughton, Dr R. Burt, the late Mr H. St L. Cookes, Mr T. A. Greeves, the late Dr A. K. Hamilton...staffs of Geevor Mine, South Crofty Mine, Wheal Pendarves, Wheal Jane and Mount Wellington Mine. The generous |  | | Book | | FUTURE PROSPECTS ' i OF METALLIFEROUS MINES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM By ROBERT HUNT, , F.R.S.* inr...kOV M. SCHOOL OF MINES f EUriOR OF URE'S DICTlONARv^ OF ARIS, MANUl' ACTURJ’S, AND MINES / MC. uplDnilJs...found existing to the present day, throughout the jength and breadth of Cornwall, which are ^mistakably of...to infer, not that Saracens ever wbrked the tin mines, valuable strangers did, in this country, establish...Rome flowed chiefly through that channel. The tin mines of Banca are probably the richest in the world. |  | | Book (volume) | | Cook's Kitchen Mine, 1995. (Walk4) Back cover, top: Wheal Trewavas - looking south-west, 1990. New Engine...camera. (Walk 6) Back cover, bottom: Grenville United - the pumping and whim engine houses at Fortescue's...Simon Vere Jones, 1995) EXPLORING CORNISH MINES Volume 2 First published 1995 by LANDFALL PUBLICATIONS...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | into the geology and geomorphology of south-west England Volume 6 Part 4 1987 Edited by G.M Power The...into the geology and geomorphology of southwest England and the surrounding marine areas; to hold Annual...Annual Conferences at various places in South West England where those engaged in this research can meet formally...SHEPHERD: Chronology of magmatism in south-west England: the minor intrusions. B. BOOTH and C.S. EXLEY:...pervasive hydrothermal alteration in the St. Austell Granite, Cornwall. M. STONE: Geochemistry and origin of |  | | Book (volume) | | XVI.—Hisrory Age of igneous rocks Granite of Cornwall Elvans Groby syenite and Mount "Sorel 228 229...existence of volcanoes . b . Pre-Cambrian volcanoes : St. David’s, Wrekin, &c. . Cambrian volcanoes . Devonian...strata ; é : : depression - CuapreR In England . In Anglesey . é . - 356] Gneiss . : 357...strata in England and elsewhere. 3. The appearances of regular structure in the mines of England, Germany...so populous, and of so diversified an aspect as England, necessarily produced a very intimate knowledge |  | Mellor, J. W. (1922) A Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry Vol. 2 - F, Cl, Br, I, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, London. | Book (volume) | | sulphuric acid liberates a peculiar acid which is united with lime in fluorspar. The acid was called Flusssdure... A. L. Lavoisier — ; wrote : It remains to-day to determine the nature of the fluoric radicle, but...few years later. H. Davy s theory is orthodox to-day. New facts as they arrived have fallen harmoniously... ; wise given the very name which it has to-day. J. L. Gay Lussac said : After this account...such a masterly fashion that it remains to this day a model of what such an investigation ought to be |
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