| | 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) | 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...St. Ives, Cornwall. Origination and Printing by Dowrick Design and Print, St. Ives, Cornwall. CONTENTS | | | Report (issue) | Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey ...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...tour111aline peacl1 ce111e11ted by quartz. ( b ) East Pool. Quartz , ,volfram , and 1nispickel. (c) Dolcoath | | | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 (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 | Perran Porth, Cornwall. Presented by H. Humphries. 2. NATIVE COPPER. From Penibrol,e Mine, St. A.1.istell...istell, Cornwall. Presented by R. Taylor, F.G.S. 3. NATIVE COPPER, intc1"mingled , \vith qt1artz. .Devon...COPPER a,nd RED-OXIDE of COPPER. St. Austell, Cornwall. 8 & 9. driform . NATIVE COPPER, den- From...Cornioall. Cornwall. 11. lized. NATIVE COPPER, crystal- Carn Brea, near Bedrutli, Cornwall. 12. NATIVE...Liza,rd District, Corn- St. George Mine, Perran Porth, Cornwall. Presented by H. IIumphries. F.R.S | | | Book | the floor of the principal room is devoted to the mine rals, and to their application in the arts. In... The principal copper-producing districts are Cornwall, Devonshire (West of Dartmoor), Cumberland, Anglesey... of - District. Mines. Copper Ore. Tons. Cornwall and Devon Northern Counties Wales - Ireland ...with quartz. From the Great St. George Mine, Perran Perth, Cornwall. Presented by H. Humphries. 4, 5, &...Prseniºriy Mr. Graham. 2. NATIVE COPPER. From Pembroke Mine, St. Austell, Presented by R. Taylor, F.G.S. Presented | | | Book | Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...Uranium . ORDER XI. Tin. Genus 1. OXIDE . 191. Cassiterite . Genus 2. SULPHIDE IN COMBINA TION . 192. Stannine...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...on Kergiliack estate near Pen a. Coberard ; at a mine near the head of Borrowdale, near Lometer, rearis...in the Isle of Man. Scotland . At Craigman coal -mine, near New Cumnock in Ayrshire, massive and columnar | | | 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 | 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%...STORICAL AND MONUMENTAL, OF IDE COUNTY OF CORNWALL.’* Devon and Cornwall) were first discovered by tne Phornicians...among<^ which they prolmbly reckoned the west of Cornwall, carried on so considerable a trade here, that...that • called by the two names of Devonshire and Cornwall, and the small islands adjacent to Con^wall, now |
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