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an area now most famous for its beaches and surfing but also home to fishing fleets and once an important mining area. "two hundred years ago cornwall's tin and copper mines were at the heart of the uk's industrial revolution and this summer cornwall will again be the nucleus ...
mines. A man engine was installed in 1857 in order to get miners to and from the deepest mines. This failed in 1919 and 31 miners were killed with many more injured; within 11 years the mine had closed, partly due to the falling prices of copper, tin and arsenic but it could be ...
This led to Cornwall being one of the world’s largest suppliers of tin world wide for more than 100 years. Mining began a decline by the middle of the 20th century and virtually stopped in the 1980s, although there are still attempts to revive some mines as the price of tin and ...
Timothy M. SperringEnvironmental Geochemistry & HealthSperring, TM (1994) The environmental effects of the closure of Cornish tin mines. Soc. Env. Geochem. Health 16: pp. 80-81Sperring TM (1994) The environmental effects of the closure of Cornish tin mines. Soc. Env. Geochem. Health 16:...
The late 1860s were very hard times in Cornwall with Cornish mines struggling to compete on the international market. James like many miners looked for opportunities elsewhere, and by 1871 Annie was managing the family on her own in St Just. It is not clear where James went at first but ...
The late 1860s were very hard times in Cornwall with Cornish mines struggling to compete on the international market. James like many miners looked for opportunities elsewhere, and by 1871 Annie was managing the family on her own in St Just. It is not clear where James went at first but ...