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The Engine House of Towanroath shaft is dramatically perched on the Cornish... (more)

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This three-storey building was the original Whim Engine House of Wheal Coates... (more)

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Looking from the carpark at SW72615131 over to Wheal Kitty about ½ mile NE of St... (more)

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Magpie Tin Mine Active from 1740 to 1958... (more)

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Originally known as Chacewater Mine, Wheal Busy has a rich history of tin,... (more)

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Originally known as Chacewater Mine, Wheal Busy has a rich history of tin,... (more)

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There are numerous chimneys dotted about the former Levant Mine workings. Some... (more)

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The Levant Mine used to produce copper, tin and arsenic. The first mine appeared... (more)

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According to a guidebook, this tin-roofed stone building was associated with tin... (more)

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The position is a best guess. A tin lode crosses the valley at this point and... (more)

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Wheal Busy was at various times mined for copper, tin and arsenic. This house... (more)

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The National trust now own this former tin mine and operate the steam winding... (more)

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Positions are approximate. As part of the visit to this former tin mine one can... (more)

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A former tin mine that is now a museum. All the buildings in the foreground and... (more)

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These three engine houses are part of Wheal Owles. This was a tin and copper... (more)

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This shaft and the chimney date from a period of reworking at Botallack between... (more)

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These two engine houses are part of Wheal Owles. This was a tin and copper mine... (more)

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Initially a successful copper mine and then later worked for tin. Between 1844... (more)

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Former tin mine that is now a museum site. Seen from the public footpath to Levant.

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A former tin mine that is now an excellent museum.

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A former tin mine now a museum. This is the compressor house with three Alley... (more)

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A former tin mine now a museum. The three compressors are by Alley &... (more)

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Electric winding engine house with air receivers in front. A former tin mine... (more)

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A former tin mine that is now a museum.

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A view on the underground tour of this former tin mine. The position is a guess.... (more)

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This picturesque engine house is Listed Grade II and was erected in 1902 for a... (more)

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East Boscaswell also known as Wheal Hearle and records show that the mine... (more)

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Wheal Busy was at various times mined for copper, tin and arsenic. This house... (more)

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An early example of a froth flotation cell used for separating ore containing... (more)

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The remains of the tin mine workings and associated ruins from across the River... (more)

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Waste dumps in the foreground and the Geevor Mine buildings beyond. This is a... (more)

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The pumping engine house for a 60" engine and its separate stack are both... (more)

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Looking along the strike of the loads of the Birch Tor and Vitifer mine complex.... (more)

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All jumbled up are the remains of a tin mine, explosives/munitions factory and a... (more)

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South Wheal Frances was a large mine that initially mined copper and then later... (more)

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The ruinous and overgrown engine house is on the left and the chimney on the... (more)

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This engine house had been converted to a miner's dry and as a consequence... (more)

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This is the bottom end of the extensive processing plant where the ore... (more)

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Serried rank of shaking tables used in the separation of tin ore (cassiterite)... (more)

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The processing mill is vast and partly stripped out. This section is well... (more)

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A set of waterwheel powered stamps that have been erected as part of the... (more)

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I hope this is the right way up but there is a lack of reference here. Also, the... (more)

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In one of the underground chambers is this small set of stamps (6 head) belt... (more)

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This tin mine long closed lives on as living museum. Retaining equipment from... (more)

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Wheal Grenville, later Grenville United, was on the western end of the Great... (more)

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