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What was the purpose of streaming? There were two distinct types of tin streaming, which in turn could be sub-divided into several others. The original streamers were working for alluvial tin, washed from mineral lode outcrops over many thousands of years, into the valley bottoms.
Mining holds a special place in the hearts of the Cornish. Its origins stretch back into the mists of antiquity. Bronze requires copper and tin so it is likely that tin, which outcrops onto the surface and can be streamed, was produced in Cornwall in the second millennium BCE.
Cornwall & Devon. These counties are rich in a variety of metal ores, and are the UK’s only source of tin. It was found in veins associated with five major granite intrusions (Land’s End, Carnmenellis, St Austell, Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor) and eleven small ones (St Michael’s Mount, Tregonning-Godolphin, Carn Brea, Carn Marth, St Agnes ...
In the heart of beautiful countryside surrounded by open moorland and gushing streams, Wendron is one of the smallest Areas in the Site – although its rich tin deposits meant it once had enough inhabitants to rival the combined population of Redruth and Camborne.
- Mining History
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- Reality of Mining
- Tin Coast Footpath
Since 2006, 48,700 acres of Cornwall and West Devon’s mining landscape has been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Focused on the key period 1700 to 1914, when metal mining provided the raw materials to feed Britain’s Industrial Revolution and pioneered far-reaching technological developments, the site boasts remains of more than 200 Cornis...
Geevor Tin Mine in Pendeen is the largest preserved mining site in Britain. Pick up a map (and hard hat) at reception and intersperse explorations with refreshments at the Count House Café overlooking the sea. The whole site is a great place to get an overview of the Cornish mining story, bringing 18th-century Wheal Mexico (“wheal” means “mine”), G...
Geevor’s museum tells plenty more about the mining technology, tinplate, and tin-for-coal ties with South Wales and its smelters. Fascinating artefacts also illuminate the people who made it all happen: the mineral lords and investors— “adventurers”—who won fortunes, and everyday working families whose livelihoods depended on the mines and vagaries...
After a half-mile walk along the Tin Coast footpath, or a short road drive passing the National Trust’s atmospheric Higher Bal engine house, there’s the chance to join a guided tour and see the restored 1840s beam engine running on steam at Levant Mine (Tressiders Rolling Mill in recent Poldark TV filming). For 110 years Levant, dramatically set on...
A HISTORICAL labour of love so weighty that it once fell and broke one of its author’s feet has been unveiled to the world after more than 15 years’ research. The Spirit of Dartmoor Tin is a three-volume tome on the importance of tin mining in shaping the lives and landscape of Dartmoor.
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Lost industrial landscapes. The intense heat and pressures generated as the granite of Dartmoor formed, produced a rich mineral layer which included tin, copper and iron ores. Early settlers...
