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The Cornish Miner in America: the Contribution to the Mining History of the United States by Emigrant Cornish Miners: the Men Called Cousin Jacks. Arthur H. Clark (publisher). September 1995. ISBN 978-0-87062-238-0. White, Helen M. Cornish Cousins of Minnesota, Lost and Found: St. Piran's Society of Minnesota. Minnesota Heritage Publications. 1997.
The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape is a World Heritage Site which includes select mining landscapes in Cornwall and West Devon in the south west of England. The site was added to the World Heritage List during the 30th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Vilnius , July 2006.
The Mineral Tramways Trails are a series of public leisure trails located in mid west Cornwall.The network comprises over 60 kilometres (37 mi) of trails, which largely follow the routes of former tram and railway lines for transporting goods and materials to and from the many copper and tin mines which historically operated in the region.
Cape Cornwall Mine opened in 1838 during the Cornish mining boom. [1] The mine was sited on Cape Cornwall itself at the western extremity of Great Britain, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) west of the town of St Just. [1] The small and relatively unremarkable mine closed in 1849. [2]
Geevor Tin Mine (from Cornish: Hwel an Gever, meaning "mine of the goats"), [1] formerly North Levant Mine is a tin mine in the far west of Cornwall, England, between the villages of Pendeen and Trewellard. It was operational between 1911 and 1990 during which time it produced about 50,000 tons of black tin.
The King Edward Mine at Camborne, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom is a mine wholly owned by Cornwall Council. At the end of the 19th century, students at the Camborne School of Mines spent much of their time doing practical mining and tin dressing work in the local tin mines. The industry was almost in terminal decline and the surviving mines ...
The St Agnes Mining District is that part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape UNESCO World Heritage Site surrounding the village of St Agnes, Cornwall, UK. It contains Wheal Coates tin mine , Great Wheal Charlotte copper mine and Blue Hills, which is the only surviving tin production centre in the United Kingdom [ 1 ]
The Tywarnhayle mine was opened in 1826 as United Hills Mine but the name was changed in 1848 to Tywarnhayle Mine. It was an important source of copper ore until about 1860. [16] Its engine house, Taylors Shaft, is visible in the hills surrounding the coastal village. [1] The mine was located about 1 kilometre southeast of Porthtowan.