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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.
Levant Mine and Beam Engine is a National Trust property at Trewellard, Pendeen, near St Just, Cornwall, England, UK. Its main attraction is that it has the world's only Cornish beam engine still operated by steam on its original site.
The Australian Cornish Mining Sites are historic sites in South Australia listed jointly on the Australian National Heritage List. There are two distinct sites – Burra in the mid-north of the state and Moonta Mines in the northern Yorke Peninsula region. The heritage value of both sites relates to their history as mines worked by migrant miners from Cornwall. The sites were inscribed on the ...
The Port of Hayle (Cornish: Porth Heyl) [1] is an important mining port, harbour and former industrial centre located in the town of Hayle, on the north coast of Cornwall. [2] The Port is within the area of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage site.
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.
Three later attempts to open the mine since that time were failures; the first was due to water issues but the last two were due to local opposition. [13] [21] The Ding Dong Mine is now part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage site. [22] The mine's engine house has been designated a Grade II building since 1988. [23]
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]