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Dolcoath Surface Complex
Dolcoath Mine surface complex
Levant Mine Surface Complex & Railway to Stamps
General View of Site Explosive Store & misc Buildings
Cornish Stamp Battery
A Cornish stamp battery. A stamp battery is a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores.
Cornish Stamp Battery
A Cornish stamp battery. A stamp battery is a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores. This type of stamping machinery which would have contributed…
Ruins of Wheal Bellan Mining Buildings Cot Valley & Brisons
Wheal Bellan Mine. The building pictured is probably the "dry" where miners changed their clothes. Built in 1940 by the Ministry of Supply, it has since been demolished and is now a car park
Levant Ruins of Compressor and Generator House
Ruins of Levant Mind compressor and generator house.
Ruins of Wheal Sally
Woman standing, looking at ruins of Wheal Sally.
Ruins of Wheal Bellan Mining Buildings Cot Valley & Brisons
Wheal Bellan Mine. Pipes fed water under building from leat higher up the Valley. High speed small water wheel called Pelton Wheel used to generate compressed air or electricity. Only base remained, as of 1996.
Ruins of Wheal Bellan Mine Buildings Cot Valley
Bellan Mine. Building where ore crushing took place and frame work for settling tables. Built by Ministry of Supply 1940.
Ruins of Mining Buildings Cot Valley & Brisons
Wheal Bellan Mine. The building pictured is probably the "dry" where miners changed their clothes. Built in 1940 by the Ministry of Supply, it has since been demolished and is now a car park. Duplicate of MIN 8.035
Ruins of Mine Buildings Cot Valley & Brisons
Bellan Mine. The Stamping Mill Porth Nanven. Most of the buildings relate to the periods of working 1912-19 and 1939-45.
Twin Stamps at Levant Tin & Copper Mine
Twin stamps at Levant Tin and Copper Mine
Gurnards Head Mine & Photographers Hand Cart
A hand cart with photographer's equipment at Gurnard's Head Mine.
Beam Engine House Launders & Overshot Wheel
Beam, engine house, launders and overshot wheel at unnamed Cornish mine.
Engraving of Botallack Complex in 19th Century
Photo of an engraving which was on show at Redruth Library.
Pumping & Winding Engine Carn Galver
A typical Cornish mine scene of the 1880s. Pictured here is Carn Galver Mine, situated between Rosemergy and Porthmeor on the Land's End-to-St Ives coastal road. Remains of these buildings can still be seen near the Count House (administrative…
Rostowrack Engine St Austell
Engine is now housed in Holmans Museum Camborne
