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Beam, engine house, launders and overshot wheel at unnamed Cornish mine.

A hand cart with photographer's equipment at Gurnard's Head Mine.

Twin stamps at Levant Tin and Copper Mine

Bellan Mine. The Stamping Mill Porth Nanven. Most of the buildings relate to the periods of working 1912-19 and 1939-45.

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

Bellan Mine. Building where ore crushing took place and frame work for settling tables. Built by Ministry of Supply 1940.

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.

Woman standing, looking at ruins of Wheal Sally.

Ruins of Levant Mind compressor and generator house.

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

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…

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.

General View of Site Explosive Store & misc Buildings

Dolcoath Mine surface complex

A photograph of an etching of men emerging from the adit at Levant Mine surface complex. "Drawn and etched by AMP" (or AMS?) Levant Mine (National Trust)

A horse-powered winding "whim". A whim, also called a whim gin or a horse capstan, is a device similar to a windlass used in mining for hauling materials to the surface. It comprises a capstan or a wide drum with a vertical axle. A rope is wound…

The ruins of Wheal Coates mine above Chapel Porth on the north Cornish coast. A rare sunset shot taken in the 1970s by artist Tony Giles.

Mine surface complex.