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Charles Jelbert of Zennor, working on the 230 foot fathom level at Levant in 1970, finds an old tram left after the man - engine disaster Oct 1919
Carn Galva Mine
Carn Galva Mine - Bosigran
Tram Tools
Tram Tools General Display
Engine Houses Three Chimneys Smoking
Engine houses smoking, unidentified mine.
Engine Houses Three Chimneys Smoking
Engine houses smoking, unidentified mine, seen across field.
Engine House Chimney Smoking
Engine house smoking, unidentified mine, with cars in front.
Engine Houses Smoking
Engine houses smoking, unidentified mine.
Wheal Prosper Engine House Rinsey
Wheal Prosper engine house, Rinsey, in April 1978
Two Ruined Engine Houses Chimneys Smoking
Two ruined engine houses with chimneys smoking.
Coarse Arsenic Powder being Shovelled into Mill at South Crofty,
In the 19th century, large quantities of arsenic were refined and exported to the Americas for use against the boll weevil which was then threatening to destroy American cotton crops. After heat treatment, the arsenic was ground in a mill similar…
Miners with Acetylene Lamps in Hats Wheal Veor
Miners at Wheal Veor (Wheal Vor) Mine, wearing gear and helmets with acetylene lamps.
Ruins of Levant Buildings
The ruins of Levant Mine, showing Headgear engine house.
Levant Surveying with Theodolite on Surface
Men surveying on the surface at Levant Mine, with a theodolite.
Levant Surface Complex before Pendeen Lighthouse
An early photograph of Levant Mine before the 1899 construction of Pendeen Lighthouse.
Levant Hand Drilling below the Sea
Levant, hand drilling below the sea. Four men pictured with tools.
Perranuthnoe Village , view from Trebarvah .
Copy of a post card of Perranuthnoe Village viewed from Trebarvah
showing Wheal Charlotte Mine top right
showing Wheal Charlotte Mine top right
Pump Collar Wherry Mine , Penzance.
Pump Collar, Wherry Mine , Wherrytown beach low tide, Penzance
Wherrytown Mine.
Print showing Wherrytown Mine Pump column, on the sea shore at low tide, from the Promenade, Penzance