The Botallack Mine (Cornish: Bostalek)[citation needed] is a former mine in Botallack in the west of Cornwall, UK. Since 2006 it has been part of the...
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Path leads to Botallack Mine, via a cliff-top footpath. In 1919 the engine used to transport men between the different levels of the mine failed, leading...
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Penwith and the village of Pendeen. The Botallack Mine, former tin mines, are low down the cliffs north of Botallack. Roger Hilton (1911–1975), an abstract...
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Mining in Cornwall and Devon (section Hemerdon Mine)
extracted for use in paint, weedkillers and insecticides (most notably at Botallack in the late 19th century), it was generally a by-product of tin and copper...
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represents the 'Nampara Valley', and the Botallack Mine near St Just in Penwith, which is featured as 'Wheal Leisure', the mine that Ross Poldark attempts to resurrect...
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mining engineering enabled the exploitation of much deeper mines. In a few cases these mines even extended both to multiple levels and workings below the...
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named Jan telling him about a house of water that was discovered in Botallack Mine and how it was cleared. The greatest loss of life in Cornwall caused...
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Estate Tatton Park Antony House Boscastle Botallack Mine Cadsonbury Carnewas & Bedruthan Steps Cornish Mines & Engines Cotehele Glendurgan Garden Godolphin...
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The arsenic labyrinth, part of Botallack Mine, Cornwall...
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has views of the West Cornwall coast, and of the former tin mines nearby. In 1950, Botallack Manor became a Grade II* listed building; it is the only Grade...
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Bolventor Boscastle flood of 2004 Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency) Botallack Mine Brenda Wootton British International Helicopters British Isles Britpop...
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Wheal Prosper (category Tin mines in Cornwall)
Kingdom. The mine seen from the sea The nearby mine captains house Cornwall portal Wheal Trewavas Wheal Vor Botallack Mine Levant Mine and Beam Engine...
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Cu2(OH)3Cl is a secondary copper mineral, named for its type locality at the Botallack Mine, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. It is polymorphous with atacamite, paratacamite...
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polymorphous with botallackite and atacamite. It has been found in Chile, Botallack Mine in Cornwall, Broken Hill, Australia, and in Italy at Capo Calamita on...
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guard of honour for a visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales to Botallack Mine in 1867. The unit was re-designated No. 10 Battery, Duke of Cornwall...
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Francis Oats (section Government mines inspector)
Agent in 1871. He was mining captain at Botallack Mine. For a while Oats also gave science classes in the Botallack district. He married Elizabeth Ann Olds...
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color. This rare mineral was first found, and later identified, in the Botallack Mine in Cornwall, England. It is also a rare corrosion product on archaeological...
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quantities of minerals, particularly cassiterite, an ore of tin which has been mined since about 2000 BC. Other minerals include china clay and ores of copper...
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Wheal Owles (category Tin mines in Cornwall)
employed there, 110 men and 21 women. Driving eastwards, towards the Botallack Mine, the Cercendrey and Cargotha lodes were intersected and a large amount...
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Wheal Trewavas (category Copper mines in Cornwall)
Levant Mine and Beam Engine Botallack Mine Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wheal Trewavas. Historic England. "Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south...
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Pendeen (section Geevor tin mine)
Boscaswell Downs, Lower Boscaswell, Trewellard, Carnyorth and part of Botallack. This area remains part of the civil parish of St Just. Before the splitting...
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Societies; 1975. ISBN 978-0-904040-05-0. Peter Joseph. Hard Graft: Botallack Mine in the Twentieth Century. Trevithick Society; 2010. ISBN 978-0-904040-82-1...
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gauge and standard gauge, were built to serve the china clay quarries and mines of this area. The sand and gravel extraction industries made extensive use...
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Massif Alluaiv Mountain Kedykverpakhk Mountain Umbozero Mine England, UK St Just District Botallack – Pendeen Area North America Canada Quebec Rouville County...
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for the Work. Clarkson Stanfield. Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1836 Botallack Mine, Cornwall; Hastings; Havre de Grace The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell...
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ceased in Cornwall in 1998 with the closure of South Crofty Mine, Pool, the last tin mine to operate in Europe. The World Heritage Site comprises discrete...
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and for tin. Mines within the area included Boscaswell Downs, Balleswidden, Parknoweth, Boscean, Wheal Owles, Wheal Boys, Levant, Botallack and Geevor (which...
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coast but the cliffs then continue beyond the iconic, disused Crowns Mine at Botallack. From Cape Cornwall at St Just, the Path heads southwards to sandy...
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Garage, Boulogne. Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 3 October 2012. Crowns Mine, Botallack. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Penlee House Gallery...
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of the mines. Tin mining once played an important part in the economy of Penwith, with mines across the district including Levant, Botallack, Cape Cornwall...
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