King Edward Mine Mill from Open Day
King Edward Mine Mill filmed by Kirk Adams for the DVD 'CSM- A Nostalgic View', available from CSM Association. 'Proper Job', performed by Holman Climax Choir and Camborne Town Band. Much of the machinery in the mill (where tin ore is processed) is amongst the last of its kind in the world.
King Edward Mine:1930s Silent film from 1930s surveying.m4v
Silent film from the 1930s of King Edward Mine, by student from Camborne School of Mines who studied there.
King Edward Mine open day 2009.
King Edward Mine open day 2009, Troon near Camborne Cornwall. Replica of Trevithick's original 'Puffing Devil'.
Disused mining sites in Britain gain world heritage status
Pendeen, Cornwall - recent
1. Various, disused mines and mining-related structures at Geevor mine
Truro, Cornwall - recent
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Deborah Boden, Coordinator for Cornish Mining World Heritage Site
Well World Heritage Status is awarded by the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation, and basically it's for those places around the globe that for either their natural or their cultural significance are of more importance than purely locally. What we're talking about here are places that have in some way contributed to or changed the way we live as a human society. And that's why Cornwall's mining industry was awarded that status.
Camborne, Cornwall - recent
3. Tilt up engine building
4. Wide shot, mine building with rusty wheel in foreground
London - 2 November 2006
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Franseco Bandarin, director of World Heritage at UNESCO:
You see industrial archaeology is becoming a very important domain of conservation. We have many archaeological sites, mainly in this country, because it was the first country for the industrial revolution that signify the advancement of humanity. So this site is probably one of the most important in the world for the mining and production of copper and tin. So in a way it represents an extraordinary example of that sector in the industrial revolution.
Camborne, Cornwall - recent
6. Entrance to King Edward Mine museum
7. Pan across museum display piece
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Brooks, Mining Engineer/Director, King Edward Mine Museum
Cornwall led the world in mining, led it technologically, producing probably in excess of half the world's copper - remember, the world was a different place of course in 1850 - a major producer of copper, and then later tin which had been produced in smallish amounts for a long period. And then by 1870 we were probably producing something like half the world's tin.
9. Tony Brooks starting machinery in mine building
10. Drive wheel turning
11. Pull out from main water wheel
12. Worker brushing off 'shaking table'
13. Close shot 'shaking table'
14. Close shot, water dripping
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Brooks, Mining Engineer/Director, King Edward Mine Museum
It was the development of high-pressure steam by people like Trevithick and other engineers who took the basic beam engine, which was a very simple piece of kit, and turned it into what was known as the Cornish Engine which pumped all the mines here well into the twentieth century and was exported around the world. You can go to South Australia and you will see the iconic engine houses you see here. You can go to Mexico, you can go to the far west of Ireland and it looks like little Cornwall. The technology was driven by the minerals below our feet.
16. Worker demonstrating technology to visitor
17. Various of machinery used for extracting minerals from ore
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Deborah Boden, Coordinator for Cornish Mining World Heritage Site
Cornwall and West Devon were an incubator for the industrial revolution. Without the minerals, without the expertise and the population that was here, many of the things that we now take for granted would not have been able to be developed or developed so quickly. And from here thousands literally hundreds of thousands of people migrated around the globe. They took their skills, the took their culture with them and a result you have Cornish mining landscapes and the residual communities, if you like, all around the globe. That's definitely worth recognising and celebrating.
Pendeen, Cornwall - recent
19. Entrance to Geevor Tin Mine
20. Geevor sign
21. Tilt up shaft 'headgear'
22. Winching mechanism
23. Wide shot of mine shafts from top of headgear
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King Edward Mine Open Day 2012 - 'Loyal & True'
Porthleven Town Band playing 'Loyal & True' at the King Edward Mine Open Day, Troon, Cambourne - 29th April 2012
Geevor Tin Mine - Tin Mining in Cornwall UK
Geevor Tin Mine - Tin Mining in Cornwall UK - Cornish Mining World Heritage Site
Video Produced by Paul Dinning
Soundtrack is Peace of Mind:
The Knocker
Students, completing the Bronze level of Arts Award, created an imaginative film based on Cornish tales and filmed on location at King Edward Mine with the support of film maker Brett Harvey.
Wheal Grenville Mine and Engine Houses - Tin Mining in Cornwall
Wheal Grenville Mine and Engine Houses - Tin Mining in Cornwall
Video Produced by Paul Dinning
Soundtrack is Peace of Mind:
History of Cornish Mining - Botallack Mine - Features in Poldark
Visit to Botallack Mine April 2014.
The Botallack Mine is in west Cornwall, United Kingdom.
The village is in a former tin mining area situated between the town of St Just in Penwith and the village of Pendeen.
Crown Mines, former tin mines, are low down the cliffs north of Botallack. There are two engine houses here and the mine extends for about 400 metres out under the Atlantic ocean; the deepest shaft is 250 fathoms (about 500m) below sea level.
The mine ruins in the area are protected by the National Trust.There are two arsenic works opposite the Botallack Mine count house. At the top of the cliffs there are also the remains of one of the mine's arsenic-refining works.
The BBC television series Poldark was filmed partly in Botallack, using Manor Farm as Nampara.
The mining developments around Botallack form part of the St Just mining district's successful inclusion in the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage site which was approved in July 2006.
History of Cornish Tin Mines collection
Cornish tin mine.
The mineral Botallackite has its type locality here.
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This film will give you some idea of how miners in Poldark times would have worked as we descend a typical man way laddered shaft.
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Cornwall's Geevor Tin Mine
The PBS series Poldark shows the heyday of Cornwall's tin-mining industry. But in the late 20th century, that industry collapsed. And today, the last mine to close is now open to visitors — dedicated to telling the miners’ story.
The Geevor Mine, which closed in 1990, represents the last hurrah not only of Cornish tin mining, but, in a sense, of Britain's Industrial Age. Exploring it, I gained a better appreciation for the simple yet noble lives of miners. And my visit nudged me to consider more thoughtfully the plight of miners in the USA.
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History of Cornish Mining - Kill the Wabbit underground adventure.
History of Cornish Tin Mines - Kill the Wabbit another underground adventure with Gazman.
In this episode of History of Cornish Tin Mines, we start up at the engine houses in Troon before entering an undisclosed mine. With a little Buggs Bunny chase for fun, this trip visits 2 big stopes and the shaft station. This place would make an epic horror movie but as always, experience and a high degree of caution is required in this sort of environment and certainly not for the inexperienced or unguided, to top that off bad air needs monitoring as it gets very thin in places. The shaft here is 950 feet deep and concrete lined to perfection down to 700 feet, with a modern ladder way, zinc tin and copper were mined here in the large stopes that range from 1 metre wide to 19 metres wide.
If you're on holiday in Cornwall and would like to look around a Cornish Tin Mine I would recommend Geevor Tin Mine at Pendeen, this is where I worked as a miner, the staff and the historic set up here are excellent and a short walk from here is the excellent Levant Mine museum where you can visit the scene of the 1919 disaster, this is run by the national trust.
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All filmed with GoPro Black Edition.
Small clip from Bugs Bunny - Looney Tunes
Photographic stills by Mark Thomas
Music created by myself with exception of Flight of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner.
2 sound samples used Chain sample by Mike Koenig
Scary Demons samples by Adam Webb in tunnel scene.
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Wheal Prosper Mine and Cornish Engine House - Tin Mining in Cornwall
Wheal Prosper Mine and Cornish Engine House - Tin Mining in Cornwall
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The Great Recovery workshop: Geevor tin mine
Our first workshop, in Geevor Tin Mine, Cornwall. Seeing how ti is dug up out of the ground and how it's used in products.
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Pumps and Mines Ep.2
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Taylors Shaft Cornish Engine House at East Pool Mine - Tin Mining in Cornwall
Taylors Shaft Cornish Pumping Engine House at East Pool Mine - Tin Mining in Cornwall
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GHOST HUNT - SECRET MINING LOCATION, CAMBORNE ,CORNWALL
A short film to show a very paranormal and spooky location
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Levant Mine steam-driven beam engine, Pendeen, UK
History of Cornish Mining - The Time Tunnel - Great Flat Lode
My Exploration of the Great Flat Lode 15th June 2014
In the 1860s a 2 mile long 'lode' of tin ore was discovered in this area, where copper had previously been worked. Lying at an angle of 30 degrees, rather than the more usual 70 degrees, it was flatter than most, giving it its name the 'Great Flat Lode'. Drilling holes in the hard Cornish rock was time consuming and hard work. Early miners drilled holes by hand and used black gunpowder to blast the rock apart. A steal drill rod, was used to create the hole using a hammer or two miners hammering for increased speed. The steal was turned after each hit of the hammer, this would chip out a piece of rock. This would eventually create a round hole. The drilled hole was called a 'shothole'. black gunpowder could be poured into the hole and ignited to blast the rock apart.
Drilling holes in the hard rock of Cornwall was laborious and time consuming. It could take many hours of strenuous effort to bore a 2ft hole, When I worked at Geevor Tin Mine I could drill 20 plus 6-8 holes in granite during a shift.
Filmed on GoPro 3 black edition, music mixes are my own creation. Time Tunnel intro from 1960s TV program. Trelawny sung outside a pub in Helston.
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This film will give you some idea of how miners in Poldark times would have worked as we descend a typical man way laddered shaft.