The Great Flat Lode Trail Camborne Cornwall
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Carn Brea and Great Flat Lode trail run
Six-mile trail run exploring Cornwall's Great Flat Lode Trail and views from the top of Carn Brea. Mapping for this and other runs available at runtodiscover.blogspot.com.
History of Cornish Mining - Biking the Great Flat Lode
Biking the Great Flat Lode.
Here I cycle the Basset Mine sett of the Great Flat Lode and take a trip to Carn Brea Castle and monument.
The Great Flat Lode - South Wheal Frances
The Mines of the Great Flat Lode near Redruth in Cornwall. Cathedrals of stone, silent witness to the thousands of Cornish Miners. South Wheal Frances later became part of the Basset Mines Group.
History of Cornish Mining - The Time Tunnel - Great Flat Lode 2
My Exploration of the Great Flat Lode 26th July 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.
Blue Pool Copper Sulphate from the remains of copper in the mine.
What is copper sulfate?
Copper sulfate is an inorganic compound that combines sulfur with copper. It can kill bacteria, algae, roots, plants, snails, and fungi. The toxicity of copper sulfate depends on the copper content. Copper is an essential mineral. It can be found in the environment, foods, and water. Copper sulfate has been registered for use in pesticide products in the United States since 1956.
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.
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.
Green Van Texting in traffic - Camborne/Redruth
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Wheal Frances Mine- Daytime Investigation
Wheal Frances is a village in Cornwall, England, UK. It is located in the civil parish of Perranzabuloe. The village was noted for the South Wheal Frances Mine of which many ruins remain. Mining began in the local area in the early 1720s. After Lady Frances Bassett, the mineral Lord, offered a new lease on the land in 1834 it resumed production and experiences a golden period for ore production was the 1850s. By the early 20th century, several thousand men, women and children worked in the mine. A 75-inch cylinder pumping engine house with a was built at Marriott's shaft in 1847 and pumped water from Pascoe's shaft as well as Marriott's. In 1857 a 24-inch winder was installed in close proximity. Between 1896 and 1899 a major refurbishment of the shaft was undertaken, enabling mining to take places as far down as 6,000 feet. Due to a slump in tin prices during World War I it ceased operations in 1918.
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It is documented that 14 people died here in mining accidents. There was probably a lot more but there is definitly 14 documented deaths that I have managed to find online at cmhrc...
In this video I explore the ruins of the old mining site and take some video clips in 1080 HD. I also do some EVP work and take some full spectrum photos because ghosts are said to be seen a lot better in this spectrum of light due to the so called ectoplasmic residue that they are said to be made up of. This is part 1 of the daytime investigation video and shows me attending the mine site at Wheal Frances for the very first time and walking around it taking photos and filming. Part 2 will be coming soon and it will have more videos and photos. I will be returning here again very soon to do a night time investigation with my night vision camera, digitial recorder, spirit box and k2 meter to try and capture any evidence.
A Story About Tin Mining in Ipoh Year 1911
This video clip shown at 49th MD 308 Lions Convention Opening Ceremony 30/4/2011 @ Indera Mulia Stadium Ipoh
This Part 1, Part 2 is live acting on the actual event after this video clip
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Main Actors : Carman Loh / Lion Francis Lai / Lion A Balakhrishnan / Azman Bin Shamsudin
Main Actress : Yoong Ching Ching / Lion Crystal Hor
Supporting Actors : Lion Wong Lean Fatt / Lion Royce Ng
Supporting Actress : Lion Bibi Lam / Lion Mary Goh / Lion Yong Sow Ngor / Lion Foo Mee Yoong / Lion Ee Poh Sam / Mrs Wong Lean Fatt
Cameraman : Arts Video Filming
Film Editing : Bow Creative ( bow.com.my )
Filming Locations Arrangement : PDG Oon Peng Lam / Lion Jimmy Chua / Lion Bibi Lam / Lion Mary Goh
Filming Location : Dollar Valley (M) Sdn Bhd owner of Tin Mine area at Tanjong Tualang
Tin Mines - Nation on Film - Drill & Blast - Cornwall
Here's a fascinating documentary about the decline of the Cornish Tin Mining Industry - Nation on Film - Drill & Blast - BBC 2003. I copied this from a tape loaned to me about 10 years ago so sorry about the missing last couple of minutes of the programme.
Nation on Film - Drill & Blast - Tin Mines.
The tin that was mined in Cornwall helped to fuel the hi-tech consumer
revolution that changed all our lives.
But the close-knit communities that worked in the mines paid a heavy price.
Until the post-war era, under investment in the mines made them hazardous
places to work.
Through archive film footage and testimony from miners and their families,
Nation On Film examines the backbreaking toil that went on hundreds of feet
below the Cornish landscape. The daughter of a miner describes how she would
try and stop her father from going to work because of the dust disease that
killed many miners.
Early black and white film shows surface workers attempting to protect
themselves from arsenic, which is also found in tin mines, by tying
handkerchiefs around their faces.
The mines began to close when the system for supporting the international
price of tin collapsed. The Cornish miners took their case to Westminster
but were refused long-term assistance. As the mines closed, a sense of
betrayal was felt in the mining communities and the Cornish countryside
still bears the scars of the disused mines.
An Introduction to the Cornwall and West Devon Mining landscape
Wheal Magdalene - Ponsanooth Cornwall
Mine exploring in Wheal Magdalene tin mine in Ponsanooth Cornwall.
Carn Brea Castle A Panorama View
I recently found some VHS C tape's i thought i'd thrown years ago,this is one of them .A trip to Carn Brea Castle in 1991 when my old sharp C670 was almost brand new,it still works fine today although its a bit of a brick............
ST JUST. CORNWALL COASTAL WALK. BOTALLACK OLD TIN MINE. POLDARK COUNTRY. 2018
We continue our Cornwall Camper van adventure with a blustery jaunt along the Cornwall coastal path, near ST JUST, to check out the area made famous by Poldark, and the amazing coastal tin mines, including the cliff edge BOTALLACK MINE. Fantastic views and spectacular scenery made for a fabulous days' walk!!
intro/outro:
Music: Heartland - Silent Partner
Music: Happiness - bensound.com
Praze Carnival 2011
Carnival night in Praze-an-Beeble, Cornwall.
Praze-an-Beeble, Drain Scan
Carn Brea and Wheal Basset Tour CBA 2010
Council for British Archaeology Weekend Event in Cornwall 2010
Hosted by Truro & Penwith College, The National Trust & The Royal Cornwall Museum on behalf of the CBA South West
This is the Sunday afternoon (17/10/10) part of the programme
Industrial Revolution : Cornish Mining Documentary
Season 2 Episode 8. Heavy Metal
Industrial Revelations is a Documentary show showing the connections between related industrial advances and the British industrial revolution
Camborne collecting the Cornwall Cup
Captain Dave Roberts lift the County Cup at Reduth after defeating Wadebridge
Fun and Fulfilment
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History of Cornish Mining - Cligga Mine Revisited - Poldark Times
Cornish Tin Mine and Mining History - Cligga Mine Revisited - Cligga Head, Perranporth Cornwall. 3 ghostly images are in the footage from Nosferatu (copyright expired).
Revisit of Cligga Tin Mine with much improved lighting, filmed on my GoPro3, 3 hour trip condensed into 30 minutes no software enhancement required. Cree t6 and XML-U2 lamps provide incredible lighting.
Bob and myself both have extensive knowledge of mines and mining techniques through working in the industry, old workings are extremely dangerous and must only be entered with a full understanding of how they work, many transfer chutes, winzes, shafts and open stopes make it a hazardous environment.
History of Cligga Mine.
Cligga Wolfram & Tin Mine lies on the cliff tops about one and a quarter miles southwest of Perranporth on the North Cornish coast. The granite pegmatite cliffs have been altered to greisen and exhibit jointing and veining. The veins often filled with cassiterite (tin oxide), wolframite, mispickel (arsenical pyrite) and the copper/iron suphides, chalcopyrite and bornite. Silver ore has also been reported here.
There is one shaft on the sett called Contact Shaft and two adits, one at beach level called Beach Adit, the other atop the cliffs and unsurprisingly called Cliff Adit. The mine worked in the early part of the twentieth century although 'Old Men's Workings' from the past are quite visible as you approach the area. Mining restarted in 1938 after a period of closure prior to the mine being taken over by the 'Rhodesian Mines Trust Limited in 1939'.
Trials were carried out around this time to see if it was more feasible to work the stockwork as an open cast pit rather than an underground mine, but this came to nothing. There is surprisingly little information on Cligga although there are production records showing that between 1940 and 1944, 300 tons of wolfram and 200 tons of black tin were raised and sold.
1945 Cligga Mine closed. The War was nearly over and shipments of American tungsten were now arriving regularly in England. The high cost of producing a small quantity of tungsten from Cligga could no longer by justified and therefore, production at Cligga was halted.
In 1962 the 'Geevor Mining Company took out a lease on the mine and in collaboration with the Sungesi Besi, Tronoh and Panang Companies started a programme of shaft rehabilitation and deepening with a view to re-opening the mine. Contact shaft was deepened to 550 feet from surface, drives 'on lode' were started both seawards and inland. However water was hit at about 250 feet from the shaft and work there abandoned. The seaward drive continued for some 800 feet before further exploration by diamond drilling commenced. The results were inconclusive, and by early 1964 Geevor had decided to unwater 'Levant' mine instead of re-opening Cligga.
1976 there was renewed interest in mining for tin on a small scale at Cligga, and Wheal Concord undertook a limited programme of evaluation. Wheal Concord Ltd planned to re-open contact shaft in 1984-1985, but the collapse of the tin-market in October 1985 put a stop to this.
Cornish tin mines are dangerous only people with knowledge of working mines should enter but then only with extreme caution.
History of Cornish Tin Mines collection
All music composed with vst plugins and keyboard with mixer, even then had to re up due to a copyright issue and it was my very own work - crazy. 39 views until then.
Cligga Mine modern history.
1938 September 21st the Cligga Wolfram and Tin Mines Ltd was founded and soon after completion of the installation the rich ore veins were exploited.
1939 The Rhodesian Mines Trust Ltd. took over the company Contact shaft was extended until it reached close to sea level and new stopes were drilled to fully exploit the ore body.
1940, vibration from blasting caused the first of several collapses of the area of cliffs housing the process water pumps (at the northern end of the beach). Eventually, a tunnel was driven to the northwest and a new pump chamber established just above sea level, well away from the effects of blasting.
1941 with the new pump system functional, it was possible to increase production. However, although production had increased, the cost of production had also increased.
1945 Cligga Mine closed. The War was nearly over and shipments of American tungsten were now arriving regularly in England. The high cost of producing a small quantity of tungsten from Cligga could no longer by justified and therefore, production at Cligga was halted.
Early 1962 the ‘Geevor Mining Company took out a lease on the mine and in collaboration with the Sungesi Besi, Tronoh and Panang Companies started a programme of shaft rehabilitation and deepening with a view to re-opening the mine. Contact shaft was deepened to 550 feet from surface, drives ‘on lode’ were started both seawards and inland.