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Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

Heritage site, United Kingdom.

About Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

Cultural landscape. Listed with UNESCO World Heritage id 1215 (Wikidata).1

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People

Worked hereJohn TaylorHe ran Wheal Friendship at 19 and wrote the book on mining profits.2Discovered byWilliam GregorIn 1791 black sand from Cornwall's Manaccan valley held a new metal, later named titanium.3Worked hereHumphry DavyHe supported the Geological Society of Cornwall, founded in 1813.4

Mines

Worked atBotallack MineBotallack Mine lies about 21 km away.1Worked atDolcoath MineDolcoath Mine lies about 12 km away.1Worked atGeevor Tin MineGeevor Tin Mine lies about 21 km away.1Worked atLevant Mine and Beam EngineLevant Mine and Beam Engine lies about 22 km away.1Worked atSouth Crofty mineSouth Crofty mine lies about 12 km away.1Worked atWheal JaneWheal Jane lies about 22 km away.1

Places

ExamplesIronbridge GorgeAnother heritage site in the United Kingdom: Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape.5

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q464566 (Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape)
  2. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900: Taylor, Philip (includes John Taylor, 1779-1863) Wikisource (public domain source text)
  3. Gregor, William Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 vol 23 (public-domain text on Wikisource), article by G. C. Boase
  4. Davy, Humphry Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 vol 14 (public-domain text on Wikisource), article by Robert Hunt
  5. Wikidata item Q647958 (Ironbridge Gorge)

Pictures on this page: John Taylor (civil engineer).jpg, Mezzotint by Thomas Lawrence after Charles Turner (CC BY 4.0); Portrait of the Reverend William Gregor (1761–1817).jpg, John Hoppner, R.A. (Public domain).

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Pictures: Dolcoath tin mine, Camborne, Cornwall: miners in a mine shaft, standing on wooden platforms connected by ladders. Photograph by J. C. Burrow, 1890/1910., Burrow, J. C., 1852-1914 (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Timna in de Negevwoestijn; rotspartij "de zuilen van Salomo", Poll, Willem van de / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Pangkalpinang. Mijn 3b. Een reeks koelies bezig met het transporteeren van grond, Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).