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St Just

Boom town, United Kingdom.

About St Just

Town in west Cornwall, England, UK.1

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Mines

Worked atBotallack MineSt Just lies close to Botallack Mine.1Worked atGeevor Tin MineGeevor Tin Mine lies about 3 km away.1Worked atLevant Mine and Beam EngineLevant Mine and Beam Engine lies about 3 km away.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q941861 (St Just)

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).