Cornish Tin Mine by CavalierLady

Photography • Historical • posted on May 19, 2008

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Ruins of a Cornish Tin Mine, taken in southern Cornwall, England. From the 1500's through the 1800's, Cornwall tin and copper mines were among the richest mining areas in the world. As the times modernized, there were many buildings that comprised a mine, like the winder house, boiler house, blacksmith's shop, processing plant, etc. But in the earlier days, there were no other substantial buildings besides the engine house, which had to be built strong and sturdy to house the pumps and other machinery. The pumps had to pump the water out of the mine shafts,deep underground, the steam engine being located in the engine house. I found these fascinating, but our tour did not bring us near any, this was shot quickly when the driver stopped so I could get out. If I were ever lucky enough to make a return trip, I would love to travel up and down the coast seeing as many of these as I could, exploring how they worked, see how the machinery operated and was maintained and repaired, as that was the nature of my work for many years. These mines dot the landscape, and are very picturesque, especially when partially overgrown with plants and vines. Thank you very kindly for your views and comments.

Comments (51)

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MaraP

4:37PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

WOOOOW!!! I looove it! Amazinh view, composition and clouds!! 5+++

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hatchert77

4:37PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

THis is so good.....history is great

Liam.

4:47PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

Outstanding colors!

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jocko500

4:48PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

yes it would be super to lookinside these and see the ld stuff there. most likely most of it is gone now. but this is very good looking

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babuci

4:50PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

Amazing capture. Wonderful green and a fantastic cloudscape.

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Cytisus

4:52PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

Looks a lot like our coal mines, Beautiful shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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uk601

4:55PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

it looks fantastic. great capture

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drace68

4:56PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

While your image is beautiful, your text is far more interesting for me. I suspect in the later days they used a Newcomen engine, then Mr. Watt's improvement.

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barbdennist

5:07PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

I am enjoying your guided tour very much. The pictures are great and the history lessons that accompany the pictures are a wonderful asset. I'm learning a lot.

PD154

5:13PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

OH Maria, you do my country superb justice with your camera, I just love the strucrure in the cloudbase, well done!

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drag

5:40PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

Interesting to see the red brick at the top of the stonework. A wonderful historical photograph.

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RobyHermida

5:40PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

Outstanding ! Roby ;O)

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danob

5:48PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

Fabulous you have done Cornwall proud with your images.. The industry on it's death led to a mass migration of Cornish miners to the rest of the world, the sad fact is that without the pumps the mines were destroyed despite the price of tin and copper these days.

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tizjezzme

6:11PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

Fantastic photo of Cornwall ... such an interesting historical structure.

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timtripp

6:13PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

superb photograph!

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goodoleboy

6:22PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

I've heard of Cornish game hen, but never a Cornish tin mine. Splendid colors and lighting effects in this shot of the structure and landscape well contrasted/silhouetted against that fantastic cloud-filled sky, Maria!

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kimariehere

6:35PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

WOW! what a most beautiful landscape view !! amazing capture of this fabulous place !!!! exceptional!!!!

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Fred255

6:43PM | Mon, 19 May 2008

I have to agree with Danny, you have done Cornwall proud!!! This is a super photo. I'm glad you had a great time. Sorry I could not get the time off work to meet up.

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