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Captain Tom Gundry, champion Cornish wrestler. Probably early 1880s
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Cornish wrestling group, Randfontein, Transvaal, South Africa. Around 1900
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Cassiterite, Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England
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Tetrahedrite, Trenance, St Issey, near Padstow, Cornwall, England
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Trevaunance Coombe with steamworks in foreground below Wheal Friendly, St Agnes, Cornwall. Early 1900s
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Gold, Carnon Stream Works, Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England
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Chalcocite with Quartz, Cooks Kitchen Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, England
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Torbernite on Quartz, Wheal Basset, Illogan, Cornwall, England
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Chalcocite with Chalcopyrite, Tincroft Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, England
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Captain Tom Gundry, champion Cornish wrestler. Probably early 1880s
A studio portrait photograph of the champion Cornish wrestler, Thomas Gundry, wearing a wrestling jacket and two championship sashes. Gundry was born at Higher Prospidnick, Sithney, on 16th October 1818 and died at Stennack, Camborne, on 22nd October 1888. His obituary in the Mining Journal of 27th October 1888 reads "Captain Tom Gundry is dead. This brief announcement will be read with regret by Cornishmen in every quarter of the world. Captain Tom was the best known of the old school of Cornish wrestlers, and will be remembered for his prowess in the ring, and not as a mine agent. Born 70 years ago Captain Tom was bred in the parish of Sithney and from a child developed a strong passion for the favourite sport of the West Countryman. In the old days, wrestling was cultivated to a far higher degree than now; the leading gentlemen of the county, assisted by their patronage, presence, and financial support; and a match was the signal for an exodus of miners to witness the bouts. Captain Tom held the championship for a long period; he won many cups, and wrestled, not only in Cornwall and Devon; but in London also. It is said of him that whilst he unquestionably bought many backs, he never sold his own. He was at one time agent at Camborne Consols, and at another period agent at North Basset. Of late years he now and then assisted as stickler in the wrestling field. He expired at his home near Camborne, on Tuesday evening." He was married four times, the last at Treslothan, Camborne in May 1880. Photographer: John Charles Burrow
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Cerussite on Galena and Baryte, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England
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Malachite, Wheal Husband, Sticker, St Ewe, Cornwall, England
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Liroconite, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England
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Chalcophyllite, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England
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Galena, Sphalerite, Bitumen and Fluorite, Ashover, Derbyshire, England
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Goethite with Calcite, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
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Malachite, Wheal Husband, Sticker, St Ewe, Cornwall, England
Botryoidal malachite coated in limonite. This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 8, Figure 4) which states Is mammillary copper ore, of a fine green colour, with rays diverging from centres, nearly covered with black shining iron ore, which seems to be decomposing the copper ore, the green colour appearing in all parts where the fractures are made. From Huel Husband, in the parish of St Ewe'. Huel (Wheal) Husband was later incorporated into Great Hewas Mine. Rashleigh Collection
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Bournonite with Quartz, Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall, England
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Cassiterite, Wheal Maudlin, Lostwithiel (formerly in Lanlivery Parish), Cornwall, England
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Cassiterite Partly Replacing Orthoclase, Wheal Coates, St Agnes, Cornwall, England
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Chalcopyrite on Baryte, Ecton Mine, Ecton Hill, Staffordshire, England
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Chalcopyrite with Calcite and Galena, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England
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Copper with Quartz, South Caradon Mine, St Cleer, Cornwall, England
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Tin dressing floor at Wheal Sparnon being turned into Victoria Park, Redruth, Cornwall. Late 1800s
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Two Engine houses at Wheal Sparnon with cottages in the background, Redruth, Cornwall. Around 1865
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Galena, Earl Ferrers Mine, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England
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Tin dressing floor at Wheal Sparnon being turned into Victoria Park, Redruth, Cornwall. Late 1800s
A gentleman wearing a bowler hat is standing to the left of centre. The area in the photograph is now covered by Clinton Road, Park Road and Albany Road, Redruth. According to the Ordnance Survey Six Inch map Cornwall LXIII. NE, surveyed 1877 to 1879, the mine is disused at that time. By the same OS area map Cornwall LXIII. NE Revised 1906, the whole are is covered in housing. The mine produced copper, as well as traces of cobalt and gold. Thomas Spargo states in his book, The Mines of Cornwall (1865), that "Wheal Sparnon was in the the parish of Redruth, Cornwall, in 6,000 shares. Secretary, Mr G.H. Cardozo, London. Purser, Mr W.P. Cardozo, Camborne. Manager, Captain Wm. Tregay, Redruth. Rocks, granite and clay-slate, 60 men employed in the mine, operations on the surface of which commenced in 1864. Land owner, Lord Clinton. Dues 1-20th. Depth of adit, 18 fathoms; depth under adit, 60 fathoms. A 70-inch pumping-engine just completed, also a 22-inch winding-engine. Little has been as yet been done by the Company under the surface; but it is generally believed that enormous quantities of tin will be raised after the mine has been cleared of water". Photographer: Probably Henry Opie
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Galena with Calcite, Sphalerite and Pyrite, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England
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Galena with Sphalerite, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England
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Galena with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, England
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Falmouth Consolidated Mines, Wheal Jane, Kea, Cornwall. 1907-1908
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South Providence Mine (formerly Wheal Speed), Lelant, Cornwall. Early 1900s
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