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East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1893. Group of Cornish miners at rest at the 310 level
Cornish miners at Croust time, at the 310 level. Miners enjoying their croust, having performed the first part of the days labour

South Condurrow Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. September 1898
Student setting a fuse using a candle

South Condurrow Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. June 1908
Mill at the 130 level. Miner guiding ore into trolley from above. Carpenters saw hanging from the side of chute framework. Pieces of loose timber standing nearby

East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Around 1900
Group of miners in the 70 level, including the photographers wife and son. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Levant Mine, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. 11th July 1894
Tramming with a pit pony at the 278 fathoms main tramming level

General View, Dolcoath Mine, Camborne. Early 1900s
General view looking east with the Eastern shaft cutting the skyline in the centre. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Trevaunance Coombe with steamworks in foreground below Wheal Friendly
Viewed from above Peterville. A buddle, an apparatus by which the stamped tin is washed from its impurities, is pictured in the foreground

South Condurrow Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1892
Four miners standing in the Cathedral, at South Condurrow mine. In 1897 part of the property was transferred to Camborne School of Mines as the (later) King Edward VII mine

Tin dressing frames, Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Late 1800s
Tin dressing frames with Bal maidens and overseer, looking south towards Stamps engine house and Brea. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

New Cooks Kitchen, Illogan, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Chappels (engine) shaft at the 406 level

New Wheal Eliza Mine, St Austell, Cornwall. 1908-1911
Two miners at the 400 fathom level. The miner in the foreground is seated with a candle on his hat, the other is standing in the background. Showing the timber supports and tramway

East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Around 1892
The tram road at the 70 fathoms level where the lode has been extensively mined. The hanging wall is fairly secure but three large props of Norway pine support part of the roof

Driving an end at East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1893
Driving an end with a box drill mounted in a stretcher. Copy photographer: Charles Woolf

Botallack mine, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. 1903
Surveying at surface. Photographer: Unknown

East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1912
Surface view of the shaft, scene of the rescue by Kemp and Opie

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Around 1900
Frue vanning machine shed. Vanning machines were also known as ore concentrators. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

St Ives Consols, St Ives, Cornwall. 1863
Team of workers includes child labourers (Bal Boys) and women (Bal Maidens). Part of the A.K. Hamilton Jenkin collection. Photographer: Dr R.D. Slack

Cape Cornwall, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. Date unknown
A distant view of Cape Cornwall with Little Bounds on the right, two disused mine engine houses, domestic dwellings and gardens and seventeen boats on the beach. Part of the A.K

East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. 1893
A bridge has been constructed at the 170 fathoms level to carry the tram road over a place where the lode has been stoped away

South Condurrow Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Around 1900
Miners croust (lunch) time. Group of miners eating pasties and smoking pipes, miners dial in the foreground. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Levant Mine, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. General view, early 1900s
A wide general view of Levant Mine with the head gear of skip shaft and the winding engine house in the forgeround on the right. On the left standing above the cliffs is the arsenic stack

Amalbrea tin stream works, Towednack, Cornwall. 1920s
Worked by John James Curnow. Photographer: A.K. Hamilton Jenkin

South Condurrow Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1892
Four miners standing, three holding candles in the cathedral cavern at 460 fathom depth at South Condurrow mine, Camborne. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Levant Mine, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. 11th July 1894
Interior of the clothes dry. The marker, Dick, who marked off the names of the men down the mine, is seated. Miners clothes hang on the walls and on racks above the heated pipes

Levant Mine, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. 11th July 1894
Interior of clothes dry. Miners clothes hang on the walls and on racks above the heated pipes. Wooden boxes with lids secured with padlocks serve as a locker and seat

South Condurrow Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Miner lighting a fuse to explosive for blasting. One miner lights a fuse for blasting, while an already lit fuse burns to his right. Another younger miner holds a candle to provide more light

King Edward Mine, Williams Lode, South Condurrow, Camborne, Cornwall. Around 1900
Students driving an end at the 340 level. In 1897 part of the property was transferred to Camborne School of Mines as the (later) King Edward VII mine. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

South Condurrow Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1904
Miners using a hard rock drill underground

Red River, Camborne, Cornwall. Around 1900
Dressing floors

Lower Quarter Burning House Stamps, Ludgvan, Cornwall. Around 1920-1925
With waterwheel and children. Photographer: Dr R.D. Slack

Two miners drilling with dust laying spray
Drilling with dust laying spray at King Edward Mine, Williams Lode. In 1897 part of the property was transferred to Camborne School of Mines as the (later) King Edward VII mine

Surface view, South Condurrow, Camborne, Cornwall. About 1900
Surface view. In 1897 part of the property was transferred to Camborne School of Mines as the (later) King Edward VII mine. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Wheal Friendly Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Early 1900s
View down the valley from Trevaunance towards the engine house. Children are walking along the road. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. September 1893
" The stulls at 412 level". Said to have been taken only a few weeks before the disaster on 20th September 1893. Seven men were killed, including the foreman timberman

New Cooks Kitchen, Illogan, Cornwall. 1893
Underground timbering and miners at the 406 level, Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Cape Cornwall, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. After 1900
A good view of Cape Cornwall with two disused mine stacks, two engine houses, dwelling houses and a group of people near what appears to be a swing in the garden of a house

King Edward VII Mine, South Condurrow, Camborne, Cornwall. Around 1903
King Edward mine students working on Great Flat Lode transferring ore into trolley at 400 level

Wheal Grenville Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1911
Surface workings, new stamps and Frue vanner sheds. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

New Wheal Eliza Mine, St Austell, Cornwall. 1908-1913
Photograph taken between the winze and cross-cut, looking outwards. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Around 1900
Two miners operating a boring machine at the rock drill end, 326 fathom level. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. March 1903
Miners at the 440 fathom level, Dolcoath mine, in March 1903. Includes mining tram on tracks. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Unknown mine, Cornwall. Around 1900
Miners posed underground at working face, standing on timber scaffolding with hammers. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1893
Two miners working the mill at the 412 fathom level at Dolcoath mine. Tram on tracks. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

New Cooks Kitchen, Illogan, Cornwall. Late 1800s
Three miners, overhand stoping at 355 level. Photographer: John Charles Burrow (1852 - 1914)

New Cooks Kitchen, Illogan, Cornwall. Late 1800s
Miners working on an incline at the 394 level. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

New Cooks Kitchen, Illogan, Cornwall. 1893
The hanging wall (top left) of the lode above the 406 fathoms level. The wall was very weak and had to be supported by a forest of timbers

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. March 1903
Miners at the 440 fathom level. Includes the swing bridge supported by chains. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1893
Two miners working the mill at the 412 fathom level

South Condurrow Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Around 1900
Students working underground in felt hats fitted with candles, with a miners trolley of ore

King Edward VII Mine, South Condurrow, Camborne, Cornwall. Around 1903
Students working at the 90 level. This was part of the old South Condurrow Mine, the name of which was changed after the ascension of King Edward VII in 1901

South Condurrow Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Around 1900
Miners in the 90 level. In 1897 part of the property was transferred to Camborne School of Mines as the (later) King Edward VII mine

South Condurrow Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1908
Round frames, manufactured by Fraser & Chalmers Erith, England, in the mill. In 1897 part of the property was transferred to Camborne School of Mines as the (later) King Edward VII mine

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. March 1903
Miners at the 440 fathom level, Dolcoath mine, Camborne, Cornwall in March 1903. Includes the swing bridge supported by chains. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1893
A group of four miners working on a rich lode at the 412 fathom level with two further miners pushing a mine tram. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Surface view, South Condurrow, Camborne, Cornwall. About 1900
Surface view showing headgear and working engine house. In 1897 part of the property was transferred to Camborne School of Mines as the (later) King Edward VII Mine. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Around 1892
The tram road at the 70 fathoms level. Mrs Burrow, the photographers wife, is to be seen standing at the right of the picture. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1893
Hanging tram road at the 375 fathom level. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1893
Miner working by candlelight beneath the hanging tram road at the 375 fathom level. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1893
Single Decker gig, designed to carry 6 men, on the skip road at the 302 fathom level in Eastern Shaft (at the other end of the mine from the man engine)

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1893
Two miners operating the Balance box at the 236 fathom level in the Man Engine shaft

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Late 1800s
Miners at ore shoot. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

New Cooks Kitchen, Illogan, Cornwall. Late 1800s
Three miners, overhand stoping in the 355 level. Photographer: John Charles Burrow (1852 - 1914)

New Cooks Kitchen, Illogan, Cornwall. Late 1800s
The shaft being sunk below the 406 to the 420 fathoms level. The flexible hose carried compressed air to a Holmans rock drill seen fixed to a stretcher bar

New Cooks Kitchen, Illogan, Cornwall. Late 1800s
Hanging wall at 394 fathom level, showing stulls or supporting timbers. New Cooks Kitchen was acquired by the neighbouring South Crofty mine in 1893. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

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