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NEW TEST Database driven - SEARCH BY MINE (Netscape and Older Browsers are not going to work well I'll get sorted for you soon)
SOURCE MATERIAL
Written
| St Just District |
Submarine Mines - Joseph Carne 1822 excellent description of the known submarine mines of the St Just area |
| Levant | Riding the Engine - An extract from The Mine Beneath The Sea by Jack Penhale, this describes riding the Levant Man Engine |
| Man Engines | Principles of Metal Mining by J.H. Collins FGS . The Man-Engine. description of operation, information about costs advantages and disadvantges. |
| Botallack |
Deep Down - an extract from this classic by R.M. Ballantyne very accurate descriptions of what it was like to work at Botallack mid 19th century |
| General, into Cornwall then onto the St Just District | Wonders
of the Mine - W.H.G. Kingston, 19th century A fictional mining tour - factual background - There the metal was still clearly visible, but even the most hardy miners would scarcely have ventured on an attempt to win another grain from the rock overhead, lest the water should rush in and overwhelm them, and inundate the mine. |
| Levant - Geevor | Western Morning News, 2nd January 1973 |
ARTICLES
| St Just Mines, further into Cornwall and beyond | Submarine Mines, article in Eldon Pothole Club Journal Vol 9 No 5 G.Treseder 1986 |
Visual
| Geevor | More Photos by Chris Henderson |
| Levant | Extra photos of the sealing of the breach |