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Exploring the History of Cornish Mining Communities
How tin and copper mining shaped Cornish villages, working life, chapels and family routines, and what traces of that world remain in the landscape today.
History and Heritage
Mining Heritage
Tin and copper mining and the communities it built.
Cornish Miners Overseas
How Cornish mining skills traveled abroad with emigrant workers, and the lasting cultural links in the Americas, Australia, South Africa and elsewhere.
Engine Houses of Cornwall
What Cornwall's stone engine houses were built for, how the beam engines inside them worked, and how to explore the ruins and nearby workings safely.
The Cornish Mining Museum: A Treasure Trove of History
A general guide to how mining history is displayed at museums and preserved sites across Cornwall, with practical and safety advice for visitors.
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