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Video Tape 1. SOUTH CROFTY MINE A VIDEO FILMED AND PRODUCED BY JOHN POTTER SOUTH CROFTY, ONE OF THE GREAT MINES OF CORNWALL THAT WORKED ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY FOR OVER 300 YEARS. IN EARLIER TIMES GREAT WEALTH WAS PRODUCED FROM COPPER ORES AND LATER, IN THE DEEPER WORKINGS, RICH TIN ORES WERE RECOVERED. LOCATED NEXT TO THE ONCE FABULOUSLY RICH DOLCOATH MINE, SOUTH CROFTY DEVELOPED INTO A LARGE AND IMPORTANT MINE.
A BRIEF STUDY OF SOUTH CROFTY’S HISTORY, THE SITE TODAY AND A TANTALISING TOUR DEEP UNDERGROUND, ABOVE ADIT, OF THE LEVELS AND MASSIVE STOPES IN THE NEW COOKS KITCHEN SECTION. MINING AND MINERALOGICAL EXPERTISE: DOMINIC HUDSON AND ALAN REYNOLDS RUNNING TIME 70 MINUTES APPROX. JOHN POTTER FILMS 2003 BASERESULT HOLDINGS LTD Price: £14.99 |
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Video Tape 2. NEW COOKS KITCHEN MINE A VIDEO FILMED AND PRODUCED BY JOHN POTTER NUMEROUS UNDERGROUND MINING TASKS ARE SHOWN SUCH AS TIMBERING, DRILLING, TRACK LAYING, SURVEYING, FITTING, SLUSHING ETC., TOGETHER WITH OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST. NEW COOKS KITCHEN, HIVED OFF FROM THE FAMOUS COOKS KITCHEN MINE IN 1872, HAD A SHORT LIFE AND WAS AMALGAMATED WITH THE LARGE ADJACENT SOUTH CROFTY SETT IN 1899. A DOCUMENTARY OF THE WORK INVOLVED TO PROVIDE SAFE ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC TO VISIT THE OLD UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OF THE NEW COOKS KITCHEN MINE. MINING AND MINERALOGICAL EXPERTISE: DOMINIC HUDSON AND ALAN REYNOLDS RUNNING TIME 70 MINUTES APPROX. JOHN POTTER FILMS BASERESULT HOLDINGS LTD Price: £14.99 |
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Book. Mining in Cornwall Vol.7
copyright L.J Bullen, 2004
Price: £12.99
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