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Botallack Mine, Penwith, Cornwall, Etching.
copy.

Copy of a post card of Perranuthnoe Village viewed from Trebarvah
showing Wheal Charlotte Mine top right

copy of a post card of Perranuthnoe Village view from Trebarvah
St Michael's Mount Wheal Charlotte Mine top right.

Botallack Mine , St Just Gibson / Preston
on the back stamped W.THOMAS Refreshment rooms, Lands End. luncheons Daily, Good Stabling.

Botallack Head with Crowns Mine O P 58.

Winding engine House,East Boscaswell Mine ,Wheal Hearle , Pendeen.

Pump Collar, Wherry Mine , Wherrytown beach low tide, Penzance

The mine shaft was out under the sea, and the image shows the wooden structure which went from the shore to the head of the mine shaft.

The stamps were working until 1940. They were later re-errected at Geevor mining museum.

The etching shows Humphry Davy underground holding up his lamp, with a couple of miners in the background.

The text at the bottom of the etching reads:

"He went into fiery mines fearlessly, inspiring everybody with confidence in the security of…

China Clay mining landscape " Taken from Pictorial Survey 11 " H G Ordish.

Print showing Wherrytown Mine Pump column, on the sea shore at low tide, from the Promenade, Penzance

Cape Cornwall early views from the north east.
Chimneys . Brissons.

A Group of workers above ground. (posed)
Showing bal maidens.
The print is glued to a piece of an old Admiral Benbow ,Chapel Street restaurant Menu with prices in old pence.

An underground photograph of the Condurrow Mine, Troon, Penwith with miner?

MiningTrencrom Mine or Crobben Mine North side of hill O N 3.