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China Clay areaa
This image was taken in the St Austell/ Par 'Clay Country' area
In the foreground stands a worker standing on a plank holding a pole possibly to keep the waterway clear. Behind him is a large tripod which would have been used for heavy lifting.…
In the foreground stands a worker standing on a plank holding a pole possibly to keep the waterway clear. Behind him is a large tripod which would have been used for heavy lifting.…
Delabole Quarry Machinery
View inside shed with train track and truck
Delabole Quarry machinery
View inside shed
Delabole Quarry
6 workers in the quarry. No safety clothing. Buildingin the background.
Botallack Crowns Mine
Botallack Crowns Mine
On the hillside behind are Wheal Edward and West Wheal Owles
On the hillside behind are Wheal Edward and West Wheal Owles
Cape Cornwall
Cape Cornwall
St Just United Mine with Cape Cornwall in the background.
St Just United Mine with Cape Cornwall in the background.
Carnival Float
By Penlee Quarry, Newlyn
Heavy Horses at Leedstown Square
Workers with a team of horses pulling a trailer containing a huge tank possibly to do with local mining/quarrying activity.
Geevor Tin Mine Pendeen Medium format film scan
Children playing at the top of the drive, men leaving work
Postcard: Botallack Mine, Crowns Section
To Miss Harry, Guildford, from her mother Lillian Evelyn Stevens.
Richard Stevens
Brother of Andrew. He also went to Colorado to mine.
Photographer: Gust. Appel, Central City, Colorado
Photographer: Gust. Appel, Central City, Colorado
Mary Grenfell (nee Wall) with her three children.
Mary Elizabeth Grenfell 1871-1879
William Grenfell 1873-
Martha Evelyn Grenfell 1875-1879
The two girls died shortly after arriving in America where it was hoped the family could join her husband who was mining there. Alas, her husband had already died and had been burried before she could reach him.
Previously, whilst William and Mary…
Previously, whilst William and Mary…
Jim Troon, a Cornishman
He was one on the miners staying ar Mary Grenfell (nee Walls) boarding house in Nevadaville.
James Stevens B. 1858, Sacred, Cornwall
James was Carlene's Gr. Uncle.
In 1880, he is a boarder, along with his brother Andrew in a house in Nevadaville,Colorado, USA. They were staying with Mary Grenfell (nee Walls, widow of William Grenfell) and her son William age 6. This was the…
In 1880, he is a boarder, along with his brother Andrew in a house in Nevadaville,Colorado, USA. They were staying with Mary Grenfell (nee Walls, widow of William Grenfell) and her son William age 6. This was the…
Wesley House, Carnyorth, St. Just, Cornwall
The house was converted from two miners cottages by Andrew Stevens and his wife Mary (nee Wall) when they returned from Nevadaville, Colorado in 1892.
Mary Walls and her daughter Lillian Evelyn Stevens
Mary's first husband, William Grenfell, went to Colorado, USA to mine for gold. She went to look for him as she hadn't't heard from him for a while. She took her three children. Alas, by the time she got there he was dead and buried. Two daughters…
Wesley House (now Frimley House) Carnyorth, St Just
Lillian Evelyn Harry (nee Stevens) and Mary Stevens (nee Walls) standing in the doorway.
"The house, formerly two miners cottages, was part of the winnings of my maternal great great grandfather and his brother in a poker game in the early 1800's,…
"The house, formerly two miners cottages, was part of the winnings of my maternal great great grandfather and his brother in a poker game in the early 1800's,…
Botallack Mine, Cornwall. 1836
Engraved by W.Miller.
Artist: Clarkson Frederick Stansfield 1793-1867
Artist: Clarkson Frederick Stansfield 1793-1867