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coachman
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15 years ago

Hi.
I'm pretty new to this website and not too sure if I'm asking too much..... 😢
But I was wondering if the payroll records for a 19th century Devon copper/arsenic mine may still exist somewhere.
My gtgtgrandad was storekeeper at the Gawton mine in the Tamar valley from the 1840's to 1901.
I'd love to find a record of the men who worked there but don't know if such information is availiable.
Any ideas?????
Dave. 😞

Well, ok.......just one for the road then !

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carnkie
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15 years ago

No idea if this helps but the only place I can think of is the Devon Record Office. There is stuff in there on the mine.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/results.aspx?tab=2&Page=1&ContainAllWords=Gawton+mine&DateFrom=1800&DateTo=1940&Region=South+West+Region&Repository=Devon+Record+Office

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

coachman
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15 years ago

Many thanks Carnkie.
I'll check out the info in the link and see where it takes me.
Cheers,
Dave

Well, ok.......just one for the road then !

Tamarmole
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15 years ago

As far as I know this information does not survive.

First stop for Gawton info: Booker, Industrial Archaeology of the Tamar Valley, Hamilton Jenkin Mines of Devon, Dines. (All need to be taken with a pinch of salt)

More obscure: Exeter Archaeology ( I think) produced a study which largelly concentrated on the arsenic works, also articles in the Tamar Journal.

Beyond that you are reduced to trolling through the Mining Journal and the Tavistock Times Gazette.

coachman
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15 years ago

Hi Tamarmole.

Yes, I'd be very surprised if this information was still in existance. But I'd like to have a stab at finding it if it is .

I'll try and get hold of the two publications you mention but as for the Exeter Archaeology; would that be the Gawton Mine & Arsenic Works, The Field Survey 1988 ?

If so, I happen to have obtained a full copy earlier this year.

It is very good at explaining what's what and how it worked and the state of what is left but, understandably, it is based on hard archaeology rather than ergonomics. Therefore there is no mention throughout the study of the human aspect of the site.

Thanks for your input, Tamarmole.

Dave

Well, ok.......just one for the road then !