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spitfire
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14 years ago

I stand to be corrected, but surely this is Brea Tin Streams not Polberrow?
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Dolcoathguy
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14 years ago

The slope, wall and the undergrowth, and likely road behind wall all are consistant with Chapel hill, Brea.
Just checked Google earth, could be up the hill from the buddles (towards troon).

Is it safe to come out of the bunker yet?

spitfire
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14 years ago

I've got a better fix than that Matt, as I live only 50Yds away :thumbup: . Also what are commonly referred to as buddles on this site are in fact Linkenbach stationary slime tables.

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Dolcoathguy
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14 years ago

Thanks for info,last time I visited this site (2006) it was overgrown.But it has been tidied up recently and made accessible from what I see on the tramways website. Must visit it again soon as it is only 1/4 mile from me!
Have not been able to find any online photos of this site during its working life,these would have been very interesting to see. (trevithick soc. website is under construction at the moment).
Also recall the tin streaming/processing works further down the road working in the 1970's (well it look like it was working) now a stone masons. I thought they were linked with Crofty at the time.
Whole subject of Tin streaming in Camborne area is of interest as with the price of tin so high, could it start up again?

Is it safe to come out of the bunker yet?

spitfire
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14 years ago

The tin streams above this site closed because of the tin crash. They dressed tin from alluvial workings on the Hayle river near St Erth.
With the more efficient mine mills of today it is doubtful that tin streaming will ever return, with the exception of beach sand or mine dumps, after that you have the problem of river pollution

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derrickman
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14 years ago

this would be a reference to Whear Tin? My first digs in Camborne were in Fore Street, one of several houses around there owned by Peter Whear and let to students.

My recollection is that the tin dressing of the 70s was driven in part by the available local market for washed, crushed granite on the various bypass construction schemes; by the 80s this would have been over, at least for such limited quantities.

''the stopes soared beyond the range of our caplamps' - David Bick...... How times change .... oh, I don't know, I've still got a lamp like that.