There's loads of bricks in the Brunton calciner. I was looking at them yesterday.

wasn't there a brickworks just down river below Gawton mine ?

wasn't there a brickworks just down river below Gawton mine ?

Excellent document Rick, many thanks for an absorbing read :thumbsup:

Just one wee mistake in the text though;

There's a section that shows the Tolgus calciner near Redruth, probably the most complete example in existence, but the location is given as being in the Tuckingmill Valley, which is 2 miles west as the crow flies.

I wish someone would look after it and maybe install a water wheel and drive shaft to complete the picture.

They (whoever) probably think there's too big an element of risk doing anything with it, and disturbing all the arsenic which is still crusted inside.
Mind you, the (now truncated) chimney on the arsenic works at Bissoe, has still got visible arsenic in the flue, as has the Wheal Busy calciner and others.
HSE regs being what they are, they would no doubt recommend bringing in a Hazmat team and setting up a 2 mile exclusion zone around it.
Failing that, a couple of chaps with cotton wool plugs in their nostrils would suffice.