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midnite
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10 years ago

hi guys, strange first post, but does anyone know if st day is affected by mine shafts, in the main town area, fore street to be precise any help gladly appreciated.

matt

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Knocker
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10 years ago

more than likely! I'm sure Tony Blair (On here) can give you an absolutely definitive answer!

midnite
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10 years ago

well i hope he sees this post then.

lozz
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10 years ago

He will.

Lozz.

Trewillan
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10 years ago

"midnite" wrote:
hi guys, strange first post, but does anyone know if st day is affected by mine shafts, in the main town area, fore street to be precise any help gladly appreciated.

matt

I seem to remember most of Fore Street disappeared about thirty years ago.

scooptram
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10 years ago

the wonky door lintels says it all:)

lozz
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10 years ago

"scooptram" wrote:
the wonky door lintels says it all:)

Classic.

Morrisman
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10 years ago

Don't KIng Edward Mine, Troon, have a 3d model in plastic showing all the shafts that cut off St Day when they started opening up. I think it was made at the time to see the extent of the problem. If I remember the story correctly the only vehicles allowed around< but not into, St Day was the public bus. It also took a hell of a time to remedy as no one would take responsability :o:o:o

Knocker
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10 years ago

they certainly got nothing like all of them!

Delabeche
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10 years ago

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No, Fore Street is not affected by any recorded shafts, probably O/c of Wheal John lode at top of vogue Hill, intersection with Brickworks Hill.

midnite
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10 years ago

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"Delabeche" wrote:
No, Fore Street is not affected by any recorded shafts, probably O/c of Wheal John lode at top of vogue Hill, intersection with Brickworks Hill.

thats a definite is it.

Roy Morton
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10 years ago

#12

Check this out; Plan as per Hamilton Jenkin's 'Mines and Miners and miners of Cornwall' Vol 6 'Around Gwennap'

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The KEM model is of the workings at Telegraph Hill, which was closed for a number of years due to subsidence of old stoping in Wheal Gorland.

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midnite
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#13

"Roy Morton" wrote:
Check this out; Plan as per Hamilton Jenkin's 'Mines and Miners and miners of Cornwall' Vol 6 'Around Gwennap'

🔗100964[linkphoto]100964[/linkphoto][/link]

The KEM model is of the workings at Telegraph Hill, which was closed for a number of years due to subsidence of old stoping in Wheal Gorland.

a lot of mines roy, but what does the map say, are there any shafts under fore street or not.

Roy Morton
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10 years ago

#14

Shafts beneath Fore Street? If you take this map at face value, then no. HOWEVER, the danger is not really from known shafts, but from any unrecorded ones of ancient origin. Stopes also pose a threat in the St Day area, and have migrated to surface in the past, Viz; Telegraph hill, Carew Close and Vicarge Hill to name but a few.
A hole once opened up outside a property and swallowed a woman who had been chatting to a neighbour outside her front door. This was 30 odd years ago now, but it demonstrates the unpredictable nature of mining remains beneath St.Day, for which there is no master plan. The area continues to come up with surprises.
If you are buying a property or living in one you are concerned with, then it would be worth getting some professional advice.

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Delabeche
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10 years ago

#15

Yes, but if you want it on paper, with insurance cover you need a documentary mine search report, from one of the consultancies. Preferably from one that has drilled the adjacent lode o/c's and has both the currently available mine plans and a consultant who knows their "a" from their "e"!!!

tomh
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10 years ago

#16

why do you want to know?

Are you an explorer or a house purchaser?

midnite
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10 years ago

#17

"tomh" wrote:
why do you want to know?

Are you an explorer or a house purchaser?

potential house purchaser guys.

tomh
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10 years ago

#18

As stated above you really need a professional mining survey.
Plenty of good consultants about.
You really need the insurance backing from it.
Good luck

Knocker
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10 years ago

#19

If its for a house purchase, whatever you get from here is not worth a fig. No matter what you will need to commision a report which costs about £50. From a professional point of view, I have an issue in St Day at present which I need to resolve after carryong out a drilling investigation, on top of that due to a future project, I have commissioned a report for pretty much the whole of St Day - Don't ask me to share whats in it, as its not my place (But if you want to get a report you will get a far quicker, definitive, insurance backed, mortgage co accepted response by asking a consultant, than posting on here), at the end of the day someone is putting an awful lot of work into that and I have no PI insurance o cover it anyway!

Roy Morton
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10 years ago

#20

I believe we are all agreed that professional advice is the way to go here. and any advice given without certification, would not be accepted by any insurance or mortgage companies, and furthermore it would be foolish to think any different.

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