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11 years ago
What was the predicted grade?
lozz
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11 years ago
Maybe not a lot otherwise it would all be dug up by now.

Lozz.
Roy Morton
11 years ago
This is old news. A sample from most Cornish mines when subjected to modern, super sensitive analytic equipment, will more than likely produce a gold spike somewhere.
Platinum showed up in a sample dredged from the coast off Hayle! (Though from a million tonnes I doubt you would find enough to plate a microswitch contact.)
There are places with values far exceeding Crofty's that are deemed unviable, so I doubt Crofty's results will have the shareholders drooling and gibbering with gold fever.
If they wanted to have a go at gold mining, then Hopes Nose in Devon is the place to exploit; you can actually see that stuff.
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angieweekender
11 years ago
Frederick Quivick says in his article History of Cornish Tin slags that cassiterite universally contains tin gold arsenic among others - quoting from memory. The Nebra Disc, 4000 yr old Bronze Age disc , contains gold from the Carnon Valley. Gold nuggets in Truro Museum.
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angieweekender
11 years ago
Must correct myself Tylecote wrote the article on composition of Cornish Tin slags. If anyone would like the whole article I have it. I am currently studying at a Exeter Uni so can access various academic journals. :D
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/124564?uid=3738032&uid=2460338175&uid=2460337935&uid=2&uid=4&uid=83&uid=63&sid=21102658626321  😉 😉 😉
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scooptram
11 years ago
there are records of gold mines in cornwall one out north cliffs way and some very old workings out near Poldhu
Roy Morton
11 years ago
Are they Gold mines proper or just a bit of 'bal selling' to attract investment?
I'm leaning toward the latter
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"But I''m not Chinese!"
"Then you must have forgotten something!"
angieweekender
11 years ago
Aren't they rich enough! Those Royals! :ban:
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scooptram
11 years ago
the northcliffs one was a bit of bal selling I think but the other one was said to be very old in 1826 (it was never reworked)
angieweekender
11 years ago
I've tried googling bal selling but can't find a definition? 😎
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scooptram
11 years ago
TheBogieman
11 years ago
Hi Roy

Being as you're down in Cornwall you'll probably be able to answer this:

When I was mooching in the cove at St Agnes many, many years ago, I came across an adit at the bottom LHS of the cliff (looking out to sea). I went in for perhaps 50-70yds then chickened out. I then went up to the top of cliff and explored the open workings there. However, my grey matter isn't what it was (Tempus Fugit..!) Which mine(s) was I looking in and is there anything significant to be seen there as I'm planning a visit to the SW next year and may want to retrace my teenage steps.

I remember then mooching around the surface workings of Blue Hills Mine a bit North of Trevaunance and gather there's things to see in there.

Regards

Clive
Explorans ad inferos
TheBogieman
11 years ago
Oops, sorry Mods, the piece about St Agnes was meant as a PM to Roy...
Explorans ad inferos
Alasdair Neill
11 years ago
As I understood it the longstanding legal situation was that a mine was NOT a Royal Mine where it was primarily worked for minerals other than silver and gold, unless the Crown owned all minerals in that area.
There were many mines historically in Cornwall which produced very substantial amounts of silver and some gold, largely but not always within copper or lead concentrates (to use modern terminology), which ALL only paid dues to & had leases from the mineral owner not the Crown. Often (especially for Cornish lead mines) the value of precious metals in these concentrates far exceeded that of base metals.

I therefore do not understand why South Crofty & I believe also Anglesey Mining should need any form of Crown lease/licence.
Tamarmole
11 years ago
The issue of gold and silver occurring in mines predominantly working tin copper , lead etc was dealt with by the Royal Mines Acts of 1688/9 and 1693. In effect this ended the Society of Mines Royal's monopoly - this was particularly significant for the development of copper mining in Devon & Cornwall from the 1690s onwards.
somersetminer
11 years ago
dont think the article mentions changes to the acts, merely an agreement to split the profits of any mining concern the acts cover in the duchy..making it even more like puff journalism :lol:

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