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    Dolcoath mine (Cornish: Bal Dorkoth)[citation needed] was a copper and tin mine in Camborne, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Its name derives from the Cornish...
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    profitable, and mines were reopened, but today none remain. Dolcoath mine (Cornish for Old Ground),[citation needed] the 'Queen of Cornish Mines', was 3,500...
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    (1759–1842) was a British mechanical engineer, inventor, and mine captain of the Dolcoath mine in Cornwall, England. In partnership with his cousin Richard...
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    mechanism of reciprocating ladders and stationary platforms installed in mines to assist the miners' journeys to and from the working levels. It was invented...
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    convicted. Dolcoath Mine, (English: Old Ground Mine), the 'Queen of Cornish Mines' was, at a depth of 3,500 feet (1,067 m), for many years the deepest mine in...
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  • Wheal Agar in 1883 when a cage fell down a shaft and seven killed at Dolcoath mine in 1893 when a large stull collapsed. The worst mining accident in Scotland...
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    United Kingdom. Cornwall portal Levant Mine and Beam Engine Geevor Tin Mine Consolidated Mines Dolcoath mine OS Explorer 102 Land's End (Map). Southampton:...
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    kieves – a labour-intensive and inefficient process. Dolcoath Mine was probably the most progressive mine in the county and the first Californian stamps were...
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    development of the mine. These large open underground spaces were the inevitable cause of accidents too: in 1836 a miner was killed at Dolcoath mine when he fell...
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    employed by Matthew Boulton as assay-master and storekeeper in the Dolcoath mine in Cornwall. At the same time, he also authored books in geology and...
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