Usefull Links
Mining Heritage- Within Cornwall - With Links to Cornwall - Europamines - Mining Heritage Organisations -
Blue Hills Tin Stream Works. One of the most interesting heritage sites in Cornwall set in attractive surroundings !
Cornish Mines and Engines. A National Trust site with two beam engines including the largest engine remaining in the County with the Industrial Heritage Discovery Centre
King Edward Mine In 1987 a volunteer group was set up with the objective of preserving and reequipping the now redundant mill complex around the surviving californian stamps battery.
Tolgus Tin Within the Cornish Goldsmith's site a former custom mill with some of its original equipment remaining set within once typical tin plant buildings, the only ones of their type remaining in the County.
Levant Beam Engine The oldest beam engine in the County - worked by steam.
Geevor Mine Described as the largest preserved mining site in the UK with vast areas of buildings. Owned by Cornwall County Council and managed by Pendeen Community Heritage.
Cornwal Mine Rescue Organisation Cornwall's specialist underground rescue organisation. Members assist Poldark with maintenance both underground and on the surface and are about to carry out further exploration of the mine workings.
Llywernog Silver Lead Mine'Little Cornwall in the Cambrian Mountains' Llywernog, Ponterwyd, Ceredigion, Wales SY23 3AB Tel: +44 (0) 1970 890 620 see also Poldark's Wales page
The Mining Museum and Archive, Pachuca, Mina Acosta Mining Heritage Site, Real del Monte and the Museum of Medicine, Real del Monte, Mexico. Web site under construction - All developed and operated by Archivo Histórico y Museo de Minería, A.C Email: ahmm@prodigy.net.mx See also Poldark's Mexico page.
The gold mine is located south of the town of Zloty Stok in Lower Silesia, SW Poland and close to the border with the Czech Republic in the north-western part of the Golden Mountains (Sudetes). In the past, Silesia was a very important gold-bearing area in this part of Europe.
King Edward Mine In 1987 a volunteer group was set up with the objective of preserving and reequipping the now redundant mill complex around the surviving californian stamps battery.
The Cornish in Latin America - A website devoted to the Cornish in Latin America. Results from Dr Sharron Schwartz's research and writing about nineteenth and early twentieth century Cornish migration to South and Central America and the Spanish Caribbean.
Cornish Mining World Heritage Site Bid Links Page - a very comprehensive list of links well researched and well worth a visit !
Cornish Mining World Heritage Site Bid Links Page - a very comprehensive list of links well researched and well worth a visit !
TICCIH The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage - the world organisation for industrial heritage, promoting preservation, conservation, investigation, documentation, research and interpretation of our industrial heritage.
The European Mining Heritage Network. Established with support from the European Cultural Programme Poldark Mine, together with other Cornish mining heritage organisations, is a member of Europe's Mining Heritage Network which is working towards improving standards within the sector across the European Community
The Carn Brea Mining Society
The Trevithich Society. The premier society for anyone interested in Cornish Industrial Heritage in its widest sense
From DIAMONDS and GOLD to LEAD and ZINC
Mining & Management Consultancy.
A leading Cornwall based consultancy providing management and technical services to the international mining industry with experience of operations within Russia, the former Soviet Union, Africa and the UK. At present MMC is managing the development of Russia's largest goldmine.
Camborne School of Mines Cornwall's mining school now part of Exeter University
The Cornish in Latin America - A website devoted to the Cornish in Latin America. Results from Dr Sharron Schwartz's research and writing about nineteenth and early twentieth century Cornish migration to South and Central America and the Spanish Caribbean.
Cornish Inscriptions Michael Kiernan's site containing the most detailed information on Cornish people's resting places worldwide - well researched information !
Cornwall's leading distributor of tourist information
Accomodation
James Martin Longstone Farm Trenear Helston 01326 572483
Lyndale Guest House 4 Greenbank Meneage Road Helston Cornwall 01326 561082
Seefar Peverell Terrace Porthleven Nr. Helston Cornwall 01326 573778
Strathallan Guest House 6 Monument Road Helston Cornwall 01326 573683
Treloquithack Farmhouse Wendron Nr. Helston Cornwall 01326564359
Cornwall Hotel Main Road Ashton Nr. Helston Cornwall 01736 763217
Gwealdues Hotel Falmouth Road Helston Cornwall 01326 752808
Nansloe Manor Hotel Meneage Road Helston Cornwall 01326 574691
An Mordros Hotel Peverell Terrace Porthleven Nr. Helston Cornwall 01326 562236
Polurrian Hotel Pollurian Road Mullion Nr. Helston Cornwall 01326 240421
The Harbour Inn, Commercial Road, Porthleven, Nr. Helston, 01326 573876
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