The mines of Cornwall and Devon; statistics and observations 1865. By Thomas Spargo
48 The mines of Cornwall and Devon; statistics and observations 1865. By Thomas Spargo
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48 The mines of Cornwall and Devon; statistics and observations 1865. By Thomas Spargo
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Tabular statement of Dividends 136 Wheal Emma
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Fourth division of Cornwall 96 Truro
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Article on the district 84 Ores sold Tabular Statement of
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Page 108 - Britain ; for at full tide, the intervening passage being overflowed, they appear islands, but when the sea retires a large space is left dry, and they are seen as peninsulas. From hence, then, the traders purchase the tin of the natives, and transport it into Gaul, and finally, travelling through Gaul on foot, in about thirty days they bring their burdens on horses to the mouth of the river Rhone.
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Page 108 - During the recess of the tide, the intervening space is left dry, and they carry over abundance of tin to this place in their carts. And it is something peculiar that happens to the islands in these parts lying between Europe and Britain ; for at...
Appears in 30 books from 1826-1974
Page 83 - ... hollow. You see the whole at once, and in these particulars you will not find any other mine like it. No shafts of any depth are sunk below its base ; and it would seem as if a complete mine had been turned inside out, for the benefit of timid...
Appears in 5 books from 1864-1968
Page 101 - The lodes proved so rich, that in the six years between the years 1844 and 1850, the Company extracted and sold nearly 90,000 tons of copper ore, for which they received £300,000, after paying all expenses. The Duke of Bedford received, out of the above sum, £44,000 for royalties, or dues, while the shareholders received about £207,000, or more than £200 per share on £1 paid. No more was
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Page 106 - These prepare the tin, working very skilfully the earth which produces it The ground is rocky, but it has in it earthy veins the produce of which is brought down, and melted and purified. Then, when they have cast it into the form of cubes, they carry it to a certain island adjoining to Britain, and called Iktis. During the recess of the tide the intervening space is left dry, and they carry over abundance of tin to this place in their carts.
Appears in 19 books from 1831-1975
Page 83 - These, as they carry tin, are the sole objects of mining adventure, and the removal of the soft growan is effected by a stream of water which conveys all the refuse of the mine through the adit. I believe there is no other instance of a mine so worked, or of a mine, the working of which is attended with so little labour. In respect to the lodes or veins which are...
Appears in 6 books from 1828-2001
Page 105 - Wheal Maria, Wheal Fanny, Wheal Anna Maria, Wheal Josiah, and Wheal Emma...
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Page 57 - Slavery chills every ardor, and retards every improvement, and it will continue to do so, for a long time to come.
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Page 128 - THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATE STAMPED BELOW AN INITIAL FINE OF 25 CENTS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR FAILURE TO RETURN THIS BOOK ON THE DATE DUE. THE PENALTY WILL INCREASE TO SO CENTS ON THE FOURTH DAY AND TO $1 00 ON THE SEVENTH DAY OVERDUE.
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Page 112 - ... them from the field to make way for modern coxcombs apparelled in pink and patent leather boots ? and have we not given up our fine wild sport at the dawn of day, for a thirty minutes' burst at noon, with a fox, forsooth, whipped out of an acre of gorse, or disturbed from a mere willow spinny ? No ; there cannot be a doubt in the mind of any one who is devoted to the chase, that for real hunting and hounds' work the modern practice is far inferior to the ancient.
Appears in 12 books from 1831-1979
Bibliographic information
TitleStatistics and Observations on the Mines of Cornwall and Devon ...
Volume 3 of Statistics and Observations on the Mines of Cornwall and Devon, Thomas Spargo
AuthorThomas Spargo
PublisherDarling and son, Printers, 1864
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized23 Oct 2007
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