Engine House Ruins of a Cornish Tin Mine.
Valuable metal such as tin and copper only make up a small percentage of the earths crust. For these to be viably collected they have to be concentrated by natural processes such as alluvial deposits or by geological processes such as the local granite formation.
In this part of Cornwall, the rich metal deposits are associated with the local granite formation. While the granite was hot magma, the minerals became concentrated in high temperature liquids and gases, which as the temperature fell formed mineral veins.
Due to the igneous geology of this area, mineral lodes of tin, copper, iron, zinc, lead and to a lesser degree, silver were formed. All of these metals were in sufficient amounts to be mined.
Tin has been produced and traded in Cornwall for over two thousand years. Trading occurred in pre history times but from this period little is known. There are legends of the Phoenicians trading with the Cornish for tin.
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Clive
Great capture my friend, love the history you have written as well
Malcolm Chant replied
Why Thank you Clive.
Arrowman
A great image, and a great commentary to match ! – Colin
Malcolm Chant replied
hello Colin, thank you very much.
smallfox
Love this shot! I believe there is also a special Cornish parliament called the Stannery (after the Latin word for tim) which probably hasn’t sat for a while but which is allowed to exempt itself from taxes when times were hard. Any comments?
Malcolm Chant replied
Gosh your very knowledgeable, re this County, you are right, & thank you for your comment.
Chris Clark
fantastic perspective and outstanding composition and perfect exposure Malcolm
Malcolm Chant replied
Thank you very much Chris, it is through site like this one we can learn a lot from other folks Comments. which is so helpful.
shanemcgowan
ah tis very nice,
Malcolm Chant replied
Your very kind thank you .
Malcolm Chant replied
Thank you very much.
sher
Great image, and love the info! It’s so nice to know what it is we’re looking at!
Malcolm Chant replied
Hello Dear Sher, thank you very much, take care.
Carol Barona
Wow, this is just beautiful Malcolm. Thanks for the info too.!
Malcolm Chant replied
Hello Carol, thank you for your kind remarks.
take care.
cherylc1
wow- incredible capture- fabulous tones and wonderful sky adding to the mood!!
Malcolm Chant replied
Bless you, that is very nice of you.
Take care.
Evita
Beautiful capture!!Congratulations on your feature!! :D
Malcolm Chant replied
Thank you very much.
Malcolm Chant replied
Thank you very much Evita.
Lori Peters
The picture is beautiful and I enjoyed the geology/history lesson. XX
Malcolm Chant replied
Thankyou Lori.
take care.
Malcolm Chant
COR I’ve just opened up the PC & i’ve been featured with my Cornish Tim Mine,
Thank you to everyone.
Malcolm
rodsfotos
A wonderful part of the Cornish heritage Malcolm and a very fine composition of it as well my friend,
many congratulations on the well deserved feature,
Regards, Rod.
Malcolm Chant
Thank you Rod.
Sean Farragher
great shot
Malcolm Chant
Thank you,
Take care.
Malcolm
Lucindawind
fabulous shot of the mine and landscape
TextureoftheSin
What a fabulous ruin!
Nala
Lovley . . think i have seen this one . . down from Perenporth but could be wrong lovely