Newsletter No. 42

 

 

 

 

 

Editor

Greg Bradbury

January 2012

  

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Table of Contents

Committee Information                                 Page  2

Committee Reports

     Chairman’s Notes                                      Page  3

     Editorial                                                    Page  3

     Website                                                    Page  3

     Current Projects                                         Page  3

     AGM Notice                                              Page  3

     Mining Journal Extracts                              Page  3

Current Projects

     Brimpts Tin Mine                                        Page  4

     Roughtor Mines - Burrator                           Page  4

Group Research

     Processing of Survey Drawings                   Page  5

     Tinners’ Buildings – Update                         Page  5

     Tinners’ Buildings Updated Map                  Page  6

Individual Research

     Bal Mine, Walkhampton                             Page  7

Historic Mining Image No.5

     Abandoned Pumping Waterwheel                Page  8

Reports on Past Events

     Peter Hirst Memorial Stroll                          Page  9

     Upper Merrivale Tin Mill & Walkham             Page 10

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     Visit to Penwith                                         Page 12

        “               “                                            Page 13

     East Birch Tor, Vitifer & Golden Dagger      Page 14

            “                                          “             Page 15

     A Celebratory Day Out at Burrator               Page 15

Dartmoor Tin Mine Prospectuses

     North Dartmoor Tin Mining Co. Part II           Page 16

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News

     Crownhill Down – Update                            Page 18

     Hemerdon Tungsten Mine                           Page 18

Tinworking Archaeology Conference

     Tinworking Conference from France             Page 19

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Future Events

     Hemerdon Mine                                         Page 21

     West Beam Mine                                       Page 21

     Brimpts Work Day                                     Page 21

     Off-Moor Streamworks – Hoo Meavy            Page 21

     Brimpts Work Day                                     Page 21

     DTRG AGM                                               Page 21

     Huntingdon Tin Mine                                   Page 21

     Over Tor Brook Tinworks                             Page 22

     Brendon Hills, Somerset                             Page 22

     Dead Lake Streamwork                              Page 22

     Midsummer Mine Madness                         Page 22

Membership Matters

     New Members                                           Page 23

     New DTRG Compact Discs                         Page 23

     DTRG Publications for Sale                         Page 23

Diary of Events

     List of Dates & Tick Box Form                    Page 24