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From finding the right location to dressing and smelting the ore, there was much more to mining than just what happened underground. Read more. Breaking Ore Underground. A miner’s job was to extract the ore that contained valuable metals from deep underground. To get to the lodes containing the ore, they first had to dig shafts or tunnels to

Cornish Mine Images Underground 16.23 – So the contents are tipped down the ore pass. Cornish Mine Images Underground 16.24 – The controls for the hydraulic winch can be clearly seen. Cornish Mine Images Underground 16.25 – All the wagons having been emptied the

May 20, 2014 · According to Cornish Mining Heritage, as many as half a million miners left Cornwall between 1815 and 1915, often setting up their own mines

Women and girls who worked above ground at Cornish mines carried out back breaking work such as crushing the ore by hand. Girls under 12 would sort the ore whilst older girls would break the rocks open or transport them between different stages in the dressing process

Key Stages in the Mining Process - Cornish Mining WHS. Breaking the ore underground Extracting the ore from the rock was an arduous and sometimes dangerous process. Miners used a variety of hand tools – including hammers, borers (chisels) and gads (wedges) – as well as gunpowder, and later dynamite or other high explosives, to break the

Cornish Mine Images Underground 17.22 – Mike Tregonning continues his breaking up of the larger rocks. Cornish Mine Images Underground 17.23 – A final image of Mike Tregonning swinging the sledge hammer. Cornish Mine Images Underground 17.24 – Senior Mine Geologist Nick Le Boutillier hosing down some ore to investigate its quality

Breaking Ore Underground | Cornish Mining World Heritage Site Getting the valuable copper or tin ore of the rock was a difficult and often hazardous process. The rock had to be broken, either by hand, gunpowder, or later with