Hi,
From memory, I think that Canadian engineers did some work at Wheal Merth
circa 1942.
Could still gain entry into adits & stopes 1975; very good tin values!!
Regards, Bob Orchard.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Iain Wright" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 5:13 AM
Subject: Re: Cornwall mining photo
> Peter,
>
> Interesting! A search of a Canadian military history website came up with
> Hayle and St. Agnes as the location of the mining operations at this time.
> Whilst Dines confirms that exploratory work took place at Florence during
> WWII I couldn't find anything for St Agnes. As for Hayle it could be
rather
> large area to search in Dines!
>
> Iain
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Claughton" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 5:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Cornwall mining photo
>
>
> > At 16:56 27/09/05 +0100, Iain Wright wrote:
> > >In The Times last Saturday (24th) there was a Focus Report on "Travel
> > West". On page 11 there is a photo captioned "Soldiers remove tin
extacted
> > from a Cornish mines reopened during the Second World War.......". I
> > understand from the paper that the photo is dated 13th August 1942 and
> > depicts the No1 Tunnelling Company of the Canadian Army.
> >
> > Iain,
> >
> > Canadian Army engineers were employed on trial development work on
behalf
> > of the Home Ore Department in 1942. Some of that work was carried out in
> > North Devon at the Florence Mine from June 1942, where the objective was
> > manganese rich iron ores. The engineers were withdrawn for 'military
> > reasons' - possible the Dieppe landing (19 August) although, if that was
> > the case, they did not spend long on the job (Groves, 'Wartime
> > investigations into haematite and manganese ore resources of Great
Britain
> > and Northern Ireland', Mininstry of Supply Monogram 20-703, 1952).
> >
> > Peter
> >
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