Ownership of Cornish mines was often divided into 64th shares, as
ships were, or in multiples of 64. Might the use of nautical
terminology be because, prior to mining, ship ownership was the only
known model of organisational structure with multiple ownership?
Michael Messenger
At 11:20 19/08/2008, you wrote:
>The link between Cornish mining and nautical terminology is an interesting
>one, apart from captains Cornish mines tended to have a purser. Likewise
>mine measurement was in fathoms - a nautical measure. I have always assumed
>that this was due to a cross over of skills from the sea to mining.
>
>Rick Stewart
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>Fellow Lister,s
>I'd like to say thankyou to Christopher Jones for his mailing in the most
>interesting art' on the origin's of the term Captain.
>I have myself always thought it was more connected to the Cornish miners
>duel jobs i.e- Fishermen in summer, Miners in the Winter- hence it would
>seem natural to call their boss-Captain.
>Take Care
>Roger B Bradford
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