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On Fri, December 7, 2007 10:31 am, Alasdair Neill wrote: > separate dressing of a tributers' ore was > certainly not the case in tin mining, where payment was based on a sample > taken of the tributer's stuff before dressing, removing the necessity to > dress the ore seperately. This is something which doesn't come out in general histories of mining in Cornwall. At what date was it first introduced and is that date perhaps tied in with the introduction of bulk processing techniques like the 'Cornish rolls'? Peter ______________________________________________ Dr Peter Claughton, Blaenpant Morfil, nr. Rosebush, Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire, Wales SA66 7RE. Tel. +44 (0)1437 532578; Fax. +44 (0)1437 532921; Mobile +44 (0)7831 427599 Research Fellow - School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources Hon. University Fellow - School of Humanities and Social Sciences Office address - Archaeology, University of Exeter, Laver Building, North Park Road, EXETER, EX4 4QE Tel: 01392 263709 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Co-owner - mining-history e-mail discussion list. See http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/mining-history/ for details. Mining History Pages - http://www.exeter.ac.uk/~pfclaugh/mhinf/ _____________________________________________