>From: "Mark Hickton" <[log in to unmask]>
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>I am currently working on a piece of research on the history of cobalt
refining up here in Stoke-on-Trent. As you may know this is a key raw
material in the manufacture of blue and white printed pottery. One of the
earliest companies operating in the area was The British Cobalt Smelting
Company who in the early 19th century were importing cobalt ores from
Cornwall. One of the mines that keeps cropping up in the literature as a
major British source of cobalt is Wheal Sparnon.
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>Do you have any information on this mine, or on cobalt ore mining in
Cornwall in general? Any help or advice would be gratefully received.
>
>regards
>
>Mark Hickton
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