Yes there are some remains of the foundations of the plant - they are
incomplete and I have not managed to interpret them.
Gunnislake Clitters also had an Elmore plant though this was primarily a
tin/wolfram operation. The plant here is very significant as it was
probably the first new properly designed plant in Cornwall to use the modern
mechanised dressing machines then becoming available - i.e. Californian
stamps, classification and shaking tables. It has survived quite well - I
have not looked at it from the Elmore point of view.
Tony
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Subject: Re: Copper Concentration in England
Tony
thank you.
Are there any remains of this plant?
On 1 Nov 2011, at 20:41, Tony Brooks wrote:
Peter
The one that springs to mind is Tywarnhaile near Porthtowan here in Cornwall
1901-08. They had an Elmore plant, which I suppose that you could call
flotation.
Regards
Tony Brooks
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Subject: Copper Concentration in England
I am working on the first draft of the Copper section of the NAMHO Research
framework for the Archaeology of Extractive Industries in England, for
English Heritage. Thinking specifically about copper concentration, I would
like to know whether there were any flotation plants built primarily for
copper ores in England?
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