Luckett mine in East Cornwall (New Great Consuls) was experimenting with and carrying out flotation in 20th century. Oral archive record is held locally, I have a jar of one of the chemicals used ! and the settling beds are well preserved. As far as I know the use here was to separate a number of different minerals.
Just before that, the same individuals had been employed in a more experimental operation at Prince of Wales Mine, Harrowbarrow.
Caroline Vulliamy
> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:14:37 +0000
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> Subject: Copper Concentration in England
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> 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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