Dolcoath Mine
Other Business Names:
- Dunstanville, Lord
- Dolcoath Ltd
- Vivian, Andrew
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Camborne, Cornwall, Cornwall, South West, England
Sectors:
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Extraction
Copper extraction
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Extraction
Tin extraction
Notes:
Had ancient origins but developed especially from the mid 18th century as a copper mine. For long leased from Bassett family, later Lords Dunstanville. Ceased operations 1790 but reopened with great success from 1799 by group of investors , ?trading as Cost Book Co, initially led by Andrew Vivian. Emerged as a very large and profitable mine. Copper reserves exhausted by 1846 when developed as a tin mine, becoming the largest in the world. Reorganised 1895 as Dolcoath Ltd which continued until 1921 when mine closed
Publications:
- A Few Notes on the Dolcoath Mine, Printed for the Institute of Journalists on the Occasion of their Visit ... 1909 by Unknown
- Cornish mining. Notes from the account books of Richard Trevithick, senior by Titley, Arthur
- Dolcoath Mine. A history by Buckley, J Allen
- Dolcoath. Queen of Cornish mines by Harris, T R
- Princes of the Working Valley. The day and night book of two Dolcoath mine captains, 1822-23 by Buckley, J Allen
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Dunstanville, Lord
- Dolcoath Ltd
- Vivian, Andrew
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Camborne, Cornwall, Cornwall, South West, England
Sectors:
- Extraction Copper extraction
- Extraction Tin extraction
Notes:
Had ancient origins but developed especially from the mid 18th century as a copper mine. For long leased from Bassett family, later Lords Dunstanville. Ceased operations 1790 but reopened with great success from 1799 by group of investors , ?trading as Cost Book Co, initially led by Andrew Vivian. Emerged as a very large and profitable mine. Copper reserves exhausted by 1846 when developed as a tin mine, becoming the largest in the world. Reorganised 1895 as Dolcoath Ltd which continued until 1921 when mine closedPublications:
- A Few Notes on the Dolcoath Mine, Printed for the Institute of Journalists on the Occasion of their Visit ... 1909 by Unknown
- Cornish mining. Notes from the account books of Richard Trevithick, senior by Titley, Arthur
- Dolcoath Mine. A history by Buckley, J Allen
- Dolcoath. Queen of Cornish mines by Harris, T R
- Princes of the Working Valley. The day and night book of two Dolcoath mine captains, 1822-23 by Buckley, J Allen