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Offline Miss Demeanour

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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2009, 08:42:48 PM »
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Named/stamped Colliery house bricks plus "Scorrier Bricks" made from the waste slag of iron, copper or tin smelting. The latter slag bricks often bear the name of the company who produced them and are common in areas such as Cornwall

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 worthy: Our own resident slag expert.

I prefer the term consultant  lol:
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2009, 08:43:53 PM »
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2009, 08:44:50 PM »
Did you smite me for that ......how very dare you  lol:
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2009, 08:45:57 PM »
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Did you smite me for that ......how very dare you  lol:
I didn't actually... but now you've suggested it...  whistle:
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2009, 08:48:23 PM »
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« Reply #20 on: May 27, 2009, 08:49:44 PM »
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #21 on: May 27, 2009, 09:38:06 PM »
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #22 on: May 27, 2009, 09:40:20 PM »
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #23 on: May 27, 2009, 09:41:40 PM »
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #24 on: May 27, 2009, 09:45:53 PM »
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #25 on: May 27, 2009, 09:47:49 PM »
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Prolly best that you decline the whole declining thing Miss D then you can stay right where you are. ;)

I don't think I had that far to go ....... noooo:
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #26 on: May 28, 2009, 05:34:24 AM »
Pure economics.
Bricks were cheaper to make than stone was to quarry, dress and transport.


Simples!
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #27 on: May 28, 2009, 05:38:53 AM »
Quote from: Snoopy on May 28, 2009, 05:34:24 AM
Pure economics.
Bricks were cheaper to make than stone was to quarry, dress and transport.


Simples!
If only it were that simple tho like...  noooo:

What I noticed was that many (I'd say 80%) of the old mine chimneys have a bit stuck on the top... like they were finished and extended later...

I could understand one or two perhaps finding that they'd built it too small but not on such a wide scale...

I wondered if it could be a change of fuel (peat to coal?) that would require a large flue across the entire region...?  Shrugs:
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #28 on: May 28, 2009, 05:45:57 AM »
Perhaps you should have stopped at one of the many mining museums that abound in Cornwall and asked them.



You would have also been able to buy a little pencil with Cornwall printed on the side and a notebook to fill with answers to this and other trivia thus making yourself an invaluable asset to any social gathering.
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Re: Cornish Tin Mines
« Reply #29 on: May 28, 2009, 05:53:07 AM »
Quote from: Snoopy on May 28, 2009, 05:45:57 AM
Perhaps you should have stopped at one of the many mining museums that abound in Cornwall and asked them.



You would have also been able to buy a little pencil with Cornwall printed on the side and a notebook to fill with answers to this and other trivia thus making yourself an invaluable asset to any social gathering.
Indeed...

But then I wouldn't have needed to post here and entertain you with the question would I...?
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