Videos, Slideshows, Photos, Factsheets and Postcards of Cornish Mines as they are today!
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on Video or DVD! 
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with music!
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We
have recently been working on a project to cater for the vast number of
people who are interested in Cornish mines and mining. The project is to
film as many of the mine ruins as possible, including the routes taken to
reach them. Many of these mines are almost on our doorstep! We are now
making these available for the many people who cannot visit them
personally. We hope you will take this opportunity to view them yourselves
and that they will encourage you to make the trip to this beautiful part
of England.
We
have also produced ten slideshows for
purchase on CD ROM, with magnificent views, great scenery and stunning
music, drawing on our huge range of photos of 
mines
and Cornwall views. 
Cornish
Mines Today Videos/DVD's
We
currently have available a choice of videos and DVD's which we have
researched and filmed ourselves, showing Cornish tin (or copper) mines as
they actually are today. We have visited a number of mines (e.g. Lyle's
Engine House, Carnkie, above) and produced this footage (PAL/VHS only) for
the benefit of those who cannot make the trip to Cornwall for themselves.
Although these are camcorder videos, they are in colour, digital, and of
excellent quality and clarity. We do not guarantee our own technical
expertise on all aspects of mines and equipment, but you can rest assured
that we have done our best to produce original footage of Cornish mines,
with commentary, that is unavailable elsewhere. Our local knowledge,
having lived all our lives in the heart of the mining area, gives us a
unique advantage. Many of these ruins and restored buildings and trails
are almost on our doorstep! With my assistant, Christian (who has also
contributed some of the scenes) we have spent many hours researching,
travelling by car to the sites and walking the various routes involved. A
little encouragement from you to continue our work would be most welcome!
We have filmed both inside and outside the engine houses, the views down
mineshafts and up chimneys and the areas around the mines.
Please note that these videos and DVD's are not compatible with NTSC (US
type) players, so a specialist PAL/VHS (Region 2) player will be required.
However, many NTSC players now incorporate the facility to view PAL/VHS
videos or Region 2 DVD's.
Cornish
Mines Today Sample Visits
We would like to give you here details of the contents, to give you a
taste of the journeys and the work involved in filming this footage.
The series contains various visits made by car and on foot: e.g.
Dolcoath Mine (main house), Williams' Shaft and Wheal Harriet, Wheal
Frances & Wheal Basset and West Basset Stamps.
Each DVD or video is around 3-4 hours in
duration.
West Basset Stamps and Lyle's A sample description of a
visit to West Basset Stamps and Lyle's Engine Houses, Carnkie, near
Redruth, in the shadow of Carn Brea Hill. After exploring the pumping
engine and whim engine houses at Lyle's, we film the view down Lyle's
shaft, where a number of wires and workmen's debris can be seen clearly at
the bottom. We then walk up the hill to view the West Basset dressing
floors, the vanner house, the stamps engine house and the calciner stack.
We take in the beautiful views of Carn Brea, Four Lanes and the village of
Carnkie. We look upwards inside the stack. We look towards the former
Basset Count House, Wheal Basset Stamps and Seleggan smelting works. The
whole site took us around two hours to explore. A truly rewarding visit,
with a tremendous number of the old buildings to be seen and glorious
Cornish hill and village scenery.
Other visits made by car and on foot: Tincroft & Cook's Kitchen,
Marshall's Shaft, Troon, Carn Brea & East Pool, and Wheal Prosper &
Wheal Trewavas.
Carn
Brea and East Pool is a journey on foot from the Mineral
Tramways Centre at the former Carn Brea Station, along the base of Carn
Brea to view the sites of Wheal Fanny and Western Shaft, the site of the
former Carn Brea loco works, the concrete loadings of the old steam hoist
at Old Sump Shaft, the stepped stack and stamps house of the former
Tregajorran mine, the mine ponds and the sites of various engine houses
and shafts. We look up to the summit of Carn Brea with its castle,
monument (built in 1837 in memory of Lord Francis Basset, Baron de
Dunstanville), and Elephant Rock. We then pass the concrete works where
Barker's Shaft lies concealed and see the route of the old Portreath
branch line with the Railway Inn standing near its course. Passing along
the main road, we reach Safeway, where Robarte's Shaft is now enclosed in
a concrete bunker. We survey Taylor's pumping engine house nearby, and
take an extended look at the 'working' whim engine of Michell's Shaft at
the Discovery Centre. Completing our circular tour, we pass South Crofty
former headquarters, inspect the memorial outside the house where Richard
Trevithick was born, and see where Martin's East Shaft and engine house
once stood. Finally we arrive at Carn Brea Station and look at old
photographs of the station and steam engines and a map of the area,
including where we have been today. The whole journey took around 3 hours,
but lasts around half an hour on tape or DVD.
We hope that has inspired you to give this video a try. Hope you
enjoy it!
Other visits:
King Edward Mine Open Day (including the Californian stamps in
operation), Ding Dong Mine (Penzance), West Kitty, Polberro &
Trevaunance (St Agnes), and the Pascoe's, Daubuz & Fortescue's Houses
(Wheal Basset and Wheal Grenville).
Pacoe's, Daubuz' and Fortescue's is
again an excursion on foot from South Wheal Frances, Marriott's Shaft
site, to the Pascoe's engine houses, Daubuz' and finally Wheal Grenville's
Fortescue's engine houses. Again the whole panorama of old mines and
glorious countryside opens up as we walk through small villages, down
country lanes and across country. We return by the same route.
We hope that this has inspired you to give this volume a try. Hope
you enjoy it!
Prices:
Both videos or DVD's priced at £22.00 plus postage & packing
(DVD £1.50, videos £3.00 UK, please enquire for postage
elsewhere). Payment by UK cheque, UK postal order, US cash or Paypal
(please enquire).
Factsheets: £3.50 per set plus £0.75 postage & packing
(UK)
Photosheets on photo quality paper: £3.50 per set plus £0.75
postage & packing (UK)
Framed photos (7 x 5): £2.75 plus £1.30 postage &
packing (UK)
Postcards: £2.99 per set plus £0.50 postage & packing
(UK)
Slideshows CD ROM also available, containing 10 slideshows, music and
captions; £4.75 including UK postage.
Please e-mail me below to confirm your order. You may use Paypal from
this page.
Fact Sheets and
Photos
We also have available a large quantity of up-to-date photographs
and fact sheets in colour 
about the various mines we have visited. Again, these are high quality,
but, while every effort has been made to ensure factual accuracy, no
responsibility is accepted for errors. We will, of course, be grateful to
receive any corrections and will incorporate these into future issues.
These are also available from this site and from Ebay.
Photo Assignments
We will provide you with 50 current photos (jpeg format) by e-mail
attachment of any mine location to order for £25. We may already have
some mines in stock, but will also provide photos to order, as this will
allow us to build up our own stock. Please state the mine(s) which
interest you. Orders may take a few days to despatch, depending on
requirements.
If you are interested, please e-mail us for more details below. Or
let us know what you would like to see from us, e.g. a mine or area of
interest to you. We are currently expanding our catalogue, and would be
delighted to hear from you. We will put your address on our mailing list
for information, and let you know when our work is complete.
Orders
Please order any of the above by sending the correct remittance
(sterling only), including postage & packing to:
L G Allen
3 Carnarthen Moor
Carn Brea
Redruth
Cornwall
TR15 3YQ
UK.
You may also pay by Paypal if you have a Paypal account or a credit
card. Payment by Paypal (payee: snookermag@aol.com) will be in US dollars
or sterling, so please e-mail me below for the total price.
COPYRIGHT: We are selling these videos,
photos and publications as a service, for personal use only, and we
maintain the copyright on these materials. A great deal of work has gone
into producing these videos and other materials. Please respect this.
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