History of Cornish Mining - The Time Tunnel - Great Flat Lode
My Exploration of the Great Flat Lode 15th June 2014 In the 1860s a 2 mile long 'lode' of tin ore was discovered in this area, where copper had previously been worked. Lying at an angle of 30 degrees, rather than the more usual 70 degrees, it was flatter than most, giving it its name the 'Great Flat Lode'. Drilling holes in the hard Cornish rock was time consuming and hard work. Early miners drilled holes by hand and used black gunpowder to blast the rock apart. A steal drill rod, was used to create the hole using a hammer or two miners hammering for increased speed. The steal was turned after each hit of the hammer, this would chip out a piece of rock. This would eventually create a round hole. The drilled hole was called a 'shothole'. black gunpowder could be poured into the hole and ignited to blast the rock apart. Drilling holes in the hard rock of Cornwall was laborious and time consuming. It could take many hours of strenuous effort to bore a 2ft hole, When I worked at Geevor Tin Mine I could drill 20 plus 6-8 holes in granite during a shift. Filmed on GoPro 3 black edition, music mixes are my own creation. Time Tunnel intro from 1960s TV program. Trelawny sung outside a pub in Helston. Tags. cornish tin mining, mining, cornwall, tim mining, stoper,stoping, pasty,mining history, cornish history, hand drilling, drilling, blasting, cornish tin miner, geevor miner, Cligga mine, cligga, cligga head History of mining or mining history. History of mining or mining history. History of Cornish Tin Mines collection, Cornish tin mine, History of mining or mining history The Time Tunnel chroma key, colour key, anthro, tnt, explosives, miners, cousin jack, kernow the great flat lode flat lode mining qld jobs gold mining stock data mining dream mining stars dream mining little newcrest mining jobs mining currency information dream mining disney dream mining stars geevor tin mine south crofty tin mine best places in cornwall Geevor tin mine, Geever, Gever, mining museum, educational trips, educational trip, National Curriculum, field trips, field trip, site visit, museum studies, tourism studies, mining centre, mining center, underground tour, Cornish mining, tin mine, tin mining, undersea mining, mining history, day out, minerals, heritage attraction, tourism, Pendeen, industrial archaeology, holiday destination, West Penwith, mineral processing, tin, copper, Victory Shaft, Wethered Shaft, museum, St Just mining district, Wheal Owles, Levant Mine, Botallack Mine, St Just United, Wheal Hermon, Cape Cornwall Mine, Wheal Edward, Crowns, North Boscaswell, Morvah Consols, Morvah and Zennor, restaurant, where to go This film will give you some idea of how miners in Poldark times would have worked as we descend a typical man way laddered shaft.
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