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A museum and visitor centre on the topic of Cornish tin mining history, with working displays of machinery. The site has a cafe and shop containing specialist books and gifts.
The King Edward Mine at Camborne, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom is a mine owned by Cornwall Council.
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Ruins of the former Wheal Basset stamphouses and tin processing plant.
Rocky hilltop with a view of the sea, a small castle, a large stone monument, and iron age stone circles
Impressive Cornish beam engines and industrial heritage discovery centre, at the very heart of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site, sit these two great beam engines, originally powered by high-pressure steam boilers, invented by local hero Richard Trevithick.
This machinery, set up in 1865, pulverised mining waste which still contained useful amounts of tin. The ore was refined and sent for smelting; it's nowadays made into jewellery.