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[edit] Mining in Cornwall

I plan to construct a complete guide to mining in Cornwall (and West Devon), with links to pages on individual districts with sections on major mines. The structure will be based on the "The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England" by HG Dines, also sourcing information from British Geological Survey memoirs, and various other relevant publications on mining in Cornwall, by Bullen, Buckley, Barton and Trounson.

In many ways it will be similar to the Somerset Coalfield wikipedia article, based around Down and Warringtons, "History of the Somerset coalfield", but eventually it will be larger due to the greater importance of the mining industry in Cornwall and West Devon. Currently I'm thinking of basing this project around the "Mining in Cornwall" article.

Currently there are reasonably long articles on South Crofty and Geevor tin mines, with shorter articles for other mines including King Edward, Mount Wellington, Wheal Jane, Levant and Botallack, amongst others. By the end of this project its anticipated there will be long articles for at least 5 mines, and shorter ones for 25 or more.

There will also be a separate article on China Clay, to be consstructed before the main project, linking to mining in Cornwall, and the main article on Kaolin.