Charles Thomas (Mine Agent)

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Charles Thomas, (1794-1868), Mining Agent and Share Dealer, an advocate of deep mining.

Charles Thomas was a Mine “Captain” or manager, who despite shareholder opposition, opened deep levels in Dolcoath Mine, below the exhausted copper lode, yielding large quantities of tin ore.

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  • Remarks on the geology of Cornwall and Devon: In connexion with the deposits of metallic ores, and on the bearings of the productive lodes, given in two lectures with Lithographic Illustration Together with Additional Remarks on the Same Subject ; Redruth, James Tregaskis (1859)
  • Mining fields of the West: being a practical exposition of the principal mines and mining districts in Cornwall and Devon; Truro, D. Bradford Barton, 1967. ISBN 0003617182 (first published 1867)
  • Investors' handbook : containing full and reliable information with regard to every description of investment ; London : Charles Thomas, 1877
  • Tables Suited to a New Method of Ascertaining the Value of Tin Stuff ; Marazion : S.Bennett, 1836
  • Tables For Ascertaining the Value of Tin Stuff ; Redruth : James Tregaskis, 1859

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