South Kit Hill Tin Mine Chimney Stack Cornwall
by Richard Brookes
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South Kit Hill Tin Mine Chimney Stack Cornwall
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Richard Brookes
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The lone chimney stack of South Kit Hill tin mine stands sentinel like high over the surrounding countryside with views as far as the coast at Plymouth. The ruins of an ancillary building are in the foreground and the mine shafts are fenced off to the right. It serves as a poignant reminder to the incredible mining heritage of this area over centuries especially following the Industrial Revolution with mechanisation, then steam power and technological improvements in Victorian times. Much of this expertise was exported globally. The chimney served a calciner oven just down the hill slope which burned off impurities in the crushed tin ore. Toxic fumes were taken by a stone flue from the oven to the chimney to be released high into the air. This mine opened in 1856 and ran in two separate periods until it closed in 1886 due to the difficulty of mining though the hard granite. Latterly it became part of Cornwall Great Consols mining group. Taken in October near Kelly Bray, Cornwall, SW England, UK. Now part of the UNESCO World Heritage Mining Landscape of Cornwall and West Devon no. 1215
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February 20th, 2020
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