Tin Mine Ruins - Cornwall Landscape
by Mark Tisdale
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Tin Mine Ruins - Cornwall Landscape
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Mark Tisdale
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Photograph - Photo
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The first time I saw a ruined Cornish tin mine perched on the horizon, it looked for the world to me like a castle. It's still amazing to me that a mine would have such an imposing structure build upon it. Most of the ruined mines like these hail from the 19th century, an era when things were made to last no doubt and style was imparted to the simplest structures.
The history of Tin mining is inextricably linked to the history of Cornwall. There has been tin mining in this are stretching back for thousands of years. In fact, the name of Britain appears to come from the name Phoenician traders gave to the land, Baratanac - land of tin. Which shows just how long Cornish miners have been around!
Today most of the Cornish mines are ruins like the one pictured. The mining industry sputtered out, but the result was a diaspora of Cornish miners who left to mine elsewhere and took a little of their culture with them. It's amazing how much a simple ruin can symbolize a people and help tell their story. I wish I had gotten a chance to check out a mine closer, but for me they will remain for now little castle ruins dotting the horizons of Cornwall.
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August 18th, 2013
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