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Sketches
of a Cornish Tin Mine
(Note picture of bal maidens centre left.) The Illustrated News of the World, 1893 |
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Four
stages in dressing copper ore. Showing from L to R Spalling, Cobbing,
Bucking? and Sieving? Illustrated Itinerary of the County of Cornwall, by Cyrus Redding 1842 |
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Women
spalling (left), cobbing (centre), picking (right) and bucking
(back right) Engraving of Dolcoath Mine by Thomas Allom circa 1831
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Tin Dresser of the St Just Area (with some artistic licence!) Illustration from Half Hours Underground (Daldry, Isbister & Co, 1878) Page 151 |
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Woodcut
of bal maiden with Cornish shovel Peeps into the Haunts and Homes of the Rural Population of Cornwall, 1879 |
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Woodcut
of three bal maidens Peeps into the Haunts and Homes of the Rural Population of Cornwall, 1879 |
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Bal
maidens spalling, and loading ore wagon at Carn Brea 1880 Harpers
Magazine, 1881 |
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The
following images are taken from a paper by James Henderson,
published in the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers,
1858, and are available with a transcript. (See Links,
Books & Articles) |
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Women
spalling ore |
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Girls
cobbing copper ore |
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Girls
barrowing, bucking and griddling copper ore |
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Girls
at the picking table |
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Bal
maiden at semi automated jigging machine |
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Bal
maiden at the racking frames (tin) |
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Bal
maiden at the calciner hopper |
