Tin Miners' Cache Traditional Cache
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Calluna Tib
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The last tin mine to close in Cornwall (and in the whole of Europe) was South Crofty in 1988. It is only a few hundred metres away from the cache. The cache is hidden in a sculpture which reflects Cornwalls' mining heritage.
A cache and dash magnetic nano with parking in the nearby retail park.
Following the decline of the mining industry, there have since been major redevelopments in the area. In fact, the old mining sites around this area are of such important globally that they are part of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site, of which there are 10 areas within Cornwall.
From 1700 to 1914, the mining industry played a vital role in transforming Cornwall’s way of life. It provided essential raw materials to feed the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The mining industry pioneered technological developments that helped shape the society we live in today, such as Richard Trevithick’s advances in steam engine technology. This technology was originally motivated by the need to pump water out of mines, and it ultimately led to the development of steam trains, changing the world forever through the mass movement of people and goods.
This and other new engineering solutions and inventions developed here were exported to mining regions across the world – including Australia, the Americas and South Africa – playing a key role in the growth of an international economy. There are at least 175 places, across six continents, where Cornish mine workers took their skills, technology and traditions. Today, there are an estimated six million people worldwide descended from migrant Cornish tin miners.
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