Cornish Miner
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Owner:
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Whinflower
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Released:
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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Origin:
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South West England, United Kingdom
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Recently Spotted:
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In Geocaching Headquarters
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With the closure of many Cornish mines in the mid- to late- 19th century, Cornish Miners and thier families migrated to other parts of the UK and to countries worldwide, to wherever minerals were being mined from hard rock. For example, lead miners found employment in Wales; tin and copper miners went to East Africa, Australia, South Africa, Chile and many other places. It was said that wherever in the world there was a deep hole in the ground, you would find a Cornishman at the bottom of it.
This Trackable's mission is to visit as many deep mining areas as possible but NOT in Cornwall - it is now necessary to travel futher afield.
'Cornish Miner' was made in Cornwall and was first dropped near Hemerdon on the fringe of Dartmoor which is shortly to open as a source of tungsten, previous operations having ceased some decades ago.
The medallion on this Trackable is made from Cornish tin, a proportion of which comes from the cargo of the ship SS Liverpool, which was wrecked off Anglesey in 1863.
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