Botallack Mine, St Just, Cornwall.  Facsimile prints. Survey...

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Botallack Mine, St Just, Cornwall.  Facsimile prints. Surveys and plans Wheal Owles Plan & Longitudinal Section, scale 8 fathoms to an inch; Plan of Cargodna Lode; Plan of Wheal Owles Adit & Wheal. Edward Zawn Sections; Plan of Fatwork, Wheal Boys & Grouse Lodes; Wheal Edward Zawn Plan of Part of Undersea Development; Longitudinal Section on Grouse Callen Lode; Longitudinal Section of Buzza Lode; Longitudinal Section of Cargotha Lode; With other longitudinal sections and plans. (25) A fantastic collection. From the estate of Ron Hooper, M.V.O., A.C.S.M., F.I.M.M. Born in St.Agnes, he graduated from Camborne School of Mines. After a short career mining in the Gold Coast of Ghana he joined the Camborne School of Mines, eventually becoming Senior Lecturer in Surveying. At the same time, he acted as an independent mining engineer and was appointed mineral agent for several Cornish estates including the Duchy of Cornwall, Tregothnan, and the Godolphin Estate (amongst others).