£110
'West Wheal Towan,' Hand drawn and coloured survey, key showing adit levels, cross-cuts, Wheal Towan Lode, Langton's, Wheal Tye, Taylors, Leod, Goad's Taylors Tin, Wheal Lushington, Hampton's, Gossan, Thomas's Crosscourses at Surface, large tear to fore edge, scale 10 fathoms = One Inch, approx 75cm x 213cm; With four other works including two 1907 OS maps of the area. (5) 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).
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