'Trenwith Mine, St Ives,' Surveys and maps by Leonard Hawkey...

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'Trenwith Mine, St Ives,' Surveys and maps by Leonard Hawkey, 1911. Hand drawn cross sectional survey on thin linen by L. Hawkey, scale 1 inch to 5 fathoms, showing Victory Shaft, Berriman Shaft and Old Sump Shaft, reference of Adit Level, damp staining to edges, colour ink offsetting, rolled, approx 75cm x 215cm, 1911; 'Longitude Section', scale 1 inch to 5 fathoms, damp staining and nibbles to edge, rolled, approx, 75cm x 220cm [L. Hawkey, 1911]; Handrawn map on linen, with scale and compass, showing mine burrows, Stennack Road and Trenwith Terrace, damp staining, rolled, approx, 65.5cm x 143cm, [L. Hawkey, 1911], '....Berriman Shaft, Transverse Section,' hand drawn, scale 1 inch = 30 feet or 5 fathoms, damp staining to edges, approx 56cm x 21cm on much larger thin linen, rolled, [L. Hawkey, 1911]; With the same for 'Old Sump Shaft' and 'Victory Shaft'; Hand drawn survey both transverse and longitudinal sections for 'East Virgin Shaft and Sump Shaft', on linen with damp staining to edge, rolled, approx 68cm x 100cm, [L. Hawkey, 1911]; 'St Ives. Ordnance Map to show Leases and accompany Report of October 8th 1907,' tears and nibble to edges, rolled, approx 88cm x 109cm. (8) Surveyed by Hawkey during the reopening of the mine, by the German-owned 'British Radium Company' for the extraction of uranium (and radium). A fascinating survivor of subterranean St. Ives. 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).