'Ding Dong Mine, Tavistock,' Hand drawn cross sectional of D...

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'Ding Dong Mine, Tavistock,' Hand drawn cross sectional of Dyers Shaft on tracing paper, scale 1 inch = 12ft, values in red (60% concentrate), lode width in green, approx 45.5cm x 74cm; 'Ding-Dong Mine Longitudinal Section & Assay Plan,' three copies, printed by Terrell Daris & Toll, showing cross sectional of Dyer's Shaft, thomas Shaft, Sprage's and No.2, with a transverse section of Dyers, approx 66cm x 312cm; Two copies of a fascimilie 18th century 'Plan of Ding Dong Mine', scale 1 inch=60feet, 74cm x 168cm; 'Ding-Dong Mine South Lode (Luscombe North Lode) Longitudial Section and Assay Plan,' three copies, printed by Terrell Davis & Toll, April 1944; Map of Tavistock Woodlands with a hand coloured key showing boundaries and mines, 60cm x 66.5cm. (10) 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).