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    Geevor Tin Mine (from Cornish: Whel an Gever, meaning "mine of the goats"), formerly North Levant Mine is a tin mine in the far west of Cornwall, England...
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    Nearby settlements include Carnyorth and Trewellard and the historic Geevor Tin Mine is immediately north of the village. The village gets its name from...
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    metals/minerals is the DEROCKER system (RMS-Ross Corporation) "Geevor Tin Mine: Grizzly men". Geevor Tin Mine Museum. Retrieved 2010-08-07. Lowrie, Raymond L; Society...
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    talc. Cordierite occurs, for example, in the granite contact zone at Geevor Tin Mine in Cornwall. Catalytic converters are commonly made from ceramics containing...
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    Somerset, the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire and the tin mines of Cornwall such as Geevor Tin Mine, as a large but experienced and willing workforce was...
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    United Kingdom. Cornwall portal Levant Mine and Beam Engine Geevor Tin Mine Consolidated Mines Dolcoath mine OS Explorer 102 Land's End (Map). Southampton:...
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    Mining in Cornwall and Devon (category Tin mining)
    1992, Geevor mine was acquired by Cornwall County Council as a heritage museum, which is now run by Pendeen Community Heritage. Both Geevor Tin Mine and...
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    protect tin and copper gathered in the tin-rich locality of what is now Pendeen, with its Geevor Tin Mine, and surrounding villages. Iron and tin slags...
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    mainly focused on tin. Metalliferous mining finally ceased in Cornwall in 1998 with the closure of South Crofty Mine, Pool, the last tin mine to operate in...
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    Derbyshire. Tin Mines – Devon, Cornwall, Geevor Tin Mine Iron ore — Mines and natural caves mined for ore in the Forest of Dean Coal Mines – Drift Mines in the...
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