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drawing from a cippus, of the age of Hadrian, in the British 

 Museum, by Captain Henderson. There were also contributed by 

 Captain Henderson, enlarged drawings from plates in Sir Gardner 

 Wilkinson's Memoir on Carn Brea, and that of Sir Henry James 

 on the Block of Tin found in Falmouth Harbour. 



A Cross Section of Dolcoath Mine, by Mr. Richard Pearce. 



A Book of Sketches and Drawings illustrative of Antiquities 

 in Cornwall. 



Drawings (by Mr. T. Q. Couch) of various Antiquities at and 

 near Brown Wdly. 



On the arrival of a numerous party of ladies and gentlemen 

 from Falmouth and its vicinity, a cordial welcome was given them 

 by Mr. Henwood, from the president's chair ; and subsequently, 

 observations on several of the objects exhibited, and especially on 

 those having relation to the localities about to be visited, were 

 made by the Chairman, and by Dr. Barham and Mr. Richard 

 Pearce of Swansea. 



The united parties then proceeded to the Truro Railway 

 Station, and by the 12.44 train journeyed to Dolcoath; the 

 excursionists, as well as numerous friends joining them from the 

 west, being, by the courtesy of the railway authorities, put down 

 at a spot immediately contiguous to the mine. Here the visitors, 

 nearly two hundred in number, were received by Captain Josiah 

 Thomas, Captain Pearce, and other agents, and were conducted 

 through the various parts of the works, being initiated, so far as 

 circumstances allowed, into the mysteries of cobbing, spalling, 

 stamping, buddling, tossing, packing, calcining, chimming, and 

 the like. ■ There was no opportunity for any of the party to 

 go underground ; but much interest- was shewn in the man- 

 engine, and the descent of a number of miners thereby. The 

 engine-houses and the engines, so trim and clean, working with 

 such calm, effortless power, were also eagerly inspected. A new 

 engine, of 85 inches cylinder, was in course of erection ; and 

 Doering's Boring Machine was also being fitted up at the patentee's 

 own charges, it being understood that he should be paid for the 

 work done at the same rate as the miners, with an addition of 

 12 J per cent, if the driving were carried on twice as fast. 



No mine in the county so well i"epays a visit as Dolcoath. It 

 is the richest tin mine in the world, having produced, though the 

 sett is only one thousand yards long, ores to the value of five and 

 a half millions, or ^ver £5000 for every yard. Over a thousand 

 hands are now employed underground and at surface. Dolcoath 

 is also the deepest tin mine, as well as the most jDroductive, being 

 worked to a depth of 340 fathoms. To all appearances it is as 



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