DESCRIPTION OF THE OPERATIONS AT DOLCOATH MINE. 197 



In bringing this imperfect sketch to a close, I may perhaps be 

 allowed to express the hope that this old and productive mine 

 may long continue to be a source of wealth to the proprietors, 

 and the chief means of support to the large labouring population 

 of the neighbourhood. 



the mine is short (three years), we must not speak positively as to its effect 

 as a preventive of consumption ; but we have all remarked that our men 

 are not laid up with colds in the manner they used to be ; neither have we 

 had but two cases of miners' consumption within the last three years." 



Barham, Report on the Condition of the Children and Young Persons 

 Employed in the Mines of Devonshire and Cornwall, pp. 16, 84, s. 18 

 (Abridged). 



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