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The material is very hard and fine-grained, and the Inscription 
seems to have sustained little injury. It reads off easily: 
CONETOCI FILI TEGERNO MALI. Dr. Barham gave an 
explanation of this interesting memorial; and after a visit to the 
church interior, over which they were conducted by the Vicar, 
Rev. C. H. Hosken, the party adjourned to the school-room and 
partook a very acceptable luncheon, for which thanks were due 
and rendered to Mr. and Mrs. Hosken. 
Time failed for the purposed visit to the ancient British church 
of St. Piran ; and so, after luncheon, the excursionists made their 
way to the workings on the Great Perran Iron Lode, carried on 
by the Cornwall Mineral Company at Duchy Peru and Treamble. 
At the latter place the iron-lode is 60 feet wide, and it has a 
parallel lead-lode of 4 feet width. The iron is worked through 
an open quarry. Refreshments had been provided at the mine 
by Mr. Roebuck; and, on a proposal from Mr. Remfry, that 
gentleman was thanked, through his agent Captain Davis. 
Perran Round, probably the ‘best remaining specimen of the 
open-air theatre, was inspected under the supervision of the 
Reverend Dr. Bannister, who stated that in it Miracle Plays had 
been performed, and that the common name of such a place was, 
in Cornish, Plain-an-Gwarry. 
West Chiverton Lead Mine was next visited, and details of 
its operations were given by Captain Juleff and other agents. 
There are now at work on the mine 2 80-in. cylinder pumping 
engines; 3 24-in. drawing engines, 2 crushers attached; 2 steam 
capstans; 1 steam hammer; 1 steam saw mill; 1 30-in. cylinder 
stamping engine, driving 32 heads of stamps; 3 water wheels 
driving the dressing machinery ; 1 water wheel working bellows in 
smithery ; 3 Borlase’s buddles, also a large quantity of other kinds 
of buddles; 11 Hunt's jigging machines. The mine is sunk to the 
140-fathom level below the adit. There are 366 men employed 
underground ; and 276 men, boys, and girls on the dressing floors, 
and other surface work. The pitwork is 17 inches in diameter, 
and about 3,000 tons of water in 24 hours are being pumped out, 
to keep the bottom of the mine free for working. It takes about 
4,000 tons of water per day to wash the ore. The mine has 
returned 35,592 tons of ore, which realized £473,820, and paid 
dues to the lords £31,578. 12s. 4d., gave profits to the adventurers 
£152,625, and laid out in machinery, &c., £50,000. By kind 
permission from the Agents, Dinner was served in the Account 
House ; and, after thanks had been voted to all who had in any 
way contributed to the success of the Excursion, vehicles were for 
the last time called into requisition, and the party returned to 
Truro, safely and in good time. 
