page_title: Mining in Cornwall and Devon
section_title: Main mining areas
hierarchical_section_title: Mining in Cornwall and Devon / Main mining areas
caption_attribution_description: English: The pine, the pub sign and the church - Zennor, near to Zennor, Cornwall, Great Britain. Zennor was once a centre for fishing, quarrying, farming and tin mining but now only agriculture has survived. The pub is noted for its past famous resident, the novelist D H Lawrence and his German wife Frieda who lodged there in 1916 before renting a cottage nearby. Lawrence wrote &quot;Women in Love&quot; during the eighteen months of their stay before being ousted for their bohemian lifestyle and there was some thought in the community that they were spies. The carving of the Mermaid of Zennor and the memorial stone of John Davey, the last traditional speaker of the Cornish language, are at the Church of St Senara. Français&#160;: Le pin, l’enseigne du pub et l’église, près de Zennor, Cournouailles, Royaume-Uni Zennor était autrefois un lieu de pêche, d'exploitation agricole et de carrières et d'extraction d'étain mais de ces activités seule l'agriculture a survécu.Le pub est remarquable pour ses anciens clients, le romancier D.H. Lawrence et sa femme allemande Frieda qui y logèrent en 1916 avant de louer une ferme dans les environs. Lawrence y a écrit &quot;Women in Love&quot; au cours de leur séjour de dix-huit mois avant d’être rejeté par la communauté à cause de leur style de vie bohémien et des soupçons qu'ils soient des espions. La sculpture de la Sirène de Zennor et la pierre tombale de John Davey, le dernier orateur traditionnel de la langue de Cournouailles, sont à l'église de St Senara.
context_page_description: Mining in Cornwall and Devon, in the southwest of England, began in the early Bronze Age, around 2150 BC, and ended with the closure of South Crofty tin mine in Cornwall in 1998. Tin, and later copper, were the most commonly extracted metals. Some tin mining continued long after the mining of other metals had become unprofitable.
  Historically, tin and copper as well as a few other metals have been mined in Cornwall and Devon. As of 2007 there are no active metalliferous mines remaining. However, tin deposits still exist in Cornwall, and there has been talk of reopening the South Crofty tin mine. In addition, work has begun on re-opening the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in south-west Devon. In view of the economic importance of mines and quarries, geological studies have been conducted; about forty distinct minerals have been identified from type localities in Cornwall. Quarrying of the igneous and metamorphic rocks has also been a significant industry. In the 20th century the extraction of kaolin was important economically.
context_section_description: Cornwall
  Penwith
  St Just in Penwith and Zennor
  Camborne, Redruth and Illogan
  Gwennap and the Carnon Valley in west Cornwall
  Wendron area in Kerrier
  St Agnes and Porthtowan
  North Cornwall (a few mines but no tin)
  A large area bounded by St Austell, Wadebridge, Bodmin and Callington in mid and east Cornwall
  River Tamar
  Tamar Valley - copper, tin, lead, silver, and arsenic. See Morwellham Quay. Particularly in the nineteenth century, ores were internationally traded through Plymouth Dock
  Devon
  Lydford – an ancient Saxon burh; the early medieval location of the most westerly silver mint and later ceremonial parliament and prison of the Stannary Court for Dartmoor
  Bere Ferrers – a unique Crown-operated medieval silver (and lead) mine
  Combe Martin – lead/silver deposits
  Exmoor and Brendon Hills – iron lead, silver, copper
  Dartmoor – ancient stannary towns include Tavistock, Ashburton, Chagford and later Plympton
  West Devon
  Bampfylde Mine, North Molton
  Blackdown Hills – copper deposits
caption: Church and pub at Zennor, with the sign of the Tinners Arms
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