15-03-2016, 09:52 AM
(15-03-2016, 09:28 AM)Nick Wrote: When I was at university (many years ago), my then girlfriend was an economic geologist - in the holidays, she worked for CSM (Camborne School of Mines) (she was from that part of the world) surveying old workings - our summer days were spent investigating & logging the condition of old shafts and adits - there are thousands of them - the earliest go back to 2,000 years BC - many are not officially recorded.
I was always attracted by the nice crystals, but she just liked the dull minerals...
Ah......CSM, a well respected outfit known throughout the mining world, when I was mining down South Crofty a fair few CSM students came down to work in there during the summer hols to gain a bit of practical experience.
Used to have a half decent mineral collection Nick, all sourced from down the mine or from the old mining dumps, did you get to going in/down any of the old adit's/shaft's? Cligga used to be a favourite one, and still is to this day.
Lawrence.
