Cornwall Kernow
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Cornwall Kernow
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King Edward mine and mining museum Treslothan Church Memorial Records USEFUL LINKS | All photos taken July 2002 by D. Hodnett, unless otherwise noted. Click on small photo for large image - then click on your browser 'Back' button to return to this page. <<<< Return to The Cork and Cornwall Connection
1. The Mountain Mine -a steam engine to run a Man-engine was installed here
2. The village of Allihies, West Cork. The Mountain Mine can be seen in the distance. (Photo Theo Dahlke, Mining Heritage Committee)
3. Main Street, Allihies.
4. Allihies village, looking towards mines.
5. Alihies village, looking towards sea
6.Panoramic view Allihies and mountains behind (site of mines). The 'beach' is actually 'tailings' from the mines.
7. Dooneen quartz vein, stained green from copper within.
8. Remains of Dooneen Mine (started in 1812)
9. Chimney stack remains, Dooneen Mine
10. Dooneen Mine - 0ld shaft
10. Mountain Mine - boiler house
11. Shaft - Mountain Mine
12. The old open cast workings beside Mountain Mine
13. Distant view of mountain Mine
14. On the trail to the Cornish Village
15. Distant view of Cornish Village
16. Entering Cornish Village
17. Close up of ruined houses in Cornish Village
18. Another view of the houses in the Cornish Village
19. Griffith's Valuation pages, showing the names (23a to 23 n)of the people living in the Cornish Village in 1852 (Large file)
20. Griffith's Valuation 1852, listing houses of Cornishmen Captain Richard Martin and Captain John Richard Reed Senior (Large file)
21. Retaining wall of reservoir (empty) near Cornish Village
22. Coom Mine
23 and 24. Adits still working for Mountain Mine
25. View from top of Main Adit, showing site of Captain John Richard Reed's house
26. View looking up from bottom of Main Adit
27. Photo taken at the bottom of Main Adit, looking towards the sea
25 and 26. Letter from Captain John Richards Reed senior to the Relief Commission, Dublin, 21 March 1846, asking for Indian Corn meal for his hungry workforce. The reply from Langer Carey, dated 24 March 1846.
27, 28 and 29.. The Cornish Chapel, pre-restoration. Photos by Theo Dahlke, Mining Heritage Committee, Allihies. Photos of the chapel today can be seen on the Allihies village web site. It has been restored in order to serve as a Mining Heritage Museum. The museum was officially opened by the President of Ireland, Mrs. Mary McAleese, on September 12th 2007. Anyone with Cornish mining artifacts that they would like to donate to help this museum are asked to contact troonexiles@lycos.co.uk <<<< Return to The Cork and Cornwall Connection I have
written a genealogical article about the Cornish who worked in the
Allihies mines from 1812
until they closed in 1884. It was published by the Cornish Family
History Society in the March 2003 edition of their
Journal. Photo Links:
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