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The working mine
Active mine workings at Wheal Friendship. Date unknown. Courtesy Mary Tavy Jubilee Archive
The Simonin Drawings
All Simonin drawings are reproduced here courtesy of HathiTrust
Bennett’s Dry
Bennett’s Dry a 19th-century miners’ dry where wet clothes were hung to dry between shifts. Courtesy Mary Tavy Jubilee Archive
Buller’s Wheel
The ruins and site of Buller’s Wheel, one of 17 water wheels owned by Wheal Friendship in the mid 1800’s. Date of images unknown. Courtesy Mary Tavy Jubilee Archive
Mining accommodation and official buildings
Former mining buildings: The Old Counting House, Kent House – the former mine captain’s lodgings, and a former miner’s cottage. Courtesy Mary Tavy Jubilee Archive
The arsenic flues and calciners at Wheal Friendship
Courtesy Mary Tavy Jubilee Archive
Miscellaneous: ruins of Wheal Friendship workings
Courtesy Mary Tavy Jubilee Archive