Wheal Coates Tin Mine in Cornwall. 2006

One of many abandoned tin mines in Cornwall. In its heyday, tin and copper from Cornwall provided much of the worlds demand. Now they lie in ruins, but now have World Heritage status to remind us of their importance to our industrial history.

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