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Poldark Mine

Description: Wendron, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 0ER. 24 hour hotline - (01326) 563166. Enquiries - (01326) 573173 E-Mail: info ... more

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Newest Review: ... and answered any questions along the way. Making the tour extremely informative and amuzing. The Poldark Mine also has a post box underground where you can post letters and post cards to people and they will be specially stamped "posted underground at Poldark Tin Mine" Apparently its the only place in the UK with a underground Post Box. Not too sure how the Post Office go about ... more

... emptying it as every postman I have ever met wouldn´t go to the trouble to empty this one! To sum up most of the Poldark mine site is entertaining, they have a museum which houses artefacts and items on the history of Tin mining at Poldark and Cornwal...more

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Poldark Mine: If you go down a tin mine today (968 words)
by - written on 04/11/03 (Very useful, 942 readings)
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We have visiting many a museum or mine over the past few years, and on a recent trip to Cornwall, my wife and I decided that it might be a good idea to visit a Cornish Tin Mine. The mine we decided to visit was Poldark Tin Mine, this was because this is one of the few mines where you can see the workings of the Tin Mine underground. As far as I know there are only two tin mines in Cornwall which have an underground exhibit, one being Poldark and the other being Geevor Tim mine near to Lands End, however we chose Poldark as they have a pottery exhibition on the site as well. The mine is situated just off the B3047 in between Redruth and Helston, about 7 ... Read the complete review

Mining for your silver and gold (368 words)
by - written on 21/05/03 (101 readings)
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Having visited Poldark mine for the second time in fourteen years, this time with my Sister and her two young children, I was dissapointed to find the removal of certain childrens attractions including but not limited to the plastic ball play pen. It seems that these childrens facilities have been replaced by a shop selling candles and giftware. Out in the grounds were the radio controlled boats costing 1 Cornish Penny (or the equivalent of 50 pence) for what seems like a very short time, and my boat was stuck on some wood right from the start. By the time I had freed it, my time was up and I had wasted 50 pence. There were a few contraptions to see ... Read the complete review

Poldark Mine: Poldark and Demelza get it together underground, well not qu ... (1462 words)
by - written on 14/10/01 (Very useful, 256 readings)
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On our recent holiday to Cornwall one of the things we decided to do was visit on old Cornish tin mine. Cornwall as you might know is famous for many things (don’t worry, I’m not going to harp on about the pasties too much in this op!) one of which is its Tin Mines. Although we predominantly made a return visit to Cornwall because of the excellent trial biking facilities in Par, where we were, we also wanted to do a spot of sightseeing and learn a little about the county whilst we had the opportunity. Despite what you all might think we did not go from town to town trying to find the best Cornish pasties! Eighteenth ... Read the complete review