Cornish coast
Penzance, sans Depp
Part of the Levant mine site, tower used to burn by-product of mining to produce arsenic - which is the black substance around the rim of the tower. Children were sent inside to scrape the pure arsenic off the inside, with rags over their faces as an OHS consideration.
Remains of an eighteenth century building, the tiles were part of the hallway of the mine's counting house, which was dismantled as payment for the miners when the mine went out of business, still owing the miners their pay.
Cornish coast
Penzance, sans Depp
Part of the Levant mine site, tower used to burn by-product of mining to produce arsenic - which is the black substance around the rim of the tower. Children were sent inside to scrape the pure arsenic off the inside, with rags over their faces as an OHS consideration.
Remains of an eighteenth century building, the tiles were part of the hallway of the mine's counting house, which was dismantled as payment for the miners when the mine went out of business, still owing the miners their pay.
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