| REF. NO. | DENOMINATION | DESCRIPTION | NO. ISSUED | VALUE |
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| 101 | 1 share | 19[03], brown, with coupons | #D2464 | £30 |
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| 102 | 5 shares | 19[02], green, with coupons | #A643,#A649,#A792 | £35 |
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| 103 | 10 shares | 19[01]-[06], blue, with coupons | Low #B758 High #B2531 |
£35 |
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| 104 | 25 shares | ? | ? | ? |
Calstock Tin and Copper Ltd
Registered 5th May 1900 to acquire the Prince of Wales Tin mine at Harrowbarrow, St. Mellion, Calstock, Cornwall from the East Cornwall Tin Mining Syndicate Ltd.. In voluntary liquidation 20th November 1912. Company number 65854
Capital £60,000 in shares of £1.
1900
Description
Formed to acquire the Prince of Wales Tin mine at Harrowbarrow, St. Mellion, Calstock, Cornwall from the East Cornwall Tin Mining Syndicate Ltd.
This company was formed to rework what had once been a productive tin and copper mine, there was a quantity of plant on the site already that allowed the mine to quickly get up and running again. The company was taken to court in September 1901 by Cornwall council for water pollution violations, the case appears to centre around samples taken from the river that showed copper and slimes residue in the water that was of a toxic level to animals and people. This case was dropped in February 1902, as the council decided that the samples had not been collected correctly and therefore could not be used as evidence. The company had also complained that it had not been advised of any pollution issues prior to the court case and that it had not been aware as to the methods used to collect them. The witnesses called seemed to side with the mining company as the mineral agents as well as the fishing rights holders did not seem to think there has an issue with the water quality.
Production seems to have commenced again at the mine quickly with records showing production of tin between Febuary and July 1901 being 90.8 tons of black tin with a value of £6,188. By early 1903 the mill had been shut down, the board having decided that they required a modern plant that was efficient rather than patching up the old plant. It was reported that the capital was raised in June 1903 to £100,000 to fund the purchase of the new plant, but it is unclear if this happened as share warrants where stilling being issued in 1906 with the original capital of £60,000 on them (see ref 103 below). Very little work was undertaken on the property until 1910 other than to keep the mine dewatered. Production restarted in 1910 with regular returns of 6-8 tons being reported. This continued until 1912 when the mine was flooded due to the pumps being stopped in the national coal strike. The company went into liquidation November 1912.
