It is now a museum and heritage centre left as a living history of a working tin mine.
The land was formerly the world's largest open cast tin mine.
He thinks they are only tin mines - we know better.
With the closure of the tin mine, the population fell from 5,000 to less than 20 families.
From 1874 until the turn of the century the tin mines prospered.
It is now the largest tin mine in the world.
The 9-hole course was built on former tin mines.
There were a lot of tin mines 30 years ago but not one is in operation now.
After finishing school he worked in a brewery and a tin mine.
At one time there were 400 tin mines in Cornwall alone.