Friends of King Edward Mine

Gorse cutting July 2012
Archeology - restoring the spalling floor
Painting the Grade II* suvey office

 

Volunteers

Over the last 20 years, volunteers have steadily worked towards recreating the mine as it was at the turn of the 20th century when it became the Camborne School of Mines training mine.

 

There are volunteers working on site every Sunday 9:30 - 13:00.  

 

We are encouraging bio-diversity on the 13 acres and are always keen to attract people who would like to get involved with conservation.   Contact info@kingedwardmine.co.uk for details.

 

Friends

The Friends of King Edward Mine support the work and objectives of KEM in co-operations with its management. These are our objectives;

 

  • To raise funds to be used for the preservation. conservation and benefit of King Edward Mine.
  • To encourage eduation, research and to raise awareness of the mining museum.

Membership is £15 per year.

 

To contact Friends of King Edward Mine, Please email the Secretary on friends@kingedwardmine.co.uk

 

Management
The Management Committee of the Friends are:

Chairman:          Stephen Polglase
Vice Chairman:  Philip Hosken
Hon Treasurer:   Nigel MacDonald
Hon Secretary:   Sid Geake          

Committee members: - John Beale ,  Loveday Jenkin,  Carol Richards

 

Current members receive regular Newsletters.

Downloads

As an example, download Newsletter 9,  dated February 2010

KEM Friends Newsletter 9 web.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [690.4 KB]

Download Fact Sheet 1 about the Holman Laboratory-sized shaking table  using the link below

Friends Fact Sheet 1 Holman Laboratory S[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [321.0 KB]

 "The Mechanical Methods of Dressing Tin Ore" by Leon Moissenet translated by Tony Clarke is available in the shop.  Tony is a Friend.

 

Leon Moissenet (translated by Tony Clark[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [683.5 KB]

School's STEM Challenge

King Edward Mine has a new range of education workshops for schools, built around Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths

Our 2013 Award

On 17th May 2013, we received an award from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Engineering Heritage Award.