The Exhibition 

Beneath Cornwall's beautiful and rugged landscape many miles of mining tunnels and adits lie abandoned, some extending out under the ocean floor. 

In the 19th Century thousands of Cornish men worked within these mines extracting Tin, Copper and other ores that were traded far and wide.

But what was life like for these men underground? How did they experience these underground spaces?

This exhibition seeks to explore the effects of life underground through the miners own senses and investigate the various cultural, technological and environmental influences upon them.

The organisers would like to thank the following people for their support and contributions to the exhibition.

Levant Mine
Rosevale Mine
Geevor Mine
Heartlands Project
Cornish studies Library
Truro and Penwith College
Dr Caradoc Peters
Debbie Walters
Andy Mole and Glen Hilton