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Tamar Mining Group is a ‘by invitation only’ organisation whos members hellbent on doing ‘stuff’ related to the mines of and mining in the Tamar Valley. ‘Organisation’ is of course a relative term and ‘Stuff’ may or may not include some or all of the following.

Understand more about mining activities in the Tamar Valley

Preserve what little there is left of the mine workings in the Tamar Valley

Explore and record the Mines of the Tamar Valley while access is still possible

Make access possible

Build gratuitous railways

Stay alive long enough to tell others about Mining in the Tamar Valley

There are currently five active members (‘active’ also being a relative term) whose backgrounds, motivation and skills vary widely. They do all have two things in common however - their love of mining ‘stuff’ and a degree of ‘differentness’.

The groups activities are a mix of serious academic work, underground exploration and recreational mining.

‘Black Mole’ - Rick Stewart

It’s probably safe to say that Rick is the main driving force behind the Tamar Mining Group. When he’s not mining he likes to build railways (mostly in mines), he’s a pretty reasonable guitarist and writes his own songs (mostly about mines) and he’s been known to publish the odd book (mostly about mines).

He does have a job of course (not surprisingly it’s in a mine with a railway running through it).

‘Colin ‘Lemming’ West

Colin is famous for jumping an accelerating locomotive off the end of a section of elevated track at the George and Charlotte (it’s a copper mine with a railway running through it).

Tamar Mining Group doesn’t have a Loco of it’s own, so now ‘Mad Col’ has taken to throwing himself off the end of our elevated tipping dock instead (it’s my tipping dock and I’ll throw myself off it if I want to).

‘The Professor’ - Bob Waterhouse

Bob looks after the archaeological side of things - measuring, recording and photographing, things that the everday folk leave behind (or was that the Wombles of Wimbldon?).

He does get a little excitable on occasions but he’s dead handy with a trowel!

‘Old Tree Hugging Hippy’ - Bob Le Marchant

Bob lives in a clearing in the forest. He bothers no one and no one bothers him. He gathers nuts and berries for his food and drinks from a clear mountain spring (that’s not actually quite true). He is a bit of an old hippy at heart though!

Bob’s background in mining has proved very useful , particularly underground.

Lee ‘Gadget’ Lamble

His legendary aversion to work is second only to his love of good (or indeed, indifferent) Cider.

Having failed to find a career that combines these two ideals he’s now decided that he’s a photographer because photography is art and artists don’t have to get up very early, clock in and clock out or explain complicated stuff to people who don’t care about what you tell them.


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