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HALF TERM HOLIDAY FUN AT GEEVOR 27th January 2012

PR CORNWALL GEEVOR HALF TERMLearn about the technique of casting at Geevor Tin Mine’s make-and-take craft session on Monday 13th February.

As part of the mining attraction’s half term programme, visitors will get the chance to make their own imitation ingot and smelters mark.

Geevor’s Learning Manager Rebecca Gardner said: “Tin is mined as an ore and the process of smelting turns it into a hot molten metal, which would be cast into an ingot and stamped with a smelters mark. Visitors will get the chance to get their hands messy and make their own ingot and smelters mark out of plaster of Paris which they can take home.”

The ingot-making craft session will be available between 12pm and 3pm on Monday 13th February. 

Elsewhere, there is the chance to listen to a fascinating talk on an aspect of mining history that really brings the site to life. Geevor Talks start at 12.30pm every day from Sunday 12th – Friday 17th February.

There is also the chance to have a go at the jobs men, women and children would have done at Geevor over 200 years ago. Hand drilling, hand barrowing and crushing rocks with a bucking iron were laborious and time-consuming tasks but visitors can get a flavour by having a go in the sessions from Sunday 12th – Friday 17th February from 1.30 – 3pm.

Geevor’s Hard Rock Museum will be open offering visitors an interactive learning experience as well as a chance to walk through the old mine workings and take a guided underground tour. 

All activities are free with site admission and do not require prior booking. Children must be accompanied by a paying adult. 

For more information, visit www.geevor.com or call 01736 788662.

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Media enquiries: Sue Bradbury PR Tel: 01872 863863

Photo: Photo:  Try your hand at making an imitation ingot and smelters mark at Geevor this half term.

Notes to Editors

1.   Geevor Tin Mine has been recognised as a World Heritage Site “Key Centre.”  Located on one of the largest preserved mine sites and housed in 2 acres of listed buildings, Geevor’s outstanding collections tell the story of Cornwall’s industrial mining past.

2.   Geevor Tin Mine is owned by Cornwall Council and managed by Pendeen Community Heritage (Registered Charity 1087755).  As a charity, PCH is run by a board of trustees who are all volunteers and is dependent on public support to help its work at Geevor in keeping the history of Cornish Tin Mining alive for future generations.

3.   General admission includes access to the Hard Rock Museum, surface buildings and guided underground tour.  Open Sunday to Friday 9am-4pm (Nov to Feb) and 9am-5pm (Mar to Oct).

4.   Access to the Geevor Shop and Count House Café are free.  Open Sunday to Friday 10am-4.30pm.