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The Buddles |
Below the count house in the middle of some gorse bushes are the remains of the mine's buddles which were used to treat treat fine ore after stamping bucking or crushing. From the photograph below it can be seen how vegetation is an agent in breaking up structures, particularly the roots of bushes and trees. | ||||
Buddles sorted fine waste from ore by the use of flowing water. This buddle was of the convex type in which material and water was fed into the centre of a wooden cone. The water would wash the lighter waste down the slope leaving the heavier ore near to the top. The ore was dug out once a layer of ore of just under a foot had built up. To stop channels of water being formed a set brushes rotated around the cone to even out the layer of material. |
 Buddling performed a major part in the dressing of tin but it was far less used for copper ores. The nature of copper ore made it difficult it to treat after being stamped, it tended to break into a fine powder made separation difficult. Copper dressing therefore consisted mainly of a set of manual sorting, breaking and separation processes. The amount of ore sent for stamping and subsequent buddling was kept to a minimum. |
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