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The people of South Caradon Mine
 
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The original adventurers The founders of the mine.
James Clymo's Grave Liskeard Churchyard 2001 
James Clymo's Grave Liskeard 

Peter Clymo  
The 1851 Census showed Peter was born in Camborne and was married to Mary who was born in Devonport. They lived in Dean House Liskeard with two servants. Peter became died in 1870 aged 69 after spending three years bed bound. 
 

James Clymo 
Brother of Peter. He worked underground until 23 obtaining a large amount of practical knowledge that proved of great value in the running of the mine. He died earlier than his brother in 1849. 

Tom Kittow 
A farmer from Browda in Linkinhorne Parish. He died in 1886 at the grand age of 100 after amassing a fortune from the mines of £40,000.
 
 
 		 The Clymo Brothers and Thomas Kittow became wealthy as a result of South Caradon. They re-invested much of the profits into other ventures in the Liskeard area including the lead mines of Menheniot 

The Clymo's father worked at Fowey Consols and a cousin James Budge Clymo emigrated to manage Molong Mining Company New South Wales. 
Their interests would include: 

Ref:
The Mines and Mining Men of Menheniot by Stepehen Bartlett
Cornish Mines by  Burt. Maps of Trelawny and Wheal Mary Ann are available on CD-ROM
The managers The mine Captains
Peter Clymo 
William Rule
John Holman  

Peter Clymo's Grave Liskeard 2001 
Peter Clymo's Grave Liskeard

  
 
 		 Peter Clymo remained Captain until forced to resign from ill health in 1869 after Overseeing thirty six years of production. 
In addition to his business interests he had been mayor of Liskeard three times and a JP. 
At his funeral 600 miners lead the cortege and over 1000 spectators looked on. A symbol of the impact the practical skills and vision of the South Caradon adventurers had made to South East Cornwall.
The chief agents The supervisors
William Rule  
John Pearce  
John Holman 
W. Wills 
William Tyacke  
James Dymond  
William Clogg 
Fred Waddleton    
William George  
George Seccombe 		 Just as in other Cornish mines many of these names are now part of the landscape. Their names have been given to the shafts that now lie un-used and choked. The buildings of Rule's, Pearce's and Holman's shaft can be seen from the footpath.
The secretaries and pursers The account keepers
Thomas Kitto  
J. Dymond  
William Rule 		 Thomas Kittow was secretary of the mine until 1875, over 40 years! Although one of the original adventurers he was not a miner but a farmer from the nearby Linkinhorne Parish. 
He was born 1788 at Trewen and died 31st December 1886 at Browda on his own estate aged a 100. Thomas farmed at Browda and Linkinhorne and never married.  
He was the Uncle of Peter Kittow of Patrieda and great uncle of John Kittow of Mearfield, Stoke. 
 
The landowner The Mineral Lord
Rev Norris This was perhaps the luckiest of all those involved in the mine. For no risk, no investment and no skill the landowner saw his previous rough grazing land turn into a huge source of income. By 1863 alone he had been paid up to £43,000 in dues.
Fatalities A few of the many Cornish mine deaths
Jane Husband 
John Oliver 
 
 
 
on Tuesday last, a young women called  Jane  
Husband, about 17 years of age, went to work at this mine a little late in the morning. To escape being seen by the captain dresser, she went into the jigging house instead of going into the tool house, and by some means got her dress caught in the jigging machine, by which she was crushed to death. It is remarkable that there was not a single bone broken" 
28 Feb 1862  
West Briton Newspaper"

On Saturday morning at South Caradon mine, a number of men were engaged in putting in a flywheel, when John Oliver, of Tremar Coombe, St. Cleer, slipped his foot and was caught in the wheel. He was taken round, both his legs were broken, and he was placed under medical treatment, but he died almost as soon as he reached his own door. He leaves a wife and eight children. Whilst the unfortunate man was being conveyed home, the people conveying him were observed by a young married women, who, thinking the deceased might be her own husband, also a miner, gave premature birth, in her fright, to a child, still born. The mother was seized with fits and died shortly after."

1st December 1870 
West Briton Newspaper 
On many mine sites in Cornwall dangers may still exist, many hidden.  
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