A friend of mine is studying alternative medical treatments, and has been told of a hill in Cornwall where, in the past, people with rheumatism would go and sit. This seems to tie in with treatment being offered in the U.S.A. at some radon mines in Boulder, Montana. Does anyone have any ideas where this hill might be ? We'd be grateful for any information.
I think that was always an old joke, Cledry, like "If you HAVE to rub your eye, only use your elbow"...have you TRIED to pass through Men-an-tol? Its hard even if youre healthy!!
I firmly believe that sort of Cornish Traditional 'booting up the Arse' should form part of the essential curriculum for teaching Cornish Children in thear skools.
I know that uranium was mined at Wheal Trenwith, St Ives (where the bloody great car park and new leisure centre are - do the cars glow in the dark?), and close to the viaduct at Ponsanooth. I'm sure that it was mined elsewhere in Cornwall as well.
For traditional Cornish cures - it's worth having a good read of Hunt's "Romances and Superstitions in the West of England" (sorry about the title, but that was Hunt, not me); Bottrell's 3 volumes of Traditions of West Cornwall and Margaret Courtney's Cornish Feasts and Folk Lore (all written in the 1870s-1880s).
Yes, Masterclass, Cornwall's most famous - South Terras - between Grampond road and St Stephen. Supplied radium for Marie Curie's original research into radioactivity. radium occurs there as an imprity in the pitchblende. This mine was unique in Cornwall as it was a stand alone U/Ra mine whereas the many others that produced uranium were tin/copper mines in the main eg. Wheal Owls, Polgooth and many in the Gunnislake area.
Probably not until the other big world producers start running out.
Marhak, considering how many tons of ore the Curies processed to produce a tiny amount of radium you could eat the stuff without suffering radiation sickness.
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