There is a list of mines at Illogan here: http://www.cornwallinfocus.co.uk/history/mining5.php Regards, Joy ________________________________ From: "melibob4@texasbb.com" <melibob4@texasbb.com> To: CORNISH@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, 7 September 2012, 16:25 Subject: [CORNISH] Names of mines near Illogan and Nance Farm Hello, Dear Ones, My Hugh Phillips, bapt 1812, Illogan,  and migrated to Wisconsin 1842, was a miner and lived at the Nance Farm and in Illogan in the 1820s and 1830s.  He moved to Bere Ferris (a variety of spellings), Devon sometime around 1837 or 1838.  Does anyone know what the names of the mines were near Nance Farm (Portreath) and Illogan back then that he might have worked in?  Thanks for any leads.  Meli in Texas ------------------------------- Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text.  If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message