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Abandoned mines undermine land

By: Language: English Series: Valuer (ISVA) ; 61(1) January/February 1998, 10-11(2)Publication details: 1998Subject(s): Summary: Reports on the problems caused by disused mines and the incidences of subsidence in Cornwall where there have been in and copper mines since 1000 BC. Many closed mines have never been mapped and developers have built on top of former mining land which is potentially unsafe.
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Reports on the problems caused by disused mines and the incidences of subsidence in Cornwall where there have been in and copper mines since 1000 BC. Many closed mines have never been mapped and developers have built on top of former mining land which is potentially unsafe.