The Miners Association

History

Achievements of the Association

• Within the first year of the Association’s existence it set about trying to address the need for improved skills and education within the mining community. The Association’s answer was the creation of classes in different mining areas of Cornwall.
• In 1876, after extensive discussions by the Association, George Basset made a bequest to enable the building of a laboratory in Camborne. This laboratory was to be used to improve the teaching of the Miners Association’s pupils.
• The establishment of the Redruth Mining School in 1882.
• In 1887 J. J. Beringer delivered a lecture to the Miners Association, now called the Mining Institute, in which he outlined new proposals for the establishment of a Mining School.
• In 1888 The Association founded The Camborne Mining School, which still exists as the Camborne School of Mines.
• The Penzance Mining School was established in 1890, following Sir Humphry Davy’s contribution to the mining industry.
• Robert Hunt Memorial Museum erected to the memory of Robert Hunt in Redruth.

  Notable members of the Association

• Dr Clement Le Neve Foster Assistant Secretary
• Joseph Henry Collins Lecturer and Assistant Secretary 1868
• Robert Hunt FRS