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English: Brunton Calciner (Remains near the Brunton Calciner on the Wheal Busy site)

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These remains can be view viewed from 588873.

William Brunton patented his 'Brunton Calciner' in 1829 and greatly enhanced the speed at which arsenic (an impurity) could be removed from ore. Where the arsenic contamination was high it became economic to recover the arsenic as a by-product.

For an explanation of the Brunton Calciner visit this page from Chycor Cornwall: http://www.chycor.co.uk/tourism/tolgus/page5.htm

For more information view this PDF (4.28mb) from Cornwall County Council, http://212.104.147.54/media/pdf/0/0/CCC_1.pdf
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Camera location50° 15′ 26″ N, 5° 10′ 25″ W  Heading=247° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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