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Camborne School of Mines

June 03, 2023

Camborne School of Mines (Cornish: Scoll Balow Cambron), commonly abbreviated to CSM, was founded in 1888. Its research and teaching is related to the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources and the environment. It has undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree programmes within the Earth resources, civil engineering and environmental sectors. CSM is located at the Penryn Campus, near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK. The school merged with the University of Exeter in 1993.

Camborne School of Mines
MottoLaboris Gloria Ludi
Motto in English
The glory of work (and) play (figuratively) "work hard, play hard"
TypePublic
Established1888
DirectorProfessor Pat Foster
Location
Penryn
,
Cornwall
,
UK

50°10′16″N 5°07′35″W / 50.1711°N 5.1265°W / 50.1711; -5.1265
CampusPenryn Campus
PatronQueen Elizabeth II
ColoursGold, blue, silver
Websiteemps.exeter.ac.uk/csm

Reputation

Camborne School of Mines has an international reputation in mining, tunnelling, mineralogy, mineral economics, geology, geophysics and geochemistry. CSM's international reputation dates back to the 19th century when with new deposits found around the world CSM graduates began to seek employment overseas and by the 20th century, graduates were in most of the world's major mining areas such as Southern Africa, Western Africa, Malaysia, Australia, South America, Mexico, United States and Canada.

Through CSM's teaching, research and the CSM Association's (CSM alumni) network CSM maintains a strong presence in the global mining industry.

Teaching

As of 2023, undergraduate degrees available included a BEng degree in mining engineering (the only one offered in the UK), and BSc programmes in applied geology, and in engineering geology and geotechnics. The postgraduate MSc degrees included applied geotechnics, minerals engineering, mining engineering, mining geology, and surveying and land/environmental management.

In 2003, CSM joined the Federation of European Mineral Programs (FEMP), allowing its students to participate in study in continental Europe.

The Camborne School of Mines Trust, industrial sponsors, and past students and staff help Camborne School of Mines to offer between 15 and 20 scholarships each year to new students who register on CSM degree programmes. Selection is based primarily on academic achievement.[1]

Candidates successfully completing programmes of study in Camborne School of Mines leading to degrees of the University of Exeter are eligible for additional awards made by the Senate of the University of Exeter on behalf of the Camborne School of Mines Trust. These awards are:

  • Associateship of the Camborne School of Mines (ACSM) for BEng and BSc degrees
  • Master of the Camborne School of Mines (MCSM) for MSc, MEng, MPhil and PhD degrees[2]

The ACSM and MCSM are two of the few associate awards within the mining and other earth-based industries. The ACSM has been awarded to all graduates of CSM with the required grades since 1910, and in 1974 it was accredited by the Council for National Academic Awards. Notable Associates include Lord Eurby D.S.O., M.C. (born 1883) and Sam E. Jonah (KBE) (ACSM), chief executive of Ashanti Goldfields.

 
 
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Map showing the location of the Camborne School of Mines within Cornwall.

Students

The CSM student body is a community within the larger student body of the Combined Universities in Cornwall which includes students from both Falmouth University and University of Exeter Cornwall Campus. The CSM student association organises social events and helps students with any issues. Sport within the school is strong and there are team sports run under the CSM name in local leagues, but are open to any students at Tremough. A key event in the school's sporting calendar is the annual Bottle Match against Royal School of Mines which is organised by the student association.[3]

Each year students take part in the International Mining Games. In 2012 and 2018 CSM hosted the games, at King Edward Mine, a former teaching facility of CSM.[4] The CSM teams train at King Edward Mine and expect to host the next games there in 2025.[5]

The Camborne School of Mines Association serves all former students of the school and was founded in 1896. It has approximately 1,000 members.[6]

Research

CSM is an internationally recognised centre for research related to the formation, discovery, extraction and utilisation of the Earth's natural resources, and subsequent remediation. The applied nature of much of the research is indicated by significant international industrial collaboration.

Research within CSM is co-ordinated by the three multidisciplinary groups. These draw upon the school's research expertise in mining and minerals engineering, geology, renewable energy and environmental science, and their links with colleagues in the University of Exeter's Department of Geography. Each group is led by full-time academic staff, and includes postdoctoral research fellows, experimental officers and postgraduate research students working towards the degrees of MPhil and PhD. Work is funded by the research councils, industry and charitable trusts and is supported by the school's technical staff and analytical facilities.

Facilities and services

The facilities and services at CSM are available to students, academic staff, research partners, and individuals and organisations from the business community. Short Courses and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) include Renewable Energy Industry Training Modules, and Quarry Shotfiring / Explosives Supervisor courses (EPIC-validated).

The school's geochemical and mineralogical analytical laboratories include a £1.5 million microbeam analytical facility that contains an extensive range of sample preparation and analytical facilities including optical microscopes, cathodoluminescence, low-vacuum scanning electron microscope, electron probe microanalyser, QEMSCAN (particle analysis and mineral identification), X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, X-ray diffraction, atomic absorption spectrometers, atomic fluorescence spectrometer plus elemental, physical and thermal analysers.

Facilities for mining engineering, tunnelling, surveying and geotechnics include surface testing facilities; Leica surveying equipment, a Leica/DMT Gyromat 2000 Precision Gyrotheodolite,[7] and a triaxial test rig.

Field Station

In May 2017 CSM lost the use of its underground field station near Camborne due to the site being sold to a 3rd party, putting an end to blast vibration/underground mining research carried out there and annual student mining induction courses that had been carried out there since the 1960s, when the site was owned & run by Holman Brothers, Camborne.

Museum

The museum at CSM is devoted to worldwide geology with particular emphasis on mining and mineralisation. It holds a significant and comprehensive systematic collection including fluorescent, gem and ore minerals, together with suites of minerals and host rocks from important mining areas all over the world, though a significant part of its collection derives from south west England. The collection serves as a resource centre for geology teaching throughout Cornwall, and is extensively used by the school's teaching. Displays in CSM's entrance foyer are open to visitors, free, Monday to Friday, 0900-1700.[8] The museum also contains historic artefacts relating to the history of mining and CSM's role within this history; this collection is complemented by the King Edward Mine Museum.

Some of the museum's collections are available on the Camborne School of Mines Virtual Museum, which is a site dedicated to the geology of Cornwall.[9]

History

Timeline

  • 1829 – John Taylor publishes his Prospectus for a School of Mines in Cornwall.
  • 1838 – Sir Charles Lemon, offers to establish a school for miners.
  • 1839 – Classes for miners start in Truro.
  • 1858 – The Miners Association formed.
  • 1858 – The Miners Association begin classes in different mining areas of Cornwall such as Camborne, Pool, St Just and St Agnes.
  • 1863 – Some 200 students attend classes in eleven mining education centres in Cornwall.
  • 1876 – Gustavus Lambert Basset, the great mine entrepreneur, makes a bequest to build a laboratory in Camborne, The Basset building, for the use of the pupils of The Miners Association.
  • 1882 – The adjacent Camborne Science and Art School building opened.
  • 1887 – J.J. Beringer delivers a lecture to The Miners Association, now called The Mining Institute, in which he outlines new proposals for the establishment of a Mining School.
  • 1888 – The Camborne School of Mining is created.
  • 1897 – King Edward Mine is leased from the Pendarves family to complement the facilities available to students for practical exercises.
  • 1902 – The first Bottle Match is played between CSM and Royal School of Mines (RSM).
  • 1910 – The Redruth and Penzance Schools of Mines are amalgamated with Camborne to form the Camborne School of Metalliferous Mining.
  • 1913 – The Cornish Institute of Engineers is founded by J.J. Beringer.
  • 1924 – King Edward Mine is abandoned due to flooding and Great Condurrow Mine is leased.
  • 1935 – The building adjacent to the Basset Memorial Building is purchased, refurbished and equipped, and named the Josiah Thomas Memorial Building.
  • 1936 – The Associateship of the Camborne School of Mines (ACSM) is introduced.
  • 1955 – The University of Exeter is established by royal charter.
  • 1969 – Attempts to merge CSM with Plymouth Polytechnic are aborted.
  • 1974 – The ACSM is accredited by the Council for National Academic Awards.
  • 1975 – CSM moves to the Trevenson Campus at Pool, Redruth. Associated with a massive re-equipment grant.
  • 1979 – Original CSM Building demolished to make way for a Tesco Supermarket.
  • 1993 – Merger with University of Exeter.
  • 1998 – South Crofty Mine closes with loss of hundreds of jobs in Camborne.
  • 2004 – CSM moves to the Tremough Campus in Penryn, in a new building suitable for 21st century, and with a massive re-equipment grant.
  • 2020 – The Mining Engineering degree program intake is 'paused' for the first time since it has been offered in its BEng format. CSM was the last institution to offer this in the UK.
  • 2023 - Mining Engineering degree program returns, with 4 year in-service BEng[10] and Mine Management Degree Apprenticeships[11]

Principals/Directors

  • J. J. Beringer: 1888–1910
  • W. Ficher Wilkinson: 1910-1912
  • J. J. Beringer: 1912-1915
  • A. Richardson: 1918- ~1922
  • R. A. Thomas: ~1922-1933
  • S. Ball: 1933-1941
  • A/Principal G. A. Whitworth: 1941-1946
  • G. A. Whitworth, OBE, ACSM, MIMM: 1946–1960
  • R.A. Gorges: 1960-1969
  • P. Hackett, BSc, PhD, CEng, FIMM: 1970–1994, OBE: 1970-1994[12]
  • K. Atkinson, BSc, PhD, C.Eng, C.Geol, FIMMM, FCSM: 1994–2002[13][14]
  • R. J. Pine, B.Eng, MSc, PhD, MICE, FIMM, CEng, FREng: 2002–2008
  • F. Wall, BSc, PhD, FMinSoc, FGS: 2008–2014
  • H. Glass, MSc, PhD: 2014-2015 (Acting)
  • K. Jeffrey, BSc, MSc: 2015–2021
  • S. Hesselbo, BSc, PhD: 2021–2022
  • P.J.Foster, B.Eng, PhD: 2022 -

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ "Camborne School of Mines". University of Exeter. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  2. ^ "University of Exeter, Calendar 2022-23". Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  3. ^ . CSM Student Association. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  4. ^ Morris, Steven (30 March 2012). "World's miners descend on Cornwall for international mining games". The Guardian.
  5. ^ "CSM - International Mining Games 2023". Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Camborne School of Mines Association". Camborne School of Mines Association.
  7. ^ "Surveying – Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter". University of Exeter. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Articles | Cornwall Campuses &#124". University of Exeter.
  9. ^ "Camborne School of Mines Virtual Museum – The Cornubian Orefield". Projects.ex.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  10. ^ "BEng Mining Engineering - 2023 entry". Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Mine Management Degree Apprenticeship". Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Dr Peter Hackett, Principal (1970-1994)". Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Professor Keith Atkinson" (PDF). Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Professor to retire". 25 September 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

External links

  • Camborne School of Mines at the University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus
  • Camborne School of Mines Student
  • CSM Association
  • Camborne School of Mines unofficial guide
  • Camborne School of Mines Museum
  • Index of Graduates 1898-1940 Northern Mine Research Society

June 03, 2023
camborne, school, mines, cornish, scoll, balow, cambron, commonly, abbreviated, founded, 1888, research, teaching, related, understanding, management, earth, natural, processes, resources, environment, undergraduate, postgraduate, research, degree, programmes,. Camborne School of Mines Cornish Scoll Balow Cambron commonly abbreviated to CSM was founded in 1888 Its research and teaching is related to the understanding and management of the Earth s natural processes resources and the environment It has undergraduate postgraduate and research degree programmes within the Earth resources civil engineering and environmental sectors CSM is located at the Penryn Campus near Falmouth Cornwall UK The school merged with the University of Exeter in 1993 Camborne School of MinesMottoLaboris Gloria LudiMotto in EnglishThe glory of work and play figuratively work hard play hard TypePublicEstablished1888DirectorProfessor Pat FosterLocationPenryn Cornwall UK50 10 16 N 5 07 35 W 50 1711 N 5 1265 W 50 1711 5 1265CampusPenryn CampusPatronQueen Elizabeth IIColoursGold blue silver Websiteemps wbr exeter wbr ac wbr uk wbr csm Contents 1 Reputation 2 Teaching 2 1 Students 3 Research 4 Facilities and services 5 Museum 6 History 6 1 Timeline 6 2 Principals Directors 6 3 Notable alumni 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksReputation EditCamborne School of Mines has an international reputation in mining tunnelling mineralogy mineral economics geology geophysics and geochemistry CSM s international reputation dates back to the 19th century when with new deposits found around the world CSM graduates began to seek employment overseas and by the 20th century graduates were in most of the world s major mining areas such as Southern Africa Western Africa Malaysia Australia South America Mexico United States and Canada Through CSM s teaching research and the CSM Association s CSM alumni network CSM maintains a strong presence in the global mining industry Teaching EditAs of 2023 undergraduate degrees available included a BEng degree in mining engineering the only one offered in the UK and BSc programmes in applied geology and in engineering geology and geotechnics The postgraduate MSc degrees included applied geotechnics minerals engineering mining engineering mining geology and surveying and land environmental management In 2003 CSM joined the Federation of European Mineral Programs FEMP allowing its students to participate in study in continental Europe The Camborne School of Mines Trust industrial sponsors and past students and staff help Camborne School of Mines to offer between 15 and 20 scholarships each year to new students who register on CSM degree programmes Selection is based primarily on academic achievement 1 Candidates successfully completing programmes of study in Camborne School of Mines leading to degrees of the University of Exeter are eligible for additional awards made by the Senate of the University of Exeter on behalf of the Camborne School of Mines Trust These awards are Associateship of the Camborne School of Mines ACSM for BEng and BSc degrees Master of the Camborne School of Mines MCSM for MSc MEng MPhil and PhD degrees 2 The ACSM and MCSM are two of the few associate awards within the mining and other earth based industries The ACSM has been awarded to all graduates of CSM with the required grades since 1910 and in 1974 it was accredited by the Council for National Academic Awards Notable Associates include Lord Eurby D S O M C born 1883 and Sam E Jonah KBE ACSM chief executive of Ashanti Goldfields class notpageimage Map showing the location of the Camborne School of Mines within Cornwall Students Edit The CSM student body is a community within the larger student body of the Combined Universities in Cornwall which includes students from both Falmouth University and University of Exeter Cornwall Campus The CSM student association organises social events and helps students with any issues Sport within the school is strong and there are team sports run under the CSM name in local leagues but are open to any students at Tremough A key event in the school s sporting calendar is the annual Bottle Match against Royal School of Mines which is organised by the student association 3 Each year students take part in the International Mining Games In 2012 and 2018 CSM hosted the games at King Edward Mine a former teaching facility of CSM 4 The CSM teams train at King Edward Mine and expect to host the next games there in 2025 5 The Camborne School of Mines Association serves all former students of the school and was founded in 1896 It has approximately 1 000 members 6 Research EditCSM is an internationally recognised centre for research related to the formation discovery extraction and utilisation of the Earth s natural resources and subsequent remediation The applied nature of much of the research is indicated by significant international industrial collaboration Research within CSM is co ordinated by the three multidisciplinary groups These draw upon the school s research expertise in mining and minerals engineering geology renewable energy and environmental science and their links with colleagues in the University of Exeter s Department of Geography Each group is led by full time academic staff and includes postdoctoral research fellows experimental officers and postgraduate research students working towards the degrees of MPhil and PhD Work is funded by the research councils industry and charitable trusts and is supported by the school s technical staff and analytical facilities Facilities and services EditThe facilities and services at CSM are available to students academic staff research partners and individuals and organisations from the business community Short Courses and Continuing Professional Development CPD include Renewable Energy Industry Training Modules and Quarry Shotfiring Explosives Supervisor courses EPIC validated The school s geochemical and mineralogical analytical laboratories include a 1 5 million microbeam analytical facility that contains an extensive range of sample preparation and analytical facilities including optical microscopes cathodoluminescence low vacuum scanning electron microscope electron probe microanalyser QEMSCAN particle analysis and mineral identification X ray fluorescence spectrometer X ray diffraction atomic absorption spectrometers atomic fluorescence spectrometer plus elemental physical and thermal analysers Facilities for mining engineering tunnelling surveying and geotechnics include surface testing facilities Leica surveying equipment a Leica DMT Gyromat 2000 Precision Gyrotheodolite 7 and a triaxial test rig Field StationIn May 2017 CSM lost the use of its underground field station near Camborne due to the site being sold to a 3rd party putting an end to blast vibration underground mining research carried out there and annual student mining induction courses that had been carried out there since the 1960s when the site was owned amp run by Holman Brothers Camborne Industrial heritageMuseum EditThe museum at CSM is devoted to worldwide geology with particular emphasis on mining and mineralisation It holds a significant and comprehensive systematic collection including fluorescent gem and ore minerals together with suites of minerals and host rocks from important mining areas all over the world though a significant part of its collection derives from south west England The collection serves as a resource centre for geology teaching throughout Cornwall and is extensively used by the school s teaching Displays in CSM s entrance foyer are open to visitors free Monday to Friday 0900 1700 8 The museum also contains historic artefacts relating to the history of mining and CSM s role within this history this collection is complemented by the King Edward Mine Museum Some of the museum s collections are available on the Camborne School of Mines Virtual Museum which is a site dedicated to the geology of Cornwall 9 History EditTimeline Edit 1829 John Taylor publishes his Prospectus for a School of Mines in Cornwall 1838 Sir Charles Lemon offers to establish a school for miners 1839 Classes for miners start in Truro 1858 The Miners Association formed 1858 The Miners Association begin classes in different mining areas of Cornwall such as Camborne Pool St Just and St Agnes 1863 Some 200 students attend classes in eleven mining education centres in Cornwall 1876 Gustavus Lambert Basset the great mine entrepreneur makes a bequest to build a laboratory in Camborne The Basset building for the use of the pupils of The Miners Association 1882 The adjacent Camborne Science and Art School building opened 1887 J J Beringer delivers a lecture to The Miners Association now called The Mining Institute in which he outlines new proposals for the establishment of a Mining School 1888 The Camborne School of Mining is created 1897 King Edward Mine is leased from the Pendarves family to complement the facilities available to students for practical exercises 1902 The first Bottle Match is played between CSM and Royal School of Mines RSM 1910 The Redruth and Penzance Schools of Mines are amalgamated with Camborne to form the Camborne School of Metalliferous Mining 1913 The Cornish Institute of Engineers is founded by J J Beringer 1924 King Edward Mine is abandoned due to flooding and Great Condurrow Mine is leased 1935 The building adjacent to the Basset Memorial Building is purchased refurbished and equipped and named the Josiah Thomas Memorial Building 1936 The Associateship of the Camborne School of Mines ACSM is introduced 1955 The University of Exeter is established by royal charter 1969 Attempts to merge CSM with Plymouth Polytechnic are aborted 1974 The ACSM is accredited by the Council for National Academic Awards 1975 CSM moves to the Trevenson Campus at Pool Redruth Associated with a massive re equipment grant 1979 Original CSM Building demolished to make way for a Tesco Supermarket 1993 Merger with University of Exeter 1998 South Crofty Mine closes with loss of hundreds of jobs in Camborne 2004 CSM moves to the Tremough Campus in Penryn in a new building suitable for 21st century and with a massive re equipment grant 2020 The Mining Engineering degree program intake is paused for the first time since it has been offered in its BEng format CSM was the last institution to offer this in the UK 2023 Mining Engineering degree program returns with 4 year in service BEng 10 and Mine Management Degree Apprenticeships 11 Principals Directors Edit J J Beringer 1888 1910 W Ficher Wilkinson 1910 1912 J J Beringer 1912 1915 A Richardson 1918 1922 R A Thomas 1922 1933 S Ball 1933 1941 A Principal G A Whitworth 1941 1946 G A Whitworth OBE ACSM MIMM 1946 1960 R A Gorges 1960 1969 P Hackett BSc PhD CEng FIMM 1970 1994 OBE 1970 1994 12 K Atkinson BSc PhD C Eng C Geol FIMMM FCSM 1994 2002 13 14 R J Pine B Eng MSc PhD MICE FIMM CEng FREng 2002 2008 F Wall BSc PhD FMinSoc FGS 2008 2014 H Glass MSc PhD 2014 2015 Acting K Jeffrey BSc MSc 2015 2021 S Hesselbo BSc PhD 2021 2022 P J Foster B Eng PhD 2022 Notable alumni Edit James Howard Williams known as Elephant Bill Percy Sherwell Transvaal MCC and South African Cricketer and captain of the South African Cricket Team Eric Roberts MI5 agent during WWII Sam E Jonah former CEO of Ashanti Goldfields Corporation and Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast Albert Ernest Thomas member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1901 to 1905 and mine manager of mines in Coolgardie and Norseman Arthur Wilson Cornwall and England rugby union player and member of the British team at the 1908 Summer Olympic Games Rex Tremlett gold prospector author and broadcaster Geoffrey Healey automotive engineer famous for the Austin Healey marque of motorcars Sophie Parkin writer artist poet and proprietor of an arts clubSee also Edit Cornwall portalThe Mining Association of the United Kingdom Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Mining in Cornwall and DevonReferences Edit Camborne School of Mines University of Exeter Retrieved 19 May 2013 University of Exeter Calendar 2022 23 Retrieved 19 May 2013 CSMSA CSM Student Association Archived from the original on 2 February 2014 Retrieved 22 January 2014 Morris Steven 30 March 2012 World s miners descend on Cornwall for international mining games The Guardian CSM International Mining Games 2023 Retrieved 19 April 2023 Camborne School of Mines Association Camborne School of Mines Association Surveying Camborne School of Mines University of Exeter University of Exeter Retrieved 19 May 2013 Articles Cornwall Campuses amp 124 University of Exeter Camborne School of Mines Virtual Museum The Cornubian Orefield Projects ex ac uk Retrieved 22 April 2013 BEng Mining Engineering 2023 entry Retrieved 25 April 2023 Mine Management Degree Apprenticeship Retrieved 25 April 2023 Dr Peter Hackett Principal 1970 1994 Retrieved 19 April 2023 Professor Keith Atkinson PDF Retrieved 19 April 2023 Professor to retire 25 September 2007 Retrieved 23 April 2023 External links EditCamborne School of Mines at the University of Exeter Cornwall Campus Camborne School of Mines Student society Camborne School of Mines Student CSM Association Camborne School of Mines unofficial guide Camborne School of Mines unofficial guide Camborne School of Mines Museum Index of Graduates 1898 1940 Northern Mine Research Society Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Camborne School of Mines amp oldid 1151662916, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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