Geevor Tin Mine
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Geevor Tin Mine is a historic former tin mining site in Cornwall, England, now operating as a museum and heritage attraction showcasing the region’s mining history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Geevor Tin Mine canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5020016 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geevor Tin Mine Context triple: [Cornwall, containsSite, Geevor Tin Mine]
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A.
Great Orme Copper Mines
Great Orme Copper Mines is an extensive prehistoric copper mining complex in North Wales, renowned as one of the largest Bronze Age mine systems discovered in Europe.
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B.
Blaenavon Ironworks
Blaenavon Ironworks is a historically significant 18th–19th century ironworks in Wales that played a key role in the Industrial Revolution and forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Blaenavon
Blaenavon is a historic Welsh town in Torfaen, renowned for its rich coal and ironworking heritage and its designation as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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D.
Penrhyn Slate Quarry
Penrhyn Slate Quarry is a historic and once world-leading slate mine in Bethesda, North Wales, central to the region’s industrial heritage and landscape.
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E.
Dinorwig Slate Quarry
Dinorwig Slate Quarry is a historic former slate mine in northwest Wales, renowned for its vast industrial landscape and role in the region’s 19th-century slate boom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geevor Tin Mine Target entity description: Geevor Tin Mine is a historic former tin mining site in Cornwall, England, now operating as a museum and heritage attraction showcasing the region’s mining history.
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A.
Great Orme Copper Mines
Great Orme Copper Mines is an extensive prehistoric copper mining complex in North Wales, renowned as one of the largest Bronze Age mine systems discovered in Europe.
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B.
Blaenavon Ironworks
Blaenavon Ironworks is a historically significant 18th–19th century ironworks in Wales that played a key role in the Industrial Revolution and forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Blaenavon
Blaenavon is a historic Welsh town in Torfaen, renowned for its rich coal and ironworking heritage and its designation as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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D.
Penrhyn Slate Quarry
Penrhyn Slate Quarry is a historic and once world-leading slate mine in Bethesda, North Wales, central to the region’s industrial heritage and landscape.
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E.
Dinorwig Slate Quarry
Dinorwig Slate Quarry is a historic former slate mine in northwest Wales, renowned for its vast industrial landscape and role in the region’s 19th-century slate boom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former tin mine
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heritage attraction ⓘ museum ⓘ |
| accessibleTo | public ⓘ |
| closed | 1990 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| function |
preservation of Cornish mining heritage
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tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
café
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historic mine buildings ⓘ mining machinery displays ⓘ museum galleries ⓘ shop ⓘ surface workings ⓘ underground workings ⓘ visitor centre ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Conservation area
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Scheduled Monument ⓘ |
| industry | tin mining ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cornwall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
England ⓘ southwest England ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
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| locatedNear |
Pendeen
NERFINISHED
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St Just NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Cornish coast ⓘ |
| mineralExtracted | tin ⓘ |
| near |
Botallack Mine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Levant Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offers |
exhibitions
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guided tours ⓘ underground mine tours ⓘ |
| opened | early 20th century ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Geevor Tin Mine Museum and Heritage Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | local trust ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cornish Mining World Heritage Site
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cornish mining landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preserves |
archival material on Cornish mining
ⓘ
mining equipment ⓘ |
| region | Penwith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reopenedAs |
heritage centre
ⓘ
museum ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
heritage tourism studies
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industrial archaeology research ⓘ |
| theme |
history of tin mining in Cornwall
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social history of mining communities ⓘ |
| tourismCategory |
industrial heritage attraction
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mining museum ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Geevor Tin Mine Description of subject: Geevor Tin Mine is a historic former tin mining site in Cornwall, England, now operating as a museum and heritage attraction showcasing the region’s mining history.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.