Foundry Sq. looking unrecognisable with the station of the old Hayle Railway Line which ran from Hayle to Portreath

Yesterday's mystery object was a tin ingot, one of several retrieved from the wreck of the SS Cheerful. The ingots, weighing 28 lbs and 56 lbs, bore marks from the smelting houses at Treloweth Copper Mine, St Erth, Carn Vadras Truro, Trethallan Truro, Berre Fernes Tamar.

SS Cheerful was a steam cargo ship. On 20th July 1885 she was on her way from Falmouth to Liverpool carrying a cargo of 28 lb & 56 lb tin ingots, with a full crew and a few foot passengers. At 4am she collided with HMS Hecla (a munitions ship) on her way to Portsmouth. The sea was calm with a ground swell, but there was a thick haze.

12 people lost their lives when the ship went down.

The wreck lies 35 fathoms down, approximately 18 miles NNW of St Ives.

Three Hayle Town Councillors. — with Robert Mims, Dave Cocks and Clive Polkinghorne

With Brian Capper

Happy at a good start. — with John Pollard and Nick Farrar

Raw power.

First minute....

With Nick Farrar

Onlookers. — with Clive Polkinghorne, Robert Mims and Robb Lello

Leader of Cornwall Council and Hayle Mayor. — with Nick Farrar and John Pollard

With Nick Farrar, John Pollard, Gary Cartmell and Lauren Bambury

Watching the sluicing start. — with Nick Farrar, John Pollard, Gary Cartmell and Lauren Bambury

Well, three out of four.... — with Nick Farrar, John Pollard and Gary Cartmell

Lifting the tunnel gates. — with Nick Farrar, John Pollard and Lauren Bambury

On their watch John Pollard and Nick Farrar see sluicing start at Hayle Harbour after 43 years of dereliction #hayle

Carnsew sluices officially open -Peter Jamieson from SOS looks at Sluices which he has lobbied for over many years