REDRUTH  , a

market town in the Camborne parliamentary division of Cornwall, England, 17 M . E.N.E. of Penzance, on the Great Western railway . Pop. of urban district (1901) 10,451 . It lies high, on the northward slope of the central elevation of the county, with bare rocky moors to the south . It is the chief mining town in Cornwall, and the hulk of the population is engaged in the tin mines or at the numerous tin-streaming works . The parish church of St Uny, of which only the tower is ancient (Perpendicular), stands outside the town to the west, at the foot of a rugged hill named Cam Brea . On the summit of this hill, besides a monument (1836) to Lord de Dunstanville and a small ancient castle, various prehistoric remains are traceable . A museum attached to the science and art schools and a miners' hospital are notable institutions in Redruth . A large quantity of the tin is sold by public auction at the mining exchange, the sales being known as tin-ticketings . There are manufactures of safety fuses, breweries, iron foundries and railway works . Tramways serve the neighbouring mines and the small port of Portreath on the north coast .