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 the 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 1997 – Camborne Support Group founded by Tim James to oppose relocation of CSM (CUCSG) 1998 – South Crofty closes (loss of hundreds of jobs in Camborne) 1999 – Lord Coe agrees with CUCSG and states opposition to Exeter plan to close the CSM in Camborne. 2001 – CUCSG win battle to establish combined Universities forum in Cornwall 2004 – CSM moves to the Tremough Campus in Penryn. 2020 – The Mining Engineering degree program intake is 'paused' for the first time since it has been offered in its BEng format, this has continued into 2021. CSM was the last institution to offer this in the UK. 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. Gorges: 1960-1969 P. Hackett, BSc, PhD, CEng, FIMM: 1970–1994, OBE: 1970-1994 K. Atkinson: 1994–2002 R. J. Pine, B.Eng, MSc, PhD, MICE, FIMM, CEng, FREng: 2002–2008 F. Wall, FMinSoc, FGS: 2008–2013 H. Glass: 2013-2015 (Acting) K. Jeffrey: 2015–2021 S. Hesselbo: 2021–Present Notable