Charles Thomas (1794-1868) was a mining agent and share dealer in Camborne, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.
Charles Thomas was employed at Dolcoath Mine in Camborne from the age of 12 and nine years later was made an underground agent.
Thomas believed that rich deposits of tin ore would be found below the lowest levels of the mine, and tried to persuade the shareholders of this without success.
These miners, known as "tributers", were paid solely on the basis of the ore they recovered, so the activity was undertaken at no threat to the shareholders.
Good deposits of ore were quickly discovered and this helped Thomas raise the capital needed to deepen the mine further.