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St Austell Mining District - Belowda (Beacon Hill) MineOS Explorer Map 106: Grid reference SW972624 Otherwise known as Beacon Hill Mine, Belovely or Belowda Beacon, the sett of Belowda lies just to the northwest of Victoria about two miles north of the A30 at Roche in the Belowda Section of the St. Austell Mining District. The sett is bounded to the west by Tregonetha and to the east by Little Brynn. Chiefly a tin mine Belowda worked Wheal Dora Lode and Webb's Lode worked from a couple of unnamed shafts. The enterprise was quite short-lived and was only in operation for 30 years - 1872 to 1902, during this time it produced 49 tons of tin. There were attempts at reopening the mine in 1909, 1921 and 1935 but these came to nothing. Mining Historian H.G. Dines reports Belowda as having 'Never shown large returns'. Now that 'World Heritage' status has been achieved Cornwall in Focus will monitor developments and learn how the mines of the St. Austell District fare within the overall Mining framework. For those of you with
possibly a little more time to explore, once you've done
'the tourist
bit', why not explore Cornwall's industrial heritage through its Tin and Copper Mines or learn more from my Cornish Bookstore
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