St. Austell Mining District - Castle-an-Dinas Mine

OS Explorer Map 106: Grid reference SW946623

Castle-an-Dinas Mine lies two miles southwest of St. Wenn in the Belowda Area of the St. Austell Mining District.

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This tungsten (wolfram) mine worked Wolfram Lode from South Shaft, also known as New Shaft and North Shaft.

Records of production for Castle-an-Dinas Mine are: 46.5 tons of wolfram in 1918, 41.5 tons in 1920.

Now that 'World Heritage' status has been achieved Cornwall in Focus will monitor develpments and learn how the mines of the St. Austell District fare within the overall Mining framework.

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