Mines of the Callington District - Hawkmoor Mine

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Hawkmoor Mine, including West Hawkmoor Mine, lies on the west bank of the River Tamar, half a mile north of Gunnislake in the Callington Mining District of East Cornwall. Dating from about 1850, the mine produced a moderate amount of copper ore largely from three lodes. The lodes named Main Lode; Tavistock Lode and Deal's Kitchen Lode were mainly worked from Eastern Shaft.

The reported output from the mine is 3,559 tons of 6% copper ore between 1852 and 1866 with 33 tons of black tin also raised between 1853-66 and 1875. In 1860 48 tons of pyrite was also produced.

For more information on Hawkmoor Mine please read Volume II of what is widely regarded as the mining enthusiasts bible by H G Dines - The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England: Vols I & II (Economic Memoirs).

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