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  ... Disaster
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Mines of Penwith Area


Victory Shaft headgear at Geevor Mine


WEST PENWITH: St. Just Area

Name of Mine

Principal Shafts

Chief Produce

Notable Minerals

Boscaswell Downs

Trease, Treweeks, Williams', Richards', Gaver, Wheal Powle, Lawry's, Stewart's, Grenfell's and Engine Shafts

TIN & COPPER

 

East Boscaswell (Wheal Hearle)

Borlase Engine Shaft

COPPER & TIN

 

Boscean (including Goldings Mine)

Brown's, Coulson's and New Shafts

TIN

 

Bosorne & Ballowal United (including Bellan Mine)

Bellan No.1, No. 2, No. 3, North Wheal Venton, East Wheal Venton, Flat Rod, North and Madran Shafts

TIN

Amethyst

Boswedden & Wheal Castle

Wheal Call Engine, Diagonal and Praze Shafts.

TIN

Beryl

Botallack Mines Group (including Carnyorth, Parknoweth and Wheal Cock )

Crowns Engine, Botallack Engine, Button, Wheal Hen, Wheal Bal, Boscawen Diagonal, Narrow, Allen's, Nineveh, Wheal Hazard, Park Bunny, Durloe, Flat Rod, Carnyorth, Chycornish, Davy's, Pearce's (New Skip) and Wheal Cock Engine Shafts

TIN & COPPER

Bismuth, Silver, Garnet & Opal

Geevor Mine (including East Levant)

Carne, Wethered, Victory, Law's, Stennack, Wheal Carne, Long Tom's and Down Shafts

TIN & COPPER

 

Levant Mine

Skip, Engine, Boscregan, Daubuz's (Man Engine), Guide, Phillip's, Goldsworthy's, Zawn Brinny, Phillip's, Angwin's, Batten's, Unity, Trezise's, Old Submarine and New Submarine Shafts

TIN & COPPER

Bismuth & Silver

Wheal Owles & Wheal Edward

Cargodna, Wheal Edward Incline & Engine shaft

TIN & COPPER

 

Pendeen Consols

Greenwood's, Old Engine, Old Whim and Engine Shafts

COPPER & TIN

 

Spearn Consols

Trewellard, Spearn Engine, Spearn Flat Rod, Spearn Moor Whim, Spearn Moor Engine, Guide, South, Rodd's and Great Works Shafts

COPPER & TIN

 

St. Just United

Bozands, Bayley's Engine, Saveall's, Cape Cornwall, North Shaft, West Buck, East Buck and Bounds Shafts

TIN

 

 

EAST PENWITH: Morvah to Sancreed

Name of Mine

Principal Shafts

Chief Produce

Notable Minerals

 Ding Dong Mine

Robins, Wheal Boys, West Boys, Bolitho, Ishmael's, Croft Reeve, East Killiow, Providence, Hard, Jacobine, Highburrow, Greenpease, South Killiow, Clymo's, Batten's, South Bussa, Qualk, Providence, Bank, Greenburrow and Old Engine Shafts

TIN

 

Balleswidden

Davey's, Colliers, Engine, Skip, Rag & Chain, Trugeon, Black Lode, Horse Whim and Hichen's Shafts

TIN

Bismuth

Morvah Consols

Hammon's, Evans' & Mason Fox Shafts

COPPER & TIN

Grid Ref. SW407359 

Morvah & Zennor United (including Carn Galver)

Boscarlas, Moor, Lang Engine, Engine, Old Engine, Flat Rod and Account House Shafts

TIN

Haematite, Limonite & Pyrite



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