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Mines of Penwith Area

WEST
PENWITH: St.
Just Area
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Name of Mine
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Principal Shafts
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Chief Produce
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Notable Minerals
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Boscaswell Downs
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Trease, Treweeks, Williams', Richards', Gaver, Wheal Powle, Lawry's, Stewart's, Grenfell's and Engine Shafts
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TIN & COPPER
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East Boscaswell (Wheal Hearle)
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Borlase Engine Shaft
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COPPER & TIN
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Boscean (including Goldings Mine)
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Brown's, Coulson's and New Shafts
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TIN
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Bosorne & Ballowal United (including Bellan Mine)
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Bellan No.1, No. 2, No. 3, North Wheal Venton, East Wheal Venton, Flat Rod, North and Madran Shafts
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TIN
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Amethyst
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Boswedden & Wheal Castle
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Wheal Call Engine, Diagonal and Praze Shafts.
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TIN
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Beryl
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Botallack Mines Group (including
Carnyorth, Parknoweth and Wheal Cock )
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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
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TIN & COPPER
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Bismuth,
Silver, Garnet & Opal
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Geevor
Mine (including East Levant)
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Carne, Wethered,
Victory, Law's, Stennack, Wheal Carne, Long Tom's and Down Shafts
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TIN & COPPER
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Levant Mine
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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
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TIN & COPPER
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Bismuth
& Silver
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Wheal Owles & Wheal Edward
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Cargodna, Wheal Edward Incline & Engine shaft
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TIN & COPPER
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Pendeen Consols
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Greenwood's, Old Engine, Old Whim and Engine Shafts
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COPPER & TIN
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Spearn Consols
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Trewellard, Spearn Engine, Spearn Flat Rod, Spearn Moor Whim, Spearn Moor Engine, Guide, South, Rodd's and Great Works Shafts
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COPPER & TIN
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St. Just United
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Bozands, Bayley's Engine, Saveall's, Cape Cornwall, North Shaft, West Buck, East Buck and Bounds Shafts
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TIN
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EAST
PENWITH: Morvah to Sancreed
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Name of Mine
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Principal Shafts
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Chief Produce
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Notable Minerals
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Ding Dong Mine
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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
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Balleswidden
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Davey's, Colliers, Engine, Skip, Rag & Chain, Trugeon, Black Lode, Horse Whim and Hichen's Shafts
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TIN
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Bismuth
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Morvah Consols
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Hammon's, Evans' & Mason Fox Shafts
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COPPER & TIN
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Grid Ref. SW407359
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Morvah & Zennor United (including Carn Galver)
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Boscarlas, Moor, Lang Engine, Engine, Old Engine, Flat Rod and Account House Shafts
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TIN
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Haematite, Limonite & Pyrite
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