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Mines of Redruth, Illogan & St. Agnes
KERRIER: Redruth Area |
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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Wheal Buller
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Kistle's, Steven's, Hockings, Whitford and Davey's Engine Shafts
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COPPER & TIN
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South Buller & West Penstruthal
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Highburrow; Ward's; Middle; New; & Green's shafts
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TIN & COPPER
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Wheal Bucketts (East Wheal Uny or Wheal Peserverance)
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Walton's shaft and Boundary shaft
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COPPER
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East Carn Brea
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COPPER
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Wheal Harmony (Treleigh Wood)
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COPPER & TIN
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Wolfram
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Wheal Union
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COPPER & TIN
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Pednandrea Mine
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Bains, Jacks, Dopps, Corbis, Cobblers, Briggs and Engine Shafts
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TIN & COPPER
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Amethyst, Galena, Arsenic & Wolfram
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Wheal Sparnon
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TIN & COPPER
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Cobaltite, Agate, Bismuth, Pyrites, Lead & Gold
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Wheal Trefusis
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TIN & COPPER
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Wheal Uny
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No.1; Gooding's; Joseph's; King's; Incline; Hind's and Hind's Engine shaft
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TIN & COPPER
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Great North Downs
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COPPER
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Wheal Peevor
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Sir Frederick's (Michell's) Shaft, Engine Shaft, South Towan and North Towan Shafts
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COPPER & TIN
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Wheal Boys
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COPPER & TIN
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North Treskerby
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COPPER & TIN
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Wheal Grambler
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COPPER
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Pennance Mine
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COPPER
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REDRUTH, ILLOGAN & ST. AGNES AREA: Illogan Area
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Name of Mine |
Principal Shafts |
Chief Produce |
Notable Minerals |
Great South Tolgus Mine |
Lyle's, Whim, Flat Rod, Carthew's and Noel's Shafts |
COPPER & TIN |
Zinc & Arsenic |
South Wheal Tolgus |
Morcom, Rod, New and Michell's Engine Shaft |
COPPER & Tin |
Lead & Zinc |
East Wheal Tolgus |
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COPPER & TIN |
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Wheal Tolgus(Tolgus Downs Mine) |
Pryce's, Davey's, Hortons and Gossan (or Whim) Shafts |
COPPER |
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West Wheal Tolgus (Including Wheal Raven)
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Wheal Raven, Ellery's, Agar, George's Adit, Knight's, Buller's, Richards' and Taylor's Engine Shafts
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COPPER
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East Pool and Agar Limited (EPAL)
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Engine; Mitchell's; Taylor's; Bickford's; Polmer's; East Pool Engine; Agar; Pearce's; Killier's; Western; North; Middle & James's Shafts
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COPPER, TIN, WOLFRAM & ARSENIC
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Wolfram, Bismuth, Cobaltite & Uranium
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North Pool
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West, Smith, Diagonal, Roberts', Grenifer (or Whim), Hill's, Harrison's, Ballarat and Old Engine Shafts
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COPPER, ZINC & ARSENIC
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Tin
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Carn Brea Mines (includes Tregajorran, Wheal Fanny, Wheal Druid & Barncoose from 1832)
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Western; Penny's; Pearce's; Teague's; Polkinghorne; Boundary; Tregajorran; Paul's; Monument; Druid's Engine Shaft; Druid's Whim; Sykes's, Engine; Miner's; MacDonald's & Old Sump shafts
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COPPER & TIN
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North Tincroft
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Downright's, Tyrie's, & Highburrow West shafts
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South Tincroft (part of Carn Brea Mines from 1896)
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Martin's East, Willoughby's, Fanny's, Roger's, Highburrow and Highburrow East shaft
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TIN & COPPER
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Haematite & Pyrites
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Wheal Basset
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Carnkie, Samson's, Steven's, Richard's, Roberts's, Dennis's, Theager's, Old Sump, Doctor's, Williams's & Marriot's shafts
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COPPER & TIN
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Galena & Silver
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West Wheal Basset
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Thomas's, Percy's, Grenville, Richard's, Boundary & Michell's shaft
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COPPER & TIN
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North Wheal Basset
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Lyle's shaft, Miner's shaft, Flatrod shaft
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COPPER
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Tin
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South Wheal Frances
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Pascoe's, Daubuz's, Marriott's, Broad's & Pryor's shaft
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COPPER & TIN
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West Wheal Frances
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Smith's shaft
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Cooks Kitchen
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Williams, Chappel's, Dunkin's, Roger's, South Sump, East, Flat Rod, New East, Allen's and Druid's Shafts
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TIN & COPPER
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Wheal Emily Henrietta
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COPPER
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REDRUTH, ILLOGAN & ST. AGNES AREA: St. Agnes 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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Blue Hills
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Engine shaft
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TIN
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Higher Bal Mine
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Wheal Music
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COPPER & TIN
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Royal Polberro
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Turnavore and Viger's Shafts
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TIN
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West Polberro
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TIN & COPPER
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Wheal Trevaunance
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COPPER & TIN
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Topaz
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Wheal Kitty & Penhalls United
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Sara's, Stamps, Holgate's, Vottle and Engine shaft
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COPPER & TIN
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West Wheal Kitty (formerly Wheal Rock)
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Thomas', & Reynolds shafts
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TIN
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Topaz
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Cligga Head
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Contact shaft
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TIN
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Wolfram
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Wheal Coates
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Towanroath shaft
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TIN & COPPER
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Wheal Towan
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Wilson's shaft, Druce's shaft
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COPPER
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West Wheal Towan
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Vivian's shaft, Kites shaft
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TIN
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South Wheal Towan
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Engine shaft, Echo Corner shaft
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COPPER & TIN
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Great West Chiverton
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LEAD
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Galena
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Wheal Friendly
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Engine shaft
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TIN
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Tywarnhayle Mine
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Taylor's Engine shaft & Moncton's shaft
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COPPER & TIN
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Stencoose & Mawla United
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