Mines of Gwennap, St. Day and the Carnon Valley
GWENNAP AREA: Gwennap, St Day and Chacewater
Name of Mine
Principal Shafts
Chief Produce
Notable Minerals
Poldice
Harris', Terrill's, Trevivian's, Trussal's, Painter's, Billing's, Oppie's, John Jeffrey's, Quick's, Richards', Bissa Pool, Roger's, Kemp's, Kitty Billy's, Cornish, Holman's, Lean's, Trussal's Engine, Mundic, Trevivian's, Tower Engine, Pits-an-Vollar and Blamey's Shafts
COPPER & TIN
Galena, Pyrites, Wolfram, Arsenic & Ochre
Creegbrawse & Penkevil United
Gill's, Goodspeed, Tippets, Luke's, Taylor's, Flakey's, Engine, Flat Rod, Old East, Dog, New East, St. Michael Penkevil, Brydges', Mount and Bawden's Shafts
COPPER & TIN
Arsenic, Zinc, Mispickel, Pyrites & Ochre
Wheal Maid
Champion, Pryor's, Daw's, Tremayne's, Grey's, Western, Balance and Blakesley's Shafts
TIN
Arsenic & Lead
Gwennap United Mines (Wheal Squire, Wheal Cupboard, Poldory, Ale & Cakes, Wheal Clifford and Wheal Andrew)
Eldon's, Taylor's and Garland's shafts
COPPER
Pyrites & Malachite
Wheal Damsel
Chilcott's, Kit's, Pressure Engine, Old Wheal Damsel, Lockett's, Harvey's, Stephens, Buckingham's, Michael's, Skew's, Old Sump, Foxes', William's, Johns and Hodge's (Footway) Shafts
COPPER & TIN
Pyrites & Fluorspar
West Wheal Damsel (Wheal Spinster)
COPPER
Pyrites
East Wheal Damsel & Carharrack Mine
COPPER
Tin
Wheal Gorland
Davey's, Sims', Robert's, Collins', Williams', Bawden's, Old Engine, Muttrall, Morcom's, Skinner's, Paul's, Green's, Garby and Davey's Footway Shafts
COPPER
Tin, Wolfram, Opal & Gold
Wheal Unity
Todpool, Davey's, Sims', James', Cain's, Yealton's, Singer's and Sir Frederick's Shafts
TIN
Arsenic, Copper & Lead
Wheal Grambler & St. Aubyn
King's, William's, North Grambler, Old Engine, Perkin's, St Aubyn, Davey's, Simmons', Michell's, Tregellas, Powell's and Murray's Shafts
COPPER
Tin & Fluorspar
Cathedral Mine
Colonels and Lawry Shafts
COPPER
Wheal Jewell
Morcom's, Martyn's, Wheal Quick, Trudgeon's, Tregella's, Footway, William's, New Harvey's, John's, Michael's, Tremayne's, Caroline's, Stephen's and Richard's Shafts
COPPER
Pyrites
West Wheal Jewell
Roselobby, Dottam's, Tregonning's, Quarry (Engine) Shaft and Old Engine Shafts
COPPER
Uranite and Pitchblende
Ting Tang
Jeffrey's, Morcom's, Footway, Amelia's, Bawoon George, Lovelace, Wheal Moyle and Roache's Engine Shafts
COPPER
Pyrites & Malachite
Pennance Mine
Baronet's Engine Shaft
COPPER
Tin
Tresavean & Tretharrup
Morcom's; Bell; Devonshire; North; Roger's; Highburrow; Mitchell's; Caddy's; William's; Teague's; Magor's & Harvey's Engine shaft
TIN & COPPER
Galena & Pyrites
Wheal Rose (Part of the Great North Downs Group)
Adit shaft
COPPER
Great Wheal Busy
Old Sump, Fielding's, Matthews', Rickard's, Engine, Moyle's, Poole's, White's, Wheal Vor, Wheal Hodge Engine, Wheal Fire, King's, Bennetts and Harvey's Engine Shafts
COPPER & TIN
Arsenic
North Wheal Busy
Knight's, Trevethan, Twinbro, Flat Rod, Painter's, Anson's, Harvey's, Tin and Engine Shafts
TIN & COPPER
Zinc & Lead
Wheal Daniell
Edwards', Horse Engine, Uren's and Engine Shafts
TIN & COPPER
Ochre & Lead
Killifreth
Hawke's (Richards'), Engine, Tregonning's, New, Skip, Davey's and Footway Shafts
COPPER & TIN
Arsenic, Pyrite, Mispickel & Ochre
East Downs
Doctor's, George's, John Michael's, Vesey's, Footway, Jago, Western, Eastern, Vice's, John's and Williams' Shafts
COPPER & TIN
Arsenic & Mispickel
Hallenbeagle
King's, Engine, Stone's, Eastern, and Read's Shafts
COPPER
Wheal Unity Wood
Magor Shaft, Trefusis Shaft
COPPER
Pyrites
Boscawen Mine
Old, Hunter's (or Trestrail's), Kitelee's, Engine, King's North, John's (Turner's), Caunter and Carter's Shafts
COPPER, TIN & ZINC
Mispickel
Wheal Magdalen (Mary Mawdlyn)
TIN
Chalcedony
THE CARNON VALLEY: Bissoe to the coast
Name of Mine
Principal Shafts
Chief Produce
Notable Minerals
Nangiles Mine (Bread & Cheese Mine)
Bread & Cheese Shaft and Engine Shaft
COPPER & TIN
Zinc, Arsenic & Pyrites
Wheal Jane & West Wheal Jane
Williams', Blueburrow, Jones' (or Moor), Tippett's, Painter's, Venables, Boscawen (or Jacka's), Sparrow, No.2, Dunstan's, Field's, Gweal Durrant, Gilbert's, Giles', Wheal Tremayne and Falmouth Shafts
TIN, ZINC, COPPER & SILVER
Galena & Pyrites
Mount Wellington (Wheal Magpie)
Robinson's, Hawkins', Wheal Friendship, Trenare's, Dunstan's, Wheal Jewel, Sampson's and Buzza's Shafts
TIN
North Jane (Besore Mine)
Western Footway, Gossan, Kerr's, Kerr's Footway, New, Mitchell's, Ready Money, Carne's, Engine and Bull Shafts
TIN & SILVER-LEAD
Arsenic
Falmouth & Sperries (East Wheal Falmouth)
Tresidder's, Deeble's Engine, Hale's, Pearce's, Moyle's, Tippett's and Chappel's Shafts
SILVER-LEAD, COPPER & MANGANESE
Galena, Silver, Zinc & Pyrites
Consolidated Mines (Consols)
Bawden's, Old Sump, Skewes', Michell's, Pearce's, Davey's, Job's, Taylor's and Woolf's shafts
COPPER
Cassiterite & Pyrites
South Wheal Garras
LEAD & SILVER
Pyrite
Great Wheal Baddon (Wheal Baddern)
Kenworthy's, Twedale's, Buckley's, Burgan's, Eastern Engine, Eastern Whim, Sunderland and Clemow's Shafts
LEAD & SILVER
Zinc, Tin & Arsenic
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