St. Austell Mining District - Parka Mine

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Parka Mine lies about one and a half miles southwest of St. Dennis in the Belowda Area of the St. Austell Mining District. The tin mine worked from Main Shaft and Garland's Shaft.

Records of production are: 557 tons of tin between 1873 and 1879 and also 24 tons of tin between 1882 and 1883.

Now that 'World Heritage' status has been achieved Cornwall in Focus will monitor developments and learn how the mines of the St. Austell District fare within the overall Mining framework.

For those of you with possibly a little more time to explore, once you've done 'the tourist bit', why not explore Cornwall's industrial heritage through its Tin and Copper Mines or learn more from my Cornish Bookstore