Callington Mining District - Wheal Zion

OS Explorer Map 108: Grid reference SX431696

Location
This was quite a small copper mine located about three-quarters of a mile northwest of Calstock in the Tamar Valley in East Cornwall and part of the Callington Mining District. The mine worked Main Lode and Middle Lode from three shafts: Engine; Richard's and Lemon's Shafts.

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History
Records of output for Wheal Zion (1855-58) were: 812 tons of 5.75% copper ore.

For more information on production dates and so on please see Roger Burt's excellent book Cornish Mines: Metalliferous and Associated Minerals, 1845-1913 (Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom, 1845-1913).

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