Druid, Wheal
Copper and Tin Mine
Worked from 1792 to 1817
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Cornwall | |
Illogan | |
50.225453, -5.247825 | |
SW 6844 4121 | |
Open Access | |
132m | |
#8,019 |
Later part of Carn Brea Mines. Wheal Druid was a small mine established around 1800 initially focused on copper extraction. In 1831, it merged with Carn Brea Mine, alongside Barncoose Mine and Wheal Fanny. The Druid section ceased operations in 1914 due to irregular values at depth and poor recovery. The mine included two lodes: Druid’s North Lode, carrying copper ores, and Druid’s South Lode, carrying both copper and tin ores. These lodes extended from granite to metamorphosed killas. Druid’s South Lode was accessed via several shafts, including New Shaft, Monument Shaft, Druid’s Engine Shaft, and Macdonald’s Shaft. The mine produced 176 tons of copper ore in 1816 and 1817, with later production figures incorporated into Carn Brea Mine’s output.
External Links
Publications (1)
- Nance, Richard W.M. and Nance, R. Damian (1996); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 13-2 Win - Survey of Engine Houses on the Mines of South Devon, A; 14 pages (109-122)
Druid's Engine Shaft - 80m
Paul's Shaft - 143m
Monument Shaft - 317m
Barncoose Mine - 347m
Miners' Shaft - 352m
Engine Shaft - 373m
Davies Shaft - 383m
Sykes' Shaft - 399m
New Shaft - 495m
Old Metal Work - 504m
Barker's Shaft - 584m
Rock, Wheal - 588m
Engine Shaft - 613m
Tolskithy - 680m
Drainage Adit - 684m
Winston Shaft - 698m
Tehidy, Wheal - 703m
North Shaft - 737m
Tregajorran Mine - 738m
New Shaft - 742m
Paul, Wheal - 743m
Breeches, Wheal - 777m
Eastern Adit - 864m
Fortune, Wheal - 885m
Captain - 896m
Carn Brea Engine Shaft - 902m
Incline Shaft - 907m
Great South Tolgus - 946m
Crembling Well Common - 952m
Dunn's Shaft - 953m
Union Mine Co, Wheal - 959m
Highburrow East Shaft - 967m
Uny, Wheal - 1,006m
Captain, Wheal - 1,040m
Caravan Shaft - 1,046m
South Shaft - 1,049m
Agar Shaft - 1,057m
West Basset Stamps - 1,068m
King's Shaft - 1,088m
New Tolgus Shaft - 1,093m
Gooding's Shaft - 1,112m
North Frances, Wheal - 1,126m
North Frances, Wheal - 1,126m
Hind's Engine Shaft - 1,131m
King's Shaft - 1,142m
Sump Shaft - 1,151m
Fanny, Wheal - 1,155m
Fanny Shaft - 1,180m
East Pool Mine - National Trust - 1,187m
Mitchell's Shaft - 1,198m
Lyle's Shaft - 1,201m
Flatrod Shaft - 1,203m
Miners' Shaft - 1,208m
Taylor's Shaft - 1,212m
New Shaft - 1,215m
Highburrow Shaft - 1,228m
North Basset, Wheal - 1,237m
Mitchell's Whim Engine - 1,243m
Agar, Wheal - 1,245m
East Shaft - 1,247m
Grenifer Shaft - 1,251m
Western Shaft - 1,260m
East Pool - 1,269m
East Carn Brea - 1,270m
East Tolgus - 1,273m
North Buller - 1,279m
Fortune Deep Adit - 1,283m
South Tolgus, Wheal - 1,299m
Hardy - 1,313m
South Raven, Wheal - 1,333m
Engine Shaft - 1,341m
Grace's Shaft - 1,350m
Doctor's Shaft - 1,358m
Goodspeed, Wheal - 1,387m
Copper Hill - 1,391m
Silver, Wheal - 1,400m
Mitchell's Shaft - 1,409m
East Basset, Wheal - 1,426m
James's Shaft - 1,427m
Marriott's Shaft - 1,439m
Old Sump Shaft - 1,451m
North Pool - 1,454m
East Uny, Wheal - 1,455m
Martin's East Shaft - 1,460m
Raven, Wheal - 1,471m
Blight's Shaft - 1,476m
Seleggan Smelting Works - 1,478m
Theager's Shaft - 1,480m
Eastern Shaft - 1,485m
Roberts Shaft - 1,495m
Palmer's Shaft - 1,498m
Illogan Mine - 1,501m
New Shaft - 1,510m
Willoughby's Shaft - 1,510m
Richard's Shaft - 1,517m
William's Shaft - 1,517m
Carnkie Shaft - 1,521m
Raven, Wheal - 1,527m
West Tolgus - 1,528m
Steven's Shaft - 1,531m
Thomas Shaft - 1,538m
Simcock's Shaft - 1,539m
Penhellick Mine - 1,546m
Ballaratt Shaft - 1,550m
Carnkye - 1,551m
Dennis Shaft - 1,565m
Tincroft - 1,566m
Copper Hill - 1,594m
Samson's Shaft - 1,600m
Sump Shaft - 1,601m
Redruth Consols - 1,606m
Taylor's Shaft - 1,608m
Raven Shaft - 1,611m
Tinner, Wheal - 1,622m
Richard's Shaft - 1,627m
Old South (Carn Brea) Tincroft - 1,632m
Drainage Adit - 1,637m
Old Skip Shaft - 1,641m
Robinson's Shaft - 1,655m
Penventon Adit - 1,658m
Pool Mine - 1,660m
West Basset, Wheal - 1,668m
Richard's Shaft - 1,675m
Bucketts, Wheal - 1,684m
Mining Exchange - 1,686m
Tredinnick's Shaft - 1,707m
Railway Shaft - 1,718m
New North Pool - 1,733m
South Crofty, Wheal - 1,736m
Adit Shaft - 1,736m
Old Tincroft Shaft - 1,740m
Pryor's Shaft - 1,742m
Boundary Shaft - 1,744m
Percy's Shaft - 1,785m
Perseverance - 1,801m
Broad's Shaft - 1,810m
Clijah - 1,827m
Marriott's Shaft - 1,889m
Great Tolgus - 1,896m
Allen's Shaft - 1,898m
East Crofty - 1,913m
Dudnance - 1,935m
Granville Shaft - 1,940m
Gilbert, Wheal - 1,944m
South Basset, Wheal - 1,944m
South Frances, Wheal - 1,953m
Pascoe's Shaft - 1,956m
Park an Skimmer - 1,967m
Wentworth, Wheal - 1,985m