Brookwood

aka Emma, Macclesfield, or South Devon United

Copper Mine
Worked from 1863 to 1867

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot



#10,726
Devon
Buckfastleigh
50.49367, -3.809891
SX 7172 6755
Private Land
114m
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Extension of the Wheal Emma sett. Efforts to rework the dumps for fluorite in the 1970s were halted due to contamination from copper.



Publications (6)

  • Collins, J.H. (1912); Observations of the West of England Mining Region; 753 pages
  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol2, The; 335 pages
  • Fellows, Roy; Cornwall Underground; 25 pages
  • NMRS; British Mining 37 - Memoirs 1988; p.24.
  • Richardson, P.G.; NMRS (1992); British Mining 44 - Mines of Dartmoor & the Tamar Valley after 1913; ISBN 0901450 38 3; p.130.
  • Schmitz, C.J.; NMRS (1980); British Mining 15 - Teign Valley Silver Lead Mines 1806-1880, The; ISBN 0 901450 18 9; p.114.