See Also: Great Wheal Vor United. During the mid-19th century, Wheal Vor emerged as one of Cornwall’s largest and wealthiest tin mines, spanning nearly four square miles. It is also credited as being the first mine in Cornwall to adopt steam power for mine dewatering operations.
ancient 1814-1847 1906-1915
Publications (11)
Brown, Kenneth (1996); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 13-2 Win - Engine Houses in South-West England; 7 pages (123-129)
Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
Joseph Yelloly Watson (1843); Compendium of British Mining, with Statistical Notices… & Glossary; 97 pages
NMRS; British Mining 11 - Memoirs 1979; pp.50.
NMRS; British Mining 19 - Memoirs 1980-1982; pp.55.
NMRS; British Mining 25 - Memoirs 1984; pp.8.
NMRS; British Mining 41 - Memoirs 1990; pp.10,12.
NMRS; British Mining 43 - Memoirs 1991; pp.12.
NMRS; British Mining 45 - Memoirs 1992; pp.52.
NMRS; Newsletter May/2014; pp.13.
Williams, R.A.; NMRS (1991); British Mining 42 - Berehaven Copper Mines, The; ISBN 0901450 35 9; pp.110-111.
