Vor, Wheal


Tin Mine

Worked from ancient to 1915

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot


Cornwall
Breage
50.124508, -5.32746
SW 6226 3024
Private Land
99m
#9,289

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 (3)

  • 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

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