Dolcoath


Copper, Silver, and Tin Mine

Worked from ancient to 1927

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot



Harriets Pumping Engine house, part of Dolcoath Mine, built in 1860
Cornwall
Camborne
50.216322, -5.281413
SW 6600 4030
Private Land
114m
#8,000


See also: Roskear Shaft.



ancient 172 -1788 1811-1921 1923-1927



Publications (8)

  • (1839); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset; 729 pages
  • (1920); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vols XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII - Fireclay; Arsenic & Antimony Ores; Refactory Materials, Lead & Zinc of Scotland, Rock-Salt and Brine (5 books); 777 pages
  • (1923); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXVII - Copper Ores of Devon and Cornwall; 92 pages
  • Bird, Richard H. (1970); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 04-4 Oct - Mineral Fields of Derbyshire and Cornwall - A Brief Comparison, The; 12 pages (312-323)
  • 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
  • Palmer, Marilyn and Neaverson, Peter (1989); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 10-6 Win - Comparative Archaeology of Tin and Lead Dressing in Britain during the Nineteenth Century, The; 32 pages (316-347)
  • Willies, Lynn (2001); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 14-6 Win - Review - Angerstein's Travel Diary, by Torsten and Peter Berg; 2 pages (42-43)


Harriets Pumping Engine house, part of Dolcoath Mine, built in 1860



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