1900 part of Clitters United. The Hingston Down Consols mine, operational from 1846 to 1917, was primarily a copper mine with two main lodes, namely the ‘Main Lode’ and ‘South Lode’, located adjacent to the Hingston Down quarry. Initially a significant producer of copper ores, the mine was reopened around 1904 by the Clitters United Mines Co. Ltd. Following its reopening, it yielded substantial quantities of tin, copper, wolframite, arsenical pyrites, and some fluor-spar. However, notes on the mineral list suggest that specimens of carpholite collected at the site in 1957 by Arthur Kingsbury (1906-68) are now deemed unlikely to have originated there, possibly coming instead from Bohemia. This discrepancy is one of several instances where Kingsbury’s reported localities have been questioned or proven false.

old 1846-1885 1905-1908