Whiteworks
Tin Mine
Worked from 1935 to 1939
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
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Cornwall | |
Carharrack | |
50.231183, -5.167434 | |
SW 7420 4160 | |
Private Land | |
90m | |
#9,385 |
A 1935 trial that was initiated, primarily focusing on old mine workings up to a depth of 200 feet. Although no lode was found in this area, the decomposed killas contained thin streaks of dark tourmaline peach, including cassiterite. However, the values were inconsistent, leading to the cessation of work in 1939, despite producing up to 2 tons of black tin concentrates per month until then. During the Wheal Maid Decline exploration project in the early 1980s, the Whiteworks zone was intersected, granting access to the old stopes. Additionally, the Whiteworks Shaft was equipped with a ladderway to serve as an emergency exit for the decline.
Publications (1)
- Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
West Virgin, Wheal - 367m
Tregonning's Shaft - 373m
Morcom's Shaft - 427m
Footway Shaft - 467m
Elvan's Shaft - 481m
Terrill's Shaft - 488m
East Virgin, Wheal - 499m
Squire, Wheal - 499m
United Mines - 499m
Gwennap United - 510m
Consols - 524m
Eldon's Shaft - 536m
Cupboard Hill - 565m
Maid Adit - 582m
Poldory - 608m
Taylor's Shaft - 609m
Panter - 659m
Gwennap United Stamps - 668m
Carharrack Mine - 669m
Maid, Wheal - 699m
Taylor's Shaft - 711m
Consolidated Mines - 779m
Jewell, Wheal - 802m
Todd, Wheal - 893m
Goougumpus - 901m
Ale and Cakes - 902m
Garland's Shaft - 907m
Pearce's Shaft - 915m
East Ale and Cakes - 917m
East Damsel, Wheal - 919m
Brittania, Wheal - 945m
Girl, Wheal - 974m
South Ale and Cakes - 1,028m
Poldice - 1,168m
St Day United - 1,180m
East Maid, Wheal - 1,202m
Old Poldice (Part) of - 1,230m
Mitchell's Shaft - 1,245m
Powder House - 1,286m
West Clifford United - 1,296m
Lovelace, Wheal - 1,336m
Damsel, Wheal - 1,339m
Skewe's Shaft - 1,352m
Whitford's Shaft - 1,354m
Killicor - 1,355m
Old Sump Shaft - 1,391m
Bissoe Pool - 1,392m
Moyle, Wheal - 1,398m
Clifford, Wheal - 1,399m
Woolf's Shaft - 1,405m
Unity, Wheal - 1,455m
Henry, Wheal - 1,497m
Goodluck Shaft - 1,498m
Shear's Shaft - 1,507m
Harvey's Shaft - 1,512m
Fortune, Wheal - 1,561m
Quick, Wheal - 1,561m
Bowden's Shaft - 1,570m
Goodspeed Shaft - 1,570m
Cusvey Mine - 1,623m
Muttrall, Wheal - 1,624m
Gorland, Wheal - 1,625m
Gwennap - 1,628m
Ree, Wheal - 1,641m
Nancy Grows - 1,659m
Tippett's Footway Shaft - 1,661m
North Damsel, Wheal - 1,704m
Luke's Shaft - 1,704m
West Damsel, Wheal - 1,723m
Twelve Heads - 1,745m
Taylor's Shaft - 1,759m
Edgcumbe, Wheal - 1,766m
Bud - 1,775m
Hawkins Shafts - 1,775m
Mount Wellington - 1,797m
Magpie, Wheal - 1,805m
Friendship Shafts - 1,817m
Friendship, Wheal - 1,818m
West Jewell, Wheal - 1,833m
Freeman's Shaft - 1,839m
Hope, Wheal - 1,856m
Bloys - 1,857m
West Gorland - 1,873m
Andrew, Wheal - 1,893m
Tolgullow United - 1,894m
Flakey's Shaft - 1,903m
South Clifford United - 1,907m
Creegbrawse - 1,963m