Releath, Wheal

aka Crowan and Wendron Consols or Raleigh Mine


Copper Mine

Worked from 1850s to 1862

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot


Cornwall
Crowan
50.150194, -5.26568
SW 6680 3290
Private Land
141m
#8,905

Operational from 1851 to 1865, this mine covered a significant area but was a poor producer of copper. Today, only a few overgrown burrows remain east of Lower Releath as remnants of its mining activity.

Publications (1)

  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages

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