Little North Downs
Copper and Tin Mine
Worked from 1715 to 1919
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Cornwall | |
Redruth | |
50.256133, -5.221849 | |
SW 7044 4454 | |
Private Land | |
105m | |
#8,491 |
See also: North Downs Mine. Copper and tin mine operated along ENE-trending lodes, situated between the Great North Downs mine to the east and Wheal Mary to the west. Its western boundary was delineated by the Shanger crosscourse, located approximately beneath a small stream between Great Sinns and Little Sinns, with Wheal Mary owning the workings on the west side of this valley. The eastern boundary, marked by the County crosscourse around 600 yards to the east, defined the Little North Downs sett. From 1815 to 1871, the mine yielded 29,849 tons of 8% copper ore and 12 tons of black tin. Between 1912 and 1919, it was worked for tungsten alongside Wheal Peevor, producing 9 tons of black tin and 5.3 tons of wolframite. Additionally, the mine reportedly extracted small quantities of silver ores.
1715-1758 1815-1871 1912-1919
Publications (1)
- Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
North Downs - 22m
North and South Good Success - 342m
Shanger, Wheal - 372m
Peevor, Wheal - 487m
Harvey's Shaft - 487m
Sir Frederick's Engine Shaft - 494m
West Peevor, Wheal - 501m
Maria, Wheal - 522m
Pryor's Shaft - 543m
Old Sump Shaft - 598m
Plenty, Wheal - 635m
Great Briggan - 728m
Moor, Wheal - 740m
Messer, Wheal - 794m
Prussia, Wheal - 822m
Trewan North - 839m
Western Shaft - 851m
East Treleigh Wood - 867m
Treleigh Consols - 893m
Stony Shaft - 899m
Briggan, Wheal - 1,014m
North Hallenbeagle - 1,038m
Cardrew Downs - 1,051m
Boys, Wheal - 1,058m
Widden, Wheal - 1,087m
West Mary - 1,088m
Great North Downs - 1,104m
North Treleigh Wood - 1,138m
Lemon's Shaft - 1,150m
Pendarves - 1,157m
Vreah, Wheal - 1,158m
Engine Shaft - 1,175m
Harmony, Wheal - 1,194m
Mary Consols, Wheal - 1,208m
Treleigh Wood Mine - 1,264m
Butcher's North Shaft - 1,288m
West Truan - 1,306m
Old Treskerby - 1,353m
Hawke, Wheal - 1,357m
Windmill Shaft - 1,358m
Scorrier Wolfram - 1,360m
Treskerby and Wheal Chance - 1,378m
Parent, Wheal - 1,406m
Derrick, Wheal - 1,413m
Owla, Wheal - 1,456m
Nut Bottom Shaft - 1,461m
Lushington, Wheal - 1,543m
Denner, Wheal - 1,572m
Chance, Wheal - 1,616m
Sinns Streams - 1,620m
East Truan - 1,653m
Stencoose and Mawla - 1,660m
North Tolgus - 1,669m
Truan Mine - 1,675m
Louisa, Wheal - 1,746m
Rose, Wheal - 1,755m
Drainage Adit - 1,790m
Tolgus United - 1,829m
Montague, Wheal - 1,836m
Drive - 1,857m
North Virgin, Wheal - 1,895m
Doctor's Shaft - 1,958m
North Treskerby - 1,967m