Binner Downs


Copper Mine

Worked from 1750s to 1838

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot


Cornwall
Crowan
50.159036, -5.343722
SW 6127 3413
Open Access
72m
#7,673

Large sett North and South of Road. Operational from 1819 to 1838, this mine yielded a total of 51,000 tons of copper. Its extensive dumps and shafts are scattered across the fields situated east of the B3302 road, located to the south of Leedstown.

1750s 1819-1826 1826-1838

Publications (1)

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

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