West Virgin, Wheal
Copper Mine
Worked from 1750s to 1780
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Dec 26th, 2024 by BertyBasset
| Cornwall | |
| Carharrack | |
| 50.2341805, -5.1695971 | |
| SW 7406 4194 | |
| Private Land | |
| 79m | |
| #9,374 |
Situated approximately 700 meters northeast of Carharrack, the mine forms part of the Great Consolidated Mines group.
Publications (1)
- Joseph Yelloly Watson (1843); Compendium of British Mining, with Statistical Notices… & Glossary; 97 pages
Tregonning's Shaft - 240m- Squire, Wheal - 262m
- Morcom's Shaft - 268m
- Maid Adit - 306m
Elvan's Shaft - 328m
Whiteworks - 367m- Maid, Wheal - 386m
- Terrill's Shaft - 397m
- Consols - 423m
- East Virgin, Wheal - 443m
- Footway Shaft - 449m
- Carharrack Mine - 460m
- Taylor's Shaft - 514m
- Jewell, Wheal - 532m
- Goougumpus - 673m
- Consolidated Mines - 755m
- East Damsel, Wheal - 770m
- Poldice - 820m
- Eldon's Shaft - 824m
- St Day United - 845m
- United Mines - 860m
- Gwennap United - 867m
- Gwennap United Stamps - 884m
- Old Poldice (Part) of - 906m
- Cupboard Hill - 914m
- Poldory - 940m
- Pearce's Shaft - 943m
- Panter - 956m
- Taylor's Shaft - 977m
- Whitford's Shaft - 1,042m
- Unity, Wheal - 1,091m
- Garland's Shaft - 1,091m
- East Maid, Wheal - 1,092m
- East Ale and Cakes - 1,101m
- Girl, Wheal - 1,108m
- Ale and Cakes - 1,126m
- Bissoe Pool - 1,152m
- Lovelace, Wheal - 1,186m
- Damsel, Wheal - 1,220m
Killicor - 1,224m- Goodspeed Shaft - 1,233m
- Todd, Wheal - 1,260m
Gorland, Wheal - 1,286m- Mitchell's Shaft - 1,287m
- Brittania, Wheal - 1,301m
- Muttrall, Wheal - 1,301m
- Quick, Wheal - 1,306m
- Tippett's Footway Shaft - 1,338m
- Ree, Wheal - 1,343m
- West Clifford United - 1,349m
- Gwennap - 1,363m
- Luke's Shaft - 1,386m
- South Ale and Cakes - 1,393m
- Skewe's Shaft - 1,405m
- Henry, Wheal - 1,407m
- Goodluck Shaft - 1,415m
- Woolf's Shaft - 1,431m
- Old Sump Shaft - 1,438m
- Taylor's Shaft - 1,447m
- Powder House - 1,472m
- North Damsel, Wheal - 1,478m
Tolgullow United - 1,528m- Freeman's Shaft - 1,535m
- Bud - 1,546m
- Clifford, Wheal - 1,553m
- Moyle, Wheal - 1,570m
- West Jewell, Wheal - 1,596m
- Shear's Shaft - 1,596m
- Fortune, Wheal - 1,604m
- Flakey's Shaft - 1,609m
- Bowden's Shaft - 1,614m
West Gorland - 1,621m- Trefusis Shaft - 1,634m
- West Damsel, Wheal - 1,655m
- Harvey's Shaft - 1,655m
- Engine Shaft - 1,672m
- Creegbrawse - 1,679m
- Vogue - 1,709m
- Bloys - 1,716m
- Nancy Grows - 1,717m
- Flat Rod Shaft - 1,731m
- Hope, Wheal - 1,732m
- Cusvey Mine - 1,735m
- Harper's Shaft - 1,743m
- Tonkin's Shaft - 1,768m
Twelve Heads - 1,768m- Unity Wood, Wheal - 1,792m
- Unity Wood, Wheal - 1,792m
- Symons's Shaft - 1,793m
- Clinton, Wheal - 1,825m
- Tippett's Stamps - 1,908m
- Pink, Wheal - 1,911m
- Hawkins Shafts - 1,932m
- Magpie, Wheal - 1,939m
- Mount Wellington - 1,948m
New Clifford, Wheal - 1,949m- Edgcumbe, Wheal - 1,950m
- East Unity Wood - 1,950m
- St Mount's Shaft - 1,956m
- Friendship, Wheal - 1,966m
- Friendship Shafts - 1,968m