New Leisure, Wheal
aka Wheal Alfred
Zinc Mine
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Dec 26th, 2024 by BertyBasset
Cornwall | |
Bolingey | |
50.3373413, -5.1439948 | |
SW 7637 5333 | |
Private Land | |
27m | |
#8,633 |
A small mine extracting zinc and copper operated below Bolingey village, working two lodes named North Lode and South Lode, which trended east-west. South Lode was accessed by a shaft, while North Lode was reached by an adit starting east of the village, following the lode west for 66 fathoms before turning south to connect with South Lode workings. The shaft site is marked by a large overgrown burrow at the junction of Hendrawna Lane and Chapel Hill Road, with another sizable dump located nearby across Hendrawna Lane. Dressing floors and a mill mentioned in 1956 by Hamilton Jenkin have since been removed. The mine primarily extracted sphalerite, with small amounts of lead and copper ores. In its final active period (1907-1911), it produced 1,624 tons of 37% zinc ore.
AM6709
Publications (2)
- (1921); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXI - Lead, Silver and Zinc: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset; 88 pages
- Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
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