Description
The drainage adit for Wheal Buller.
Little remains today in 2024, save the run-in adit portal, and evidence of the air shafts mentioned in Dines.
Collapsed adit portal, 2024
Air shafts serving the drainage adit, 2024
History
Dines:
Drainage adit leaves the western end of Adit Level and extends with four air shafts to 85 fms . N.W. by W. to its portal, 450 yds. S. by E. of Selligan, and 20 yds . E. of the western boundary stream.
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Sites within 2km (107)
Penventon Adit - 39m
Seleggan Smelting Works - 191m
Old Sump Shaft - 224m
William's Shaft - 229m
New Shaft - 253m
East Basset, Wheal - 270m
Copper Hill - 292m
Eastern Shaft - 341m
South Basset, Wheal - 370m
Dennis Shaft - 382m
Doctor's Shaft - 389m
Theager's Shaft - 392m
Marriott's Shaft - 399m
Miners' Shaft - 447m
Flatrod Shaft - 479m
Roberts Shaft - 510m
New Shaft - 518m
Copper Hill - 583m
Tinner, Wheal - 607m
North Buller - 647m
Lyle's Shaft - 665m
Carnkye - 672m
Richard's Shaft - 682m
West Basset Stamps - 710m
North Basset, Wheal - 743m
Steven's Shaft - 767m
Buller, Wheal - 801m
King's Shaft - 820m
Grace's Shaft - 828m
Eastern Adit - 855m
Hind's Engine Shaft - 871m
New Shaft - 900m
Mitchell's Shaft - 983m
Samson's Shaft - 984m
Uny, Wheal - 990m
Engine Shaft - 1,024m
West Penstruthal - 1,038m
Wentworth, Wheal - 1,040m
Gooding's Shaft - 1,063m
Buller and Basset United - 1,075m
Incline Shaft - 1,076m
Clijah - 1,094m
Carnkie Shaft - 1,099m
Rock, Wheal - 1,102m
King's Shaft - 1,117m
West Carvannel - 1,125m
New Shaft - 1,152m
Perseverance - 1,168m
Trewirgie Downs - 1,177m
Pryor's Shaft - 1,181m
Drainage Adit - 1,212m
Old Metal Work - 1,215m
Middle Shaft - 1,228m
Richard's Shaft - 1,278m
Broad's Shaft - 1,296m
Ward's Shaft - 1,307m
Buller, Penstruthal - 1,313m
Thomas Shaft - 1,313m
Highburrow Shaft - 1,322m
Filtrick - 1,348m
North Penstruthal - 1,355m
East Uny, Wheal - 1,368m
Bucketts, Wheal - 1,379m
Trefusis, Wheal - 1,381m
Richardson's Shaft - 1,390m
Boundary Shaft - 1,407m
Green's Shaft - 1,429m
Old Skip Shaft - 1,435m
Beauchamp, Wheal - 1,441m
Lannarth - 1,455m
Bell and Lannarth United - 1,459m
West Basset, Wheal - 1,468m
Marriott's Shaft - 1,491m
North Frances, Wheal - 1,501m
North Frances, Wheal - 1,501m
Penstruthal - 1,505m
East Carn Brea - 1,511m
Highburrow Shaft - 1,555m
Gallish, Wheal - 1,557m
Druid, Wheal - 1,637m
Druid's Engine Shaft - 1,650m
Percy's Shaft - 1,693m
Union Mine Co, Wheal - 1,713m
South Frances, Wheal - 1,715m
Pascoe's Shaft - 1,725m
Monument Shaft - 1,737m
Paul's Shaft - 1,777m
New Shaft - 1,789m
Mount Carbis - 1,810m
Grillis - 1,814m
Paul, Wheal - 1,842m
East Trefusis, Wheal - 1,871m
Captain - 1,871m
Granville Shaft - 1,871m
Captain, Wheal - 1,894m
Goodspeed, Wheal - 1,906m
Trelusback - 1,916m
Sykes' Shaft - 1,920m
Davies Shaft - 1,927m
Pennance Stamps - 1,930m
Pennance - 1,945m
Miners' Shaft - 1,947m
Barncoose Mine - 1,955m
Bell Mine - 1,965m
Carvannel - 1,981m
Barker's Shaft - 1,991m
Engine Shaft - 1,996m