Camborne Consols
Copper, Arsenic, and Tin Mine
Worked from 1848 to 1864
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Cornwall | |
Camborne | |
50.214249, -5.291085 | |
SW 6530 4010 | |
Private Land | |
111m | |
#7,800 |
This mine operated on mineral lodes beneath the eastern part of Camborne town. Its boundaries were defined by North Parade to the north and Stray Park Road to the west. To the east and south, it bordered Dolcoath and Stray Park Mines, respectively. The primary shafts were Engine Shaft, positioned 225 yards east-southeast of the junction of Trelowarren Street and Centenary Street, and Martin’s Shaft, located a further 200 yards east-northeast. Presently, this area is entirely urbanized.
During its operational years from 1854 to 1875, Camborne Consols extracted 1,180 tons of copper ore averaging 6.8% purity, 170 tons of black tin, 4 tons of pyrite, and 200 tons of arsenic.
Publications (2)
- (1920); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vols XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII - Fireclay; Arsenic & Antimony Ores; Refactory Materials, Lead & Zinc of Scotland, Rock-Salt and Brine (5 books); 777 pages
- Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
Stray Park - 223m
Killas, Wheal - 299m
Gons, Wheal - 316m
Town Lode Shaft - 346m
Eastern Shaft - 348m
Camborne Vean - 447m
Western Shaft - 487m
Bryant, Wheal - 508m
Kitty, Wheal - 564m
Roskearbroas - 582m
Gerry, Wheal - 632m
Francis, Wheal - 639m
Holly Park Shaft - 653m
Weeth Mine - 669m
Chance, Wheal - 670m
Engine Shaft - 689m
Old Sump Shaft - 691m
South Roskear - 700m
Hatchet, Wheal - 707m
Carn Camborne - 715m
Camborne Veor - 719m
Duncan's Shaft - 720m
Roskear Shaft - 724m
Dolcoath - 726m
An Owl, Wheal - 727m
Heart's Ease - 727m
Roskear - 727m
New Sump Shaft - 730m
Gustavus - 745m
Western Shaft - 774m
Wellington, Wheal - 822m
Harriett, Wheal - 829m
New East Shaft - 850m
Bowan, Wheal - 858m
William's Shaft - 858m
Pearce's Shaft - 877m
Vivian's Shaft - 883m
Parc-an-Bowen - 884m
Holt - 889m
South Entral - 892m
Gossan Shaft - 898m
New Roskear Shaft - 932m
Paul's Shaft - 937m
North Entral - 941m
Bullen Garden Mine - 946m
Pendarves Shaft - 948m
De Dunstanville - 954m
Daylight Shaft - 980m
Prince William Henry - 999m
Dunstanville, Wheal - 1,080m
West Stray Park - 1,080m
Doctors' Shaft (New) - 1,081m
Tuckingmill Decline - 1,089m
Hidderley Shaft - 1,101m
Condurrow Mines Ltd. - 1,110m
Hope Shaft - 1,116m
Eastern Valley Shaft - 1,125m
Plosh, Wheal - 1,138m
Doctors' Shaft (Old) - 1,138m
Kearne's Shaft - 1,143m
Middle Engine Shaft - 1,174m
Harvey's Shaft - 1,192m
North Tolcarne - 1,208m
Vernon, Wheal - 1,219m
Lovely - 1,221m
Whim Round Shaft - 1,228m
Smith's Shaft - 1,237m
Pressure Shaft - 1,241m
Ollie's (Cooks) Shaft - 1,242m
Copper Tankard - 1,278m
Duncan's Shaft - 1,283m
Chapples Shaft - 1,292m
Cook's Kitchen - 1,296m
Crofty A, Wheal - 1,299m
New Cook's Kitchen - 1,301m
Purser's Shaft - 1,304m
Mitchell's Shaft - 1,308m
West Seton Burrows Ltd. - 1,331m
Dolcoath Deep Adit - 1,331m
North Roskear - 1,333m
Susan, Wheal - 1,343m
Tolcarne - 1,365m
Tryphena, Wheal - 1,371m
Taylor's Shaft - 1,374m
Tyrie's Shaft - 1,378m
Old Engine Shaft - 1,389m
Cherry Garden Shaft - 1,399m
Tolcarne - 1,413m
California Shaft - 1,421m
Engine Shaft - 1,421m
West Condurrow A - 1,423m
Allen's Shaft - 1,423m
Gossan Shaft - 1,423m
New Cook's Kitchen Shaft - 1,425m
Seton, Wheal - 1,431m
Gustavus Adit - 1,433m
Knight, Wheal - 1,440m
New Seton - 1,440m
Mayne's Shaft - 1,454m
Crofty B, Wheal - 1,484m
Cherry Garden - 1,498m
Crane (and Bejawsa) - 1,508m
Valley Adit - 1,510m
Sump Shaft - 1,511m
Sump Shaft - 1,528m
Trevenson Engine Shaft - 1,534m
Carn & Bejawsa - 1,540m
Sampson Swain's Smelting House/Old Copper House - 1,556m
Junction Shaft - 1,573m
Bounty, Wheal - 1,580m
King Edward VII Mine - 1,582m
Sump Shaft - 1,589m
Condurrow South - 1,593m
Praed's Shaft - 1,594m
South Condurrow - 1,607m
Newton Shaft - 1,613m
Plantation Shaft - 1,615m
Bejawsa - 1,623m
Cock, Wheal - 1,627m
William's Shaft - 1,630m
Old Tincroft Shaft - 1,631m
North Crofty, Wheal - 1,638m
King Edward Mine Museum - 1,641m
Great South Seton - 1,650m
Vivian's Shaft - 1,667m
King's Shaft - 1,668m
South Tolcarne - 1,670m
Engine Shaft - 1,678m
South Tolcarne - 1,679m
Old Tye - 1,693m
Dudnance - 1,694m
Trevenson - 1,700m
Roaring Shaft - 1,707m
Old South (Carn Brea) Tincroft - 1,726m
Sump Shaft - 1,728m
North Shaft - 1,735m
Frazer's Shaft - 1,738m
New Shaft - 1,749m
Marshall's Shaft - 1,752m
Carnarthen Consols - 1,755m
Dolcoath Deep Adit - 1,781m
Simcock's Shaft - 1,783m
Tincroft - 1,784m
Carmarthen - 1,786m
East Crofty - 1,786m
New Shaft - 1,789m
Engine Shaft - 1,809m
Simm's Shaft - 1,836m
South Crofty, Wheal - 1,840m
Blight's Shaft - 1,848m
Illogan Mine - 1,861m
Robinson's Shaft - 1,864m
Willoughby's Shaft - 1,866m
Martin's East Shaft - 1,871m
Charmer - 1,879m
Fortescue's Shaft - 1,907m
Grenville United Mines - 1,913m
East Grenville, Wheal - 1,934m
Tredinnick's Shaft - 1,949m
Grenville, Wheal - 1,953m
East Seton, Wheal - 1,968m