West Providence


Copper and Tin Mine

Worked from 1851 to 1883

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot


Cornwall
St. Erth
50.162946, -5.382648
SW 5851 3469
Private Land
89m
#9,350

Copper and tin mine, operational between 1851 and 1883, with total production figures of 11,535 tons of copper and 790 tons of black tin. The mine’s sizable waste tips are situated south of the road connecting Fraddam to St Erth Praze, spanning the boundary between Gwinear and St Erth parishes.

1851-1862 1881-1883

Publications (1)

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

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