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
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Publications (2)
- Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
- Joseph, Peter; NMRS (2006); British Mining 79 - Cape Cornwall Mine; ISBN 0901450 60 X; pp.32,96
