Camborne Vean
aka West Dolcoath C or New Dolcoath
Copper and Tin Mine
Worked from 18th C. to 1871
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Cornwall | |
Camborne | |
50.210578, -5.293636 | |
SW 6510 3970 | |
Private Land | |
115m | |
#7,801 |
1841 with Stray Park. This mine exploited mineral lodes running along the railway line beneath Camborne town. Its boundaries were defined by Stray Park Road to the east and Trevenson Street and South Terrace to the north. To the south, it adjoined Carn Camborne Mine. Today, the area is entirely urbanized.
The mine worked several lodes, named Town, Caunter, Main, Old South, Middle, and South lodes, arranged from north to south. Notably, the Main lode represents the westward extension of the corresponding lode worked at Dolcoath Mine.
Between 1816 and 1855, the mine produced 37,500 tons of copper ore averaging 7.5% purity, along with 350 tons of black tin and 30 tons of arsenic. Additionally, in 1827, in conjunction with West Stray Park Mine, it contributed another 1,330 tons of copper ore at 7.5% purity. The New Dolcoath section yielded 220 tons of copper ore at 8.5% purity and 45 tons of black tin between 1872 and 1875.
18th C. 180 -1829 1841-1871
External Links
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
Western Shaft - 41m
Town Lode Shaft - 110m
Eastern Shaft - 114m
Francis, Wheal - 223m
Gons, Wheal - 315m
Stray Park - 360m
Camborne Veor - 399m
Camborne Consols - 447m
Engine Shaft - 476m
Carn Camborne - 485m
An Owl, Wheal - 499m
Heart's Ease - 499m
Western Shaft - 501m
Killas, Wheal - 639m
West Stray Park - 639m
Holt - 722m
Harriett, Wheal - 739m
Weeth Mine - 805m
Kitty, Wheal - 824m
Wellington, Wheal - 847m
Bryant, Wheal - 858m
Purser's Shaft - 860m
Gustavus - 867m
De Dunstanville - 938m
Engine Shaft - 974m
Tryphena, Wheal - 978m
West Condurrow A - 978m
Roskearbroas - 988m
Gerry, Wheal - 999m
Condurrow Mines Ltd. - 1,000m
Chance, Wheal - 1,004m
Bowan, Wheal - 1,028m
Tolcarne - 1,033m
Taylor's Shaft - 1,039m
Hope Shaft - 1,040m
Holly Park Shaft - 1,057m
William's Shaft - 1,058m
Parc-an-Bowen - 1,059m
Old Sump Shaft - 1,062m
Tolcarne - 1,076m
Dolcoath - 1,079m
Kearne's Shaft - 1,092m
Gossan Shaft - 1,099m
Hatchet, Wheal - 1,104m
New Sump Shaft - 1,104m
South Roskear - 1,117m
North Tolcarne - 1,128m
Bounty, Wheal - 1,139m
Duncan's Shaft - 1,143m
Roskear - 1,169m
Roskear Shaft - 1,171m
Pearce's Shaft - 1,217m
New East Shaft - 1,221m
Roaring Shaft - 1,264m
Gossan Shaft - 1,271m
Smith's Shaft - 1,273m
South Entral - 1,278m
Bullen Garden Mine - 1,301m
Crane (and Bejawsa) - 1,311m
Paul's Shaft - 1,319m
Vivian's Shaft - 1,324m
North Entral - 1,343m
South Tolcarne - 1,343m
Engine Shaft - 1,349m
South Tolcarne - 1,352m
Dunstanville, Wheal - 1,359m
Carn & Bejawsa - 1,362m
New Roskear Shaft - 1,375m
Daylight Shaft - 1,390m
Pendarves Shaft - 1,393m
Simm's Shaft - 1,394m
Newton Shaft - 1,398m
Bejawsa - 1,399m
Prince William Henry - 1,413m
Plantation Shaft - 1,434m
Junction Shaft - 1,435m
Condurrow South - 1,456m
Hidderley Shaft - 1,462m
Tuckingmill Decline - 1,465m
King Edward VII Mine - 1,485m
Sump Shaft - 1,490m
South Condurrow - 1,491m
Eastern Valley Shaft - 1,497m
Doctors' Shaft (New) - 1,512m
Marshall's Shaft - 1,514m
Vivian's Shaft - 1,522m
King Edward Mine Museum - 1,527m
Middle Engine Shaft - 1,547m
William's Shaft - 1,557m
New Shaft - 1,559m
King's Shaft - 1,560m
Gustavus Adit - 1,562m
Doctors' Shaft (Old) - 1,566m
Plosh, Wheal - 1,579m
North Shaft - 1,581m
Harvey's Shaft - 1,593m
Old Tye - 1,608m
Duncan's Shaft - 1,631m
Ollie's (Cooks) Shaft - 1,633m
Mitchell's Shaft - 1,648m
Engine Shaft - 1,649m
Lovely - 1,650m
Chapples Shaft - 1,655m
Whim Round Shaft - 1,658m
Cook's Kitchen - 1,660m
Vernon, Wheal - 1,662m
Great South Seton - 1,664m
Frazer's Shaft - 1,677m
California Shaft - 1,682m
Pressure Shaft - 1,687m
Copper Tankard - 1,694m
New Cook's Kitchen - 1,699m
New Seton - 1,707m
West Seton Burrows Ltd. - 1,734m
Dolcoath Deep Adit - 1,734m
Crofty A, Wheal - 1,745m
New Shaft - 1,749m
Champion's Shaft - 1,761m
North Roskear - 1,771m
Allen's Shaft - 1,774m
Susan, Wheal - 1,778m
Nelson, Wheal - 1,779m
Old Engine Shaft - 1,790m
Freeman's Shaft - 1,793m
Tyrie's Shaft - 1,802m
Grenville United Mines - 1,809m
Grenville, Wheal - 1,828m
Old Engine Shaft - 1,830m
New Dolcoath B - 1,835m
New Cook's Kitchen Shaft - 1,836m
Cherry Garden Shaft - 1,845m
Fortescue's Shaft - 1,860m
Seton, Wheal - 1,867m
East Grenville, Wheal - 1,882m
Knight, Wheal - 1,884m
Mayne's Shaft - 1,885m
Grenville New Stamps - 1,899m
Carnarthen Consols - 1,904m
Sampson Swain's Smelting House/Old Copper House - 1,917m
Crofty B, Wheal - 1,918m
Carmarthen - 1,934m
Sump Shaft - 1,937m
Cherry Garden - 1,939m
Valley Adit - 1,957m
Newton Moor - 1,967m
Sump Shaft - 1,969m
Trevenson Engine Shaft - 1,975m
Charmer - 1,992m
West Dolcoath B - 1,997m