Basset and Grylls

aka Porkellis Mine or Jantar Mine


Tin Mine

Worked from 1860 to 1926

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot


Cornwall
Wendron
50.15273, -5.23295
SW 6915 3308
Private Land
147m
#7,641

Amalgamation: Porkellis Tin Mine. Incorporating various lodes such as Wheal Cock, North Tymorgie, Horseflesh, South Tymorgie, Wheal Ash, Old Mens (Red Lode), Wheal Foster, Wilkins, Copes, Bennett’s, Dale’s (Moyle’s), Wheal Fat, Ferguson’s, and Pooleys, was a notable mining operation. Also known as Jantar (Cornwall) and Porkellis Tin Mines, it operated intermittently from 1845 until shortly before the outbreak of World War II.

1860-1880 1907-1926

Publications (2)

  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
  • Palmer, Marilyn and Neaverson, Peter (1989); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 10-6 Win - Comparative Archaeology of Tin and Lead Dressing in Britain during the Nineteenth Century, The; 32 pages (316-347)

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