Should not be confused with Caradon United Mine or the Great Caradon Mine in St. Ive parish. It is positioned approximately one and a quarter miles southwest of Caradon Hill’s summit and bordered to the north and east by Craddock Moor Mine and West Caradon mines. Caradon Consols worked five lodes, including Clymo’s Lode and North Lode, accessed from South Shaft and North (also known as Flat Rod) Shaft.

As a modest copper producer, Caradon Consols yielded just 348 tons of 6% copper ore between 1866 and 1870. ‘The Railway Register and Record of Public Enterprise for Railways’ of 1846 describes Caradon Consols as a large mining area situated near West Caradon and Wheal Agar, bordered by Craddock Moor, Wheal Norris, and part of Caradon United. The description mentions two shafts sinking through hard granite terrain, with the engine shaft reaching a depth of 26 fathoms below a 14-fathom adit. The other shaft, approximately 50 fathoms further north, is worked by flat rods and is of similar depth. Captain Whitford served as the agent, and Mr. Thomas Kittow was the purser.

In 1865, mining historian Thomas Spargo noted in his book ‘The Mines of Cornwall and Devon: Statistics and Observations’ that Caradon Consols, located in St. Cleer parish and adjacent to West Caradon, was conducting experiments on a liberal scale on the lodes. Similar to those in West Caradon, these efforts were anticipated to yield significant success in the near future. Captain W. Rich acted as the agent, and Mr. E. King served as the secretary in London.

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