East Carn Brea
Copper and Tin Mine
Worked from 1857 to 1871
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Cornwall | |
Redruth | |
50.227651, -5.230305 | |
SW 6970 4140 | |
Private Land | |
138m | |
#8,045 |
After 1869. Including Wheal Union. Situated west of Falmouth Road and south of the Great Western railway. It neighbors Wheal Uny to the south, with close proximity but no direct connection to East Carn Brea Mine. The mine exploited seven roughly east-northeast-trending lodes. Between 1859 and its closure, it yielded 22,080 tons of copper ore averaging 6.5% copper content, along with 38 tons of black tin. The provided coordinates correspond to Engine Shaft.
Publications (1)
- Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
East Uny, Wheal - 282m
Goodspeed, Wheal - 400m
King's Shaft - 401m
Union Mine Co, Wheal - 446m
Gooding's Shaft - 462m
Bucketts, Wheal - 516m
Captain, Wheal - 565m
Incline Shaft - 565m
Uny, Wheal - 582m
Silver, Wheal - 608m
Mining Exchange - 608m
Hind's Engine Shaft - 654m
Captain - 656m
Drainage Adit - 666m
King's Shaft - 725m
Paul, Wheal - 759m
Sparnon, Wheal - 759m
Perseverance - 780m
Mount Carbis - 798m
Pednandrea - 847m
Clijah - 859m
Park an Skimmer - 859m
North Buller - 864m
Eastern Adit - 876m
Old Metal Work - 892m
Tregay's Shaft - 965m
Trefusis, Wheal - 998m
Breeches, Wheal - 1,027m
Polpone - 1,027m
An Drump, Wheal - 1,028m
Copper Hill - 1,034m
East Sparnon - 1,041m
New Shaft - 1,059m
East Tolgus - 1,080m
Wentworth, Wheal - 1,080m
East Trefusis, Wheal - 1,114m
Engine Shaft - 1,117m
Dopps Mine - 1,133m
Redruth Consols - 1,139m
Eastern Shaft - 1,178m
Stean - 1,220m
Davies Shaft - 1,221m
Great South Tolgus - 1,229m
Copper Hill - 1,236m
East Basset, Wheal - 1,249m
New Shaft - 1,262m
Druid, Wheal - 1,270m
Buggins, Wheal - 1,278m
Dunn's Shaft - 1,281m
Miners' Shaft - 1,305m
Rock, Wheal - 1,312m
Paul's Shaft - 1,317m
Seleggan Smelting Works - 1,329m
Barncoose Mine - 1,334m
Gew - 1,343m
Druid's Engine Shaft - 1,345m
Miners' Shaft - 1,354m
Engine Shaft - 1,394m
New Tolgus Shaft - 1,404m
Flatrod Shaft - 1,408m
Tehidy, Wheal - 1,482m
Beauchamp, Wheal - 1,483m
New Shaft - 1,485m
Old Sump Shaft - 1,485m
West Basset Stamps - 1,504m
Buller, Wheal - 1,508m
Drainage Adit - 1,511m
Grambler, Wheal - 1,517m
Doctor's Shaft - 1,538m
Penventon Adit - 1,550m
South Tolgus, Wheal - 1,552m
Trewirgie Downs - 1,554m
William's Shaft - 1,577m
Monument Shaft - 1,578m
Lyle's Shaft - 1,618m
Marriott's Shaft - 1,637m
Tolskithy - 1,644m
Louisa, Wheal - 1,662m
Sykes' Shaft - 1,663m
Theager's Shaft - 1,670m
Winston Shaft - 1,690m
North Basset, Wheal - 1,718m
Dennis Shaft - 1,733m
Crembling Well Common - 1,741m
New Shaft - 1,746m
Roberts Shaft - 1,769m
Pennance Stamps - 1,785m
Pennance - 1,831m
Nut Bottom Shaft - 1,831m
King's Shaft - 1,847m
Barker's Shaft - 1,854m
North Penstruthal - 1,857m
Engine Shaft - 1,872m
Flat Shaft - 1,873m
Grace's Shaft - 1,876m
Gilbert, Wheal - 1,877m
South Basset, Wheal - 1,877m
Montague, Wheal - 1,884m
Windmill Shaft - 1,893m
New Shaft - 1,894m
Richard's Shaft - 1,904m
Gallish, Wheal - 1,907m
Middle Shaft - 1,915m
Cupid, Wheal - 1,918m
Lannarth - 1,918m
Carnkye - 1,921m
Tinner, Wheal - 1,926m
Fortune Deep Adit - 1,928m
Highburrow Shaft - 1,933m
Buller, Penstruthal - 1,936m
South Raven, Wheal - 1,937m
Ward's Shaft - 1,956m
Steven's Shaft - 1,970m
Green's Shaft - 1,971m
Treleigh Wood Mine - 1,973m
Grambler and St. Aubyn - 1,990m
Williams' Shaft - 1,990m
Cathedral Mine - 1,996m
Bell and Lannarth United - 1,997m