South Frances, Wheal
Copper and Tin Mine
Worked from 1834 to 1891
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
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Cornwall | |
Illogan | |
50.208595, -5.255511 | |
SW 6781 3936 | |
Private Land | |
161m | |
#9,015 |
Eventually became part of the Basset group of mines. It is referenced in various publications including the ‘Cornish Mineral Reference Manual’ by Golley & Williams (1995), Rocks & Minerals journal (Vol. 17, p. 130), and the book ‘Minerals of Cornwall and Devon’ by P.G. Embrey and R.F. Symes (1987, p. 45). Notable features of the site include a large group of impressive buildings located at Marriot’s Shaft, which includes an open and circular engine house, dry, stamps, boiler houses, and other structures. Additionally, there are other engine houses nearby. While many of the dumps have been largely removed and grassed over, remnants of the mine’s infrastructure still stand as a testament to its historical significance.
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Publications (6)
- (1923); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXVII - Copper Ores of Devon and Cornwall; 92 pages
- Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
- Embrey P.G. and Symes R.F. (1987); Minerals of Cornwall and Devon; pp. 45
- Golley & Williams (1995); Cornish Mineral Reference Manual
- Morgan, John E. (1996); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 13-2 Win - Iron Ropes for the Cornish Mines; 6 pages (10-15)
- Rocks & Minerals Journal (Vol. 17, p. 130)
Pascoe's Shaft - 10m
Percy's Shaft - 192m
Granville Shaft - 210m
Marriott's Shaft - 239m
West Basset, Wheal - 306m
Boundary Shaft - 312m
Old Skip Shaft - 340m
Fortesque's Shaft - 376m
Broad's Shaft - 431m
Richard's Shaft - 442m
Thomas Shaft - 473m
Pryor's Shaft - 540m
Engine Shaft - 580m
Grillis - 591m
Carnkie Shaft - 640m
West Frances, Wheal - 658m
Smith's Shaft - 724m
Samson's Shaft - 732m
Charmer - 733m
Filtrick - 764m
Mitchell's Shaft - 783m
Carmarthen - 827m
North Frances, Wheal - 843m
North Frances, Wheal - 843m
Carnarthen Consols - 859m
Grace's Shaft - 946m
Steven's Shaft - 950m
Engine Shaft - 993m
Richard's Shaft - 1,035m
Carnkye - 1,044m
North Basset, Wheal - 1,094m
Tinner, Wheal - 1,115m
Fortescue's Shaft - 1,129m
East Grenville, Wheal - 1,133m
New Shaft - 1,170m
Forest, Wheal - 1,174m
Lyle's Shaft - 1,202m
Newton Moor - 1,204m
Roberts Shaft - 1,209m
Frazer's Shaft - 1,277m
West Basset Stamps - 1,288m
Illogan Mine - 1,300m
Bolenowe - 1,332m
Theager's Shaft - 1,333m
Dennis Shaft - 1,334m
Marriott's Shaft - 1,340m
Grenville United Mines - 1,352m
Knighton - 1,362m
New Shaft - 1,370m
William's Shaft - 1,382m
Old Tye - 1,384m
Doctor's Shaft - 1,401m
Grenville New Stamps - 1,403m
Grenville, Wheal - 1,432m
Flatrod Shaft - 1,455m
Smith's Shaft - 1,457m
King's Shaft - 1,473m
Crasken - 1,478m
King Edward VII Mine - 1,486m
Sump Shaft - 1,489m
William's Shaft - 1,496m
King Edward Mine Museum - 1,510m
Rock, Wheal - 1,521m
Miners' Shaft - 1,522m
South Condurrow - 1,532m
Old Sump Shaft - 1,549m
Vivian's Shaft - 1,607m
Condurrow South - 1,611m
Simcock's Shaft - 1,613m
North Shaft - 1,616m
Engine Shaft - 1,619m
Junction Shaft - 1,627m
Hardy - 1,629m
Western Shaft - 1,629m
New Shaft - 1,630m
Blight's Shaft - 1,631m
South Basset, Wheal - 1,635m
Fanny Shaft - 1,652m
Carn Brea Engine Shaft - 1,658m
Martin's East Shaft - 1,684m
Kearne's Shaft - 1,685m
Engine Shaft - 1,686m
North Tolcarne - 1,691m
Penventon Adit - 1,691m
Allen's Shaft - 1,694m
Sump Shaft - 1,698m
Drainage Adit - 1,715m
Fanny, Wheal - 1,716m
New Shaft - 1,720m
Duncan's Shaft - 1,724m
Monument Shaft - 1,752m
New Shaft - 1,753m
William's Shaft - 1,753m
Hope Shaft - 1,756m
Plantation Shaft - 1,761m
West Tresavean - 1,767m
Seleggan Smelting Works - 1,767m
Barker's Shaft - 1,770m
Highburrow Shaft - 1,779m
Tincroft - 1,786m
Copper Hill - 1,793m
Chapples Shaft - 1,793m
Old Engine Shaft - 1,793m
Cook's Kitchen - 1,800m
Buller and Basset United - 1,810m
East Basset, Wheal - 1,811m
Condurrow Mines Ltd. - 1,829m
Old South (Carn Brea) Tincroft - 1,831m
Tregajorran Mine - 1,842m
Bolenowe Carn Mine - 1,846m
North Shaft - 1,852m
Willoughby's Shaft - 1,854m
New Shaft - 1,878m
Highburrow East Shaft - 1,879m
Sykes' Shaft - 1,883m
Newton Shaft - 1,885m
Middle Engine Shaft - 1,889m
Old Tincroft Shaft - 1,892m
Druid's Engine Shaft - 1,893m
Eastern Valley Shaft - 1,901m
Eastern Adit - 1,903m
Bullen Garden Mine - 1,911m
Tuckingmill Decline - 1,932m
Polgear and Lancarrow - 1,949m
Eastern Shaft - 1,949m
Druid, Wheal - 1,953m
Marshall's Shaft - 1,958m
South Shaft - 1,964m
Old Metal Work - 1,966m
Ollie's (Cooks) Shaft - 1,969m
Freeman's Shaft - 1,984m
Gossan Shaft - 1,997m