Adelaide, Wheal

aka South Speed, Wheal or South Providence


Copper and Tin Mine

Worked from 1830s

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot


Cornwall
Lelant
50.189199, -5.471522
SW 5230 3790
Private Land
114m
#7,560

Initially named South Wheal Speed, the mine was later renamed South Wheal Providence. Its recorded output during the period when it was known as South Wheal Speed includes 55 tons of black tin and 105 tons of 5% copper ore, spanning from 1852 to 1855. After its renaming, South Wheal Providence produced 80 tons of black tin from 1855 to 1882.

Publications (1)

  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages

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