Great Western Mines


Arsenic and Tin Mine

Worked from 1870 to 1886

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot


Cornwall
Rosudgeon
50.113958, -5.405773
SW 5661 2932
Private Land
71m
#8,310

See also: Wheal East Geat Grylls and West Florence. Extracted arsenical pyrites. It operated from 1870 to 1886, yielding a primary output of 412 tons of tin and 50 tons of arsenical pyrites. The site is identifiable by two tall chimneys near Prah Sands, although most of the other remnants of the mine have been landscaped away.

Publications (1)

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

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