Emily Henrietta, Wheal
aka Tolvaddon Mine
Zinc, Copper, and Pyrite Mine
Worked from 1860 to 1872
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
| Cornwall | |
| Illogan | |
| 50.232285, -5.289522 | |
| SW 6550 4210 | |
| Private Land | |
| 78m | |
| #8,136 |
South section, part of East Wheal Seton. Initially operated under the name Tolvaddon Mine before being renamed Wheal Emily Henrietta in 1860. Subsequently, it was operated in conjunction with East Wheal Seton. The remains of the mine are situated in the corner of a field southwest of Tolvaddon village. Between 1862 and 1871, it yielded 1,820 tons of 7.5% copper ore, along with 12 tons of zinc ore and 12 tons of pyrite.
Publications (1)
- Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
Emily Henrietta - 50m
Cock, Wheal - 412m- Seton, Wheal - 608m
- East Seton, Wheal - 630m
- Dolcoath Deep Adit - 683m
North Roskear - 707m- West Seton Burrows Ltd. - 722m
- Dolcoath Deep Adit - 722m
- Sampson Swain's Smelting House/Old Copper House - 758m
Valley Adit - 807m- Mount Whistle - 850m
- Crofty A, Wheal - 853m
Harvey's Shaft - 860m- Doctors' Shaft (Old) - 871m
- Pressure Shaft - 891m
- Doctors' Shaft (New) - 930m
- Cherry Garden Shaft - 972m
- Knight, Wheal - 998m
- Mitchell's Shaft - 1,006m
- Prince William Henry - 1,019m
- Daylight Shaft - 1,045m
- Sump Shaft - 1,045m
- Trevenson Engine Shaft - 1,052m
- North Crofty, Wheal - 1,060m
- Cherry Garden - 1,061m
- Hidderley Shaft - 1,063m
- Praed's Shaft - 1,073m
New Roskear Shaft - 1,112m- Vernon, Wheal - 1,117m
- Pendarves Shaft - 1,117m
- Trevenson - 1,137m
- Paul's Shaft - 1,144m
- Vivian's Shaft - 1,150m
- Crofty B, Wheal - 1,202m
- Plosh, Wheal - 1,207m
- Susan, Wheal - 1,219m
- East Crofty - 1,242m
- Mayne's Shaft - 1,246m
- Dudnance - 1,277m
- New Seton - 1,278m
- Duncan's Shaft - 1,290m
Roskear - 1,299m- Sump Shaft - 1,299m
- California Shaft - 1,304m
- Pearce's Shaft - 1,305m
- Whim Round Shaft - 1,312m
- South Roskear - 1,314m
- Lovely - 1,320m
- Hatchet, Wheal - 1,333m
- Roskear Shaft - 1,343m
- Tyrie's Shaft - 1,346m
- Dunstanville, Wheal - 1,358m
- Holly Park Shaft - 1,376m
- Tredinnick's Shaft - 1,410m
- New North Pool - 1,425m
- Pool Mine - 1,427m
- South Crofty, Wheal - 1,438m
- Copper Tankard - 1,440m
- Gerry, Wheal - 1,455m
- New Cook's Kitchen Shaft - 1,475m
- Chance, Wheal - 1,485m
- Robinson's Shaft - 1,538m
- Old Engine Shaft - 1,557m
- Penhellick Mine - 1,561m
- New Cook's Kitchen - 1,579m
- North Entral - 1,614m
- Ollie's (Cooks) Shaft - 1,634m
- Palmer's Shaft - 1,643m
- James's Shaft - 1,673m
- Old Tincroft Shaft - 1,701m
- Ballaratt Shaft - 1,705m
- Kitty, Wheal - 1,707m
- South Entral - 1,707m
- Roskearbroas - 1,725m
- Parc-an-Bowen - 1,727m
- Tuckingmill Decline - 1,728m
- Middle Engine Shaft - 1,740m
Bowan, Wheal - 1,747m- Eastern Valley Shaft - 1,747m
- Adit Shaft - 1,750m
- Gossan Shaft - 1,764m
- New East Shaft - 1,779m
- Old South (Carn Brea) Tincroft - 1,781m
- New Sump Shaft - 1,794m
East Pool - 1,797m- Cook's Kitchen - 1,800m
- Willoughby's Shaft - 1,807m
- Chapples Shaft - 1,808m
- Gustavus Adit - 1,812m
- Old Sump Shaft - 1,815m
- Mitchell's Whim Engine - 1,819m
- Lomax, Wheal - 1,833m
- Bullen Garden Mine - 1,836m
- Tincroft - 1,840m
- Mitchell's Shaft - 1,864m
- Dolcoath - 1,866m
- Weeth Mine - 1,877m
- Gustavus - 1,881m
- Duncan's Shaft - 1,886m
- Allen's Shaft - 1,889m
- Agar, Wheal - 1,904m
- Sump Shaft - 1,906m
- Railway Shaft - 1,908m
- Sump Shaft - 1,911m
- North Pool - 1,919m
- Bryant, Wheal - 1,922m
Taylor's Shaft - 1,927m- East Pool Mine - National Trust - 1,957m
- Martin's East Shaft - 1,963m
- Simcock's Shaft - 1,998m