Crenver Mine
Copper and Tin Mine
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Cornwall | |
Crowan | |
50.15595, -5.316482 | |
SW 6320 3370 | |
Private Land | |
103m | |
#7,954 |
Crenver & Wheal Abraham, also known as Abraham Consols, is situated in Crowan Parish southwest of Camborne. It encompasses the smaller mines of Wheal Sarah, Great Drym Consols, and Oatfield Mine. The large sett, located approximately one and a quarter miles east of Leedstown, can be divided into three distinct sections. The Wheal Sarah section lies to the west, the former Great Drym Consols workings are in the center, and Oatfield Mine is situated to the south and east.
Mining activities at the site date back to around 1815, primarily focusing on copper extraction. Records indicate that between 1815 and 1832, and from 1845 to 1870, the mine produced 112,500 tons of 7% copper ore, along with 960 tons of black tin. While there are reports of silver and lead production, precise figures are not available at this time.
The mine worked the Main Lode and North Lode from several shafts, including Pelly’s, Gard’s, Yate’s, William’s, Richard’s, Blewitt’s, Vivian’s, Woolf’s, St. George’s, Oatfield, Hoskin’s, Crenver, and Pressure (or Trenoweth) Shafts. Oatfields Mine was merged into Crenver & Wheal Abraham around 1864.
Publications (1)
- Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
Abraham - 32m
Bull's Shaft - 80m
Hosken's Shaft - 85m
Crenver Sump Shaft - 231m
Woolf's Shaft - 231m
Vivian's Shaft - 354m
South Crenver - 423m
Old Sump Shaft - 487m
Trenoweth Shaft - 495m
Oatfield Shaft - 498m
Abraham, Wheal - 508m
North Crenver - 596m
Oatfield - 605m
Blewitt's Shaft - 626m
Richard's Shaft - 762m
Trenoweth - 779m
William's Shaft - 885m
Sarah, Wheal - 1,025m
Courtis, Wheal - 1,047m
Clowance Wood Mine - 1,137m
Millet, Wheal - 1,319m
Trelabnas - 1,348m
Squares Shaft - 1,485m
Clowance, Wheal - 1,536m
Nancegollan - 1,566m
Polcrebo Downs - 1,611m
Florence United - 1,641m
Dumpling, Wheal - 1,721m
Fortune, Wheal - 1,889m
Strawberry, Wheal - 1,893m
Binner Downs - 1,971m