Cook's Kitchen


Copper, Arsenic, and Tin Mine

Worked from 17th C. to 1895

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot


Cornwall
Camborne
50.219213, -5.274601
SW 6650 4060
Private Land
114m
#7,931

1895 - Part Tincroft. From 1815 to 1897, Cook’s Kitchen Mine yielded significant amounts of various minerals. Specifically, it produced 8,859 tons of black tin, 40,920 tons of copper ore averaging 5.5% copper content, 120 tons of arsenic, and 222 tons of arsenical pyrite.

Historical accounts suggest that the mine had been operational for 130 years before 1874 and was notably productive, being one of Cornwall’s most productive mines in 1814. However, records of its output for that year or earlier are unavailable.

17th C. 1763-1848 1849-1895

Publications (3)

  • (1839); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset; 729 pages
  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
  • Palmer, Marilyn and Neaverson, Peter (1989); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 10-6 Win - Comparative Archaeology of Tin and Lead Dressing in Britain during the Nineteenth Century, The; 32 pages (316-347)

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