Friendship, Wheal

aka Polglaze Mine, Blandford, Wheal, or Treslow


Copper and Tin Mine

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot



Cornwall
Perrancoombe
50.33206, -5.1629
SW 7500 5280
Private Land
41m
#8,198


Amalgamation: Treslow. Worked With: Polglaze. Wheal Friendship, also referred to as Wheal Blandford, operated modestly on two lodes running east-northeast across Perrancoombe valley, northeast of Anchor hamlet. One lode to the north was explored by two adits on opposing sides of the valley, while the southern lode was investigated through surface workings along its course. Surface pits in north-south directions, possibly dug in search of the lodes, are mentioned by Dines but are currently unidentifiable. Although the exact composition of the lodes remains unknown, they are believed to have contained tin and copper ores. No production records are available. The mine area also included another small operation, alternatively known as Treslow Mine or Polglaze Mine, situated farther west across the B3285 road, now submerged beneath an airfield. The grid reference arbitrarily marks the western part of the Wheal Friendship sett, with no visible remnants of the mine’s workings on the surface.



AMR203B


Publications (1)

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





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