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
Adit Shaft - 659m
Footway Shaft - 686m
Prince Royal - 712m
Montague, Wheal - 726m
Watkin's Shaft - 743m
Bolenna - 932m
South Leisure, Wheal - 997m
Great Perran St. George - 1,015m
Good Fortune - 1,066m
Providence, Wheal - 1,101m
Perran United - 1,169m
Hanover - 1,183m
West Shepherds/Perran Vyvyan - 1,265m
Trevellence - 1,303m
Jacka, Wheal - 1,319m
Cligga - 1,331m
Island Shaft - 1,333m
Prudence, Wheal - 1,395m
Cock, Wheal - 1,399m
Perran Alfred, Wheal - 1,403m
Perran, Wheal - 1,425m
Alfred - 1,451m
New Leisure, Wheal - 1,465m
Great Leisure, Wheal - 1,564m
Leisure - 1,574m
East Blue Hills - 1,581m
Golla, Wheal - 1,610m
Droskyn, Wheal - 1,745m
Meadow, Wheal - 1,748m
Betsy, Wheal - 1,961m
North Blue Hills - 1,986m