Poldory
Copper Mine
Worked from old
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Cornwall | |
Carharrack | |
50.225757, -5.168477 | |
SW 7410 4100 | |
Private Land | |
79m | |
#8,832 |
Estimated Grid Ref. United Mines, along with Ale and Cakes Mine and Wheal Cupboard, were merged around 1780. Later, Poldory, along with the expanded United Mines, joined the Great Consolidated Mines in 1861. This amalgamation was then renamed Clifford Amalgamated Mines, which ceased operations in 1870. Moving into the 1900s, Poldory became a part of Mount Wellington Mine, which operated from 1923 to 1941 and later resumed operations between 1976 and 1991.
Publications (3)
- (1839); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset; 729 pages
- (1923); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXVII - Copper Ores of Devon and Cornwall; 92 pages
- Lawson Jones, Anna and Willies, Lynn (1998); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 13-5 Sum - Research and Excavation at a Tin Stamping Site, Cupboard Hill, United Downs, Cornwall; 17 pages (33-49)
Panter - 150m
United Mines - 446m
Gwennap United - 477m
Cupboard Hill - 537m
Todd, Wheal - 537m
Whiteworks - 608m
South Ale and Cakes - 669m
Brittania, Wheal - 702m
Eldon's Shaft - 745m
Taylor's Shaft - 892m
West Virgin, Wheal - 940m
Squire, Wheal - 948m
Gwennap United Stamps - 962m
Moyle, Wheal - 980m
Tregonning's Shaft - 980m
Carharrack Mine - 1,028m
Morcom's Shaft - 1,033m
Footway Shaft - 1,034m
East Virgin, Wheal - 1,076m
Terrill's Shaft - 1,078m
Elvan's Shaft - 1,083m
West Clifford United - 1,101m
Consols - 1,112m
Ale and Cakes - 1,115m
East Damsel, Wheal - 1,129m
Garland's Shaft - 1,187m
Taylor's Shaft - 1,187m
Maid Adit - 1,189m
East Ale and Cakes - 1,196m
Jewell, Wheal - 1,197m
Edgcumbe, Wheal - 1,301m
Consolidated Mines - 1,302m
Maid, Wheal - 1,303m
Girl, Wheal - 1,313m
Pearce's Shaft - 1,381m
Damsel, Wheal - 1,420m
Powder House - 1,498m
Goougumpus - 1,503m
South Clifford United - 1,608m
Clifford, Wheal - 1,651m
Mitchell's Shaft - 1,661m
West Damsel, Wheal - 1,671m
Uden, Wheal - 1,710m
Skewe's Shaft - 1,745m
East Maid, Wheal - 1,747m
Poldice - 1,759m
Harvey's Shaft - 1,771m
St Day United - 1,780m
South Clinton, Wheal - 1,784m
Old Sump Shaft - 1,788m
Woolf's Shaft - 1,824m
Old Poldice (Part) of - 1,833m
Quick, Wheal - 1,834m
Treviskey - 1,835m
St. Aubyn, Wheal - 1,840m
Shear's Shaft - 1,843m
Hope, Wheal - 1,885m
Lovelace, Wheal - 1,899m
Killicor - 1,907m
North Damsel, Wheal - 1,916m
Cusvey Mine - 1,918m
Fortune, Wheal - 1,950m
Bowden's Shaft - 1,958m
Whitford's Shaft - 1,961m
Hawkins Shafts - 1,990m
Bissoe Pool - 1,991m