Abraham, Wheal
Tin Mine
Worked from old
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Cornwall | |
Leedstown | |
50.156648, -5.323531 | |
SW 6270 3380 | |
Private Land | |
75m | |
#7,558 |
Part of Crenver and Abraham. The large sett, located around 1.25 miles east of Leedstown, is divided into three main sections. To the west is Wheal Sarah, while the central area was formerly Great Drym Consols, and to the south and east lies Oatfield Mine. The mine traces back to around 1815, primarily extracting copper, with records indicating production of 112,500 tons of 7% copper ore between 1815-1832 and 1845-1870, along with 960 tons of black tin. Though there were mentions of silver and lead production, exact figures are unavailable. Various shafts were utilized, 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 became part of 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
Old Sump Shaft - 22m
Blewitt's Shaft - 120m
Vivian's Shaft - 155m
Richard's Shaft - 254m
Woolf's Shaft - 278m
William's Shaft - 378m
Crenver Mine - 508m
Sarah, Wheal - 518m
Hosken's Shaft - 529m
Abraham - 539m
Bull's Shaft - 571m
Clowance Wood Mine - 720m
Crenver Sump Shaft - 731m
Courtis, Wheal - 754m
South Crenver - 892m
Trenoweth Shaft - 987m
Oatfield Shaft - 1,003m
Squares Shaft - 1,044m
North Crenver - 1,086m
Oatfield - 1,096m
Trenoweth - 1,167m
Clowance, Wheal - 1,253m
Dumpling, Wheal - 1,261m
Strawberry, Wheal - 1,399m
Millet, Wheal - 1,406m
Binner Downs - 1,463m
South Binner Downs - 1,506m
Penny, Wheal - 1,530m
Julie - 1,575m
North Binner Downs - 1,655m
Crowan Consols - 1,702m
Trelabnas - 1,790m
Trenwheal Mine - 1,798m
Treasury, Wheal - 1,846m
Gooseberry, Wheal - 1,888m
Nancegollan - 1,938m