Duchy, Wheal


Copper Mine

Worked from 1820s

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot



Cornwall
Mount Hawke
50.29218, -5.206592
SW 7170 4850
Private Land
109m
#8,022


This small prospect, affiliated with Wheal Towan, was mined for copper with limited success in the 1830s. Only a solitary, now overgrown burrow remains in a field southeast of Mingoose Farm.


Publications (1)

  • Atkinson, B.; Dyllansow Truran (1994); Mining Sites in Cornwall, Vol. 2





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