Description
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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Sites within 2km (41)
Victoria, Wheal - 299m
Trenithick Shaft - 562m
Trenithick Mine - 707m
Prince Royal - 727m
Gertrude, Wheal - 897m
Boundary Shaft - 1,017m
Tallack, Wheal - 1,096m
Great West Kitty - 1,236m
East Towan - 1,248m
East Music, Wheal - 1,284m
East Charlotte, Wheal - 1,329m
Banns - 1,338m
East Tywarnhayle - 1,343m
Way's Shaft - 1,411m
East Fancy - 1,461m
Fancy, Wheal - 1,475m
Engine Shaft - 1,520m
Charlotte United - 1,525m
Bevas Moor - 1,570m
Thomas's Shaft - 1,581m
West Polbreen - 1,610m
Charlotte United - 1,646m
East Ellen, Wheal - 1,725m
Great Towan Consols - 1,740m
Gardiner's Engine Shaft - 1,782m
Freedom, Wheal - 1,788m
Cornwall, Wheal - 1,794m
Music, Wheal - 1,800m
Adit - 1,809m
Livingstone Consols - 1,819m
Railway Shaft - 1,819m
Engine Shaft - 1,823m
Victoria, Wheal - 1,824m
Previous, Wheal - 1,824m
Trematon - 1,836m
New Kitty, Wheal - 1,901m
Charles, Wheal - 1,907m
Dorcas's Shaft - 1,908m
James's Shaft - 1,940m
North Shaft - 1,960m
The Navvy Pit - 1,982m