West Tolgus
aka West Tolgus and Treloweth
Copper Mine
Worked from 1831 to 1883
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
| Cornwall | |
| Illogan | |
| 50.237682, -5.257634 | |
| SW 6780 4260 | |
| Private Land | |
| 98m | |
| #9,362 |
Situated between the abandoned Portreath branch railway and the Tolskithy Valley, this mine’s western portion has been erased by development. However, some traces of mining activity can still be discerned on the western slope of the valley.
1831-1837 1850-1852 1860-1883
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Richard's Shaft - 145m- Taylor's Shaft - 198m
Grenifer Shaft - 278m- Raven, Wheal - 292m
- Fortune Deep Adit - 313m
- Raven, Wheal - 315m
- South Raven, Wheal - 315m
- East Shaft - 330m
- Raven Shaft - 371m
- Railway Shaft - 441m
- North Pool - 516m
- Crembling Well Common - 582m
- Adit Shaft - 597m
- Ballaratt Shaft - 734m
- Maude - 764m
- East Maud, Wheal - 800m
South Tolgus, Wheal - 804m
Agar, Wheal - 805m- East Seton - 806m
East Pool Mine - National Trust - 809m
Taylor's Shaft - 822m- Winston Shaft - 847m
- Tolskithy - 853m
- Tehidy, Wheal - 859m
- Stile Shaft - 862m
- New Tolgus Shaft - 865m
- Fortune, Wheal - 905m
- Great Tolgus - 941m
- Dunn's Shaft - 964m
- Teague's Shaft - 978m
- Agar Shaft - 992m
- New North Pool - 1,016m
- Great South Tolgus - 1,017m
- Whitfield, Wheal - 1,019m
- Engine Shaft - 1,157m
- Mitchell's Shaft - 1,157m
- Sump Shaft - 1,167m
- Mitchell's Whim Engine - 1,189m
- Barncoose Mine - 1,193m
- Miners' Shaft - 1,199m
- Gilbert, Wheal - 1,205m
- Breeches, Wheal - 1,218m
- Davies Shaft - 1,221m
- East Pool - 1,251m
- Caravan Shaft - 1,251m
- East Tolgus - 1,330m
- Robartes, Wheal - 1,333m
- Elizabeth, Wheal - 1,340m
- South Shaft - 1,381m
- Paul's Shaft - 1,385m
- Sykes' Shaft - 1,390m
- North Shaft - 1,393m
- Tregajorran Mine - 1,403m
- Highburrow East Shaft - 1,428m
- James's Shaft - 1,438m
Tolgus United - 1,445m- Barker's Shaft - 1,470m
- Pool Mine - 1,484m
- Montague, Wheal - 1,495m
- Paul, Wheal - 1,496m
- Penhellick Mine - 1,498m
- Druid, Wheal - 1,528m
- Druid's Engine Shaft - 1,538m
- Palmer's Shaft - 1,556m
- Monument Shaft - 1,558m
- Tredinnick's Shaft - 1,583m
- Captain - 1,586m
- Redruth Consols - 1,598m
- Carn Brea Engine Shaft - 1,617m
- New Shaft - 1,631m
- Highburrow Shaft - 1,663m
- Fanny, Wheal - 1,675m
Captain, Wheal - 1,695m- Robinson's Shaft - 1,697m
- South Crofty, Wheal - 1,700m
- East Crofty - 1,744m
- Fanny Shaft - 1,745m
- Union Mine Co, Wheal - 1,795m
- Western Shaft - 1,814m
- Willoughby's Shaft - 1,814m
- East Seton, Wheal - 1,833m
- Dudnance - 1,835m
- Trevenson - 1,840m
- Hardy - 1,849m
- North Tolgus - 1,884m
Silver, Wheal - 1,891m- Martin's East Shaft - 1,914m
- North Crofty, Wheal - 1,917m
- Tincroft - 1,921m
Old Metal Work - 1,938m- Denner, Wheal - 1,939m
- Old South (Carn Brea) Tincroft - 1,946m
- Praed's Shaft - 1,957m
- Blight's Shaft - 1,969m
- Parent, Wheal - 1,982m