Bellan, Wheal


Tin Mine
Worked from 18th C. to 1896

Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot


Aug 1945 - Bellan Mine, Porth Nanven, St. Just. Looking NE.
Cornwall
St. Just
50.120267, -5.69629
SW 3588 3101
Open Access
96m
#7,656

Part of Bosorne and Ballowal United. Wheal Bellan operated numerous lodes situated on the northern slope of lower Cot Valley and the adjacent cliff. Its mining area encompassed the region between Bosorne Mine in the east and St Just Amalgamated Mines in the northwest. The primary shafts used for mining were Badger’s shaft, identifiable by its chimney and several dumps located opposite Carn Gloose, and Bellan shaft, positioned slightly southeast of Badger’s shaft.

18th C. 1856-1867 1894-1896

Publications (3)

  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol1, The; 567 pages
  • Joseph, Peter; NMRS (2006); British Mining 79 - Cape Cornwall Mine; ISBN 0901450 60 X; pp.15,71.
  • NMRS; British Mining 73 - Memoirs 2003; pp.137.
Aug 1945 - Porth Nanven, SW of St. Just. Looking NNW.Aug 1945 - Bellan Mine, Porth Nanven, St. Just. Looking NE.Wheal Bellan 1Wheal Bellan 2Wheal Bellan 3Wheal Owl - lode

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