The location of Wheal Florence is primarily situated northeast of Florence Road and has since been repurposed into a camping site. Remaining remnants of the engine house seem to have been integrated into the design of the Engine House Cafe, appropriately named after the mining structure. During its operation, the mine extracted various minerals, including tin, arsenic ore, pyrite, copper ore, and a small quantity of lead ore, as well as yielding 899 ounces of silver. Although some small dumps of mining waste are still visible within parts of the site, they are located on private property and may not be accessible for collection. In 1942-1943, the area was re-prospected for wolfram.
Florence, Wheal
Copper, Tungsten, and Tin Mine
Worked from c1858 to c1897
Jan 1st, 2024 from RF by Buddle-Bot
Cornwall | |
Callington | |
50.511868, -4.30652 | |
SX 3656 7055 | |
Private Land | |
221m | |
#8,168 |
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Engine Shaft - 20m
Florence & Tonkin Utd - 45m
Callington Consols Mines - 193m
Tonkin - 343m
Tonkin's Shaft - 359m
Lady Ashburton Mine - 385m
Engine Shaft - 421m
Ashburton - 430m
Engine Shaft - 912m
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Kelly Bray - 965m
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South Kelly Bray - 1,023m
Emmens United - 1,053m
Great Kit Hill Consols - 1,200m
North Engine Shaft - 1,233m
South Engine Shaft - 1,258m
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Flop Jack's Shaft - 1,365m
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Princess of Wales - 1,386m
Silver Hill - 1,503m
Footway Shaft - 1,542m
Wall Shaft - 1,542m
East Holmbush - 1,568m
Red Whin Shaft - 1,601m
West Holmbush - 1,646m
Hitchen's Shaft - 1,667m
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Langford, Wheal - 1,860m
Excelsior - 1,888m
Silver Valley - 1,889m
Baring and Langford - 1,943m