Devon Great Consols

aka Engine Shaft

Copper, Iron, Arsenic, and Tin Mine
Worked from 1848 to 1879

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot



Devon
Gunnislake
50.54131, -4.221719
SX 4267 7364
Private Land
106m
#9,657


Very little information exists about the North Ward Mine, including where it was located. It wasn’t until the ground sank around the mine shaft in 1957 that its position, approximately 500 feet west of North Ward farm, became known.


Publications (33)

  • (1920); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vols XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII - Fireclay; Arsenic & Antimony Ores; Refactory Materials, Lead & Zinc of Scotland, Rock-Salt and Brine (5 books); 777 pages
  • (1923); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXVII - Copper Ores of Devon and Cornwall; 92 pages
  • (1925); Devon Great Consols - Letter; 1 pages
  • (2006); BGS - Mineral Resource Development Maps & Plans - Devon - Report; 21 pages
  • Bick, David; NMRS (1986); British Mining 30 - Frongoch Lead & Zinc Mine; ISBN 0901450 47 2; pp.48.
  • Brown, Kenneth (1996); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 13-2 Win - Engine Houses in South-West England; 7 pages (123-129)
  • Dines, Henry George (1956); BGS - Regional Memoirs - Metalliferous Mining Region of South West England Vol2, The; 335 pages
  • Fellows, Roy; Cornwall Underground; 25 pages
  • Gill, M.C.; NMRS (1987); British Mining 33 - Orkshire & Lancashire Lead Mine, The; ISBN 0901450 32 4; pp.20.
  • Gill, M.C.; NMRS (1993); British Mining 46 - Grassington Mines, The; ISBN 0901450 39 1; pp.137.
  • Nance, Richard W.M. and Nance, R. Damian (1996); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 13-2 Win - Survey of Engine Houses on the Mines of South Devon, A; 14 pages (109-122)
  • NMRS; British Mining 25 - Memoirs 1984; pp.49.
  • NMRS; British Mining 37 - Memoirs 1988; pp.19-20,25,45.
  • NMRS; British Mining 45 - Memoirs 1992; pp.49.
  • NMRS; British Mining 5 - Memoirs 1977; pp.21-22.
  • NMRS; British Mining 55 - Memoirs 1995; pp.6.
  • NMRS; British Mining 61 - Memoirs 1998; pp.144.
  • NMRS; British Mining 93 - Memoirs 2012; pp.51,53,63.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Aug/1982; pp.1.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Aug/1990; pp.2-3.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Feb/1978; pp.8.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Feb/1979; pp.3,4.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Feb/2007; pp.7.
  • NMRS; Newsletter May/1980; pp.8.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/1984; pp.1-2.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/1991; pp.9.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Sep/1983; pp.2,9.
  • Palmer, Marilyn and Neaverson, Peter (1992); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 11-5 Sum - Gazetteer of Tin and Lead Ore Dressing Sites in Great Britain; 3 pages (261-263)
  • Richardson, P.G.; NMRS (1992); British Mining 44 - Mines of Dartmoor & the Tamar Valley after 1913; ISBN 0901450 38 3; pp.cov,2,4,8,11-12,14,36,38,41,49,94-108,136.
  • Schmitz, C.J.; NMRS (1980); British Mining 15 - Teign Valley Silver Lead Mines 1806-1880, The; ISBN 0 901450 18 9; pp.30.
  • Shambrook, H.R.; NMRS (1982); British Mining 20 - Caradon & Phoenix Mining Area, The; ISBN 0 901450 22 7; pp.9,44.
  • Tucker, D.G. (1972); Fumes, Flues, Condensers, and Chimneys in Lead Smelting; 6 pages
  • Tucker, D.G.; Ind Hist: Industry in Cornwall; 9 pages





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